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Polanski provokes in Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur 1/2 Opening Friday The provocation begins with the premise of VENUS IN FUR, Roman Polanski’s adapatation of David Ives’ play-within-a-play version of an 1870 novella by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. The novella, revolving around the themes of female dominance and “suprasensuality,” inspired the modern term “masochism.” Polanski converts Ives’ script from […]