Punishment Of Anne
Based on the novel by “Jean De Berg” (the non de plume of Catherine Robbe-Grillet), the story is very much what you might expect from this genre. Going back to Pauline Raege’s The Story of O and even further back to Laclos’s Les Liaisons dangereuses, these stories present a voyeuristic tour of the world of the decadent rich and their very private and often perverse games involving power and sex. The Image deals with power and sex united though sadomasochism. When Jean (Carl Parker) first sees Anne (Mary Mendum) at a typically lavish party in Paris, he is immediately drawn to her. She seems to be private and yet on display at the same time. It turns out that she is the sexual serf of Jean’s old friend, Claire (Marilyn Roberts) and soon Jean finds himself being drawn to their legend world like a moth to the flame.