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Originally Posted by piratehunter
I guess my question to you Lima, is if you think the scene added something to the story (even a little bit), do you think it added enough to be worth it in the context of this discussion?
-PH
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For me, it did. That's one of the things with Cronenberg's style of filmmaking, is that while he's sometimes blunt about the message he wants to convey in his films, he comes out with subtle but memorable ways to help his actors create their characters.
How would the scene play out if Maria Bello were wearing panties and a bra in the scene? It'd be just like every other PG-13 movie out there. With the scene the way it is, the nudity feels as raw and uncensored as the violence does in the film. To me, the nudity feels in line and appropriate for the film, especially given the previous sex scene on the stairs.
You have to remember that as Viggo Mortensen's character Tom is transforming into his previous persona Joey, Maria Bello's character was also changing as she finds that her longtime husband has been deceiving her this entire time. Instead of role-playing as she did in the cheerleader scene, she finds her feelings genuinely changing, hating the Joey persona at first, but then maybe embracing it as she finds that she may be attracted to the bad-boy Joey more than the nice-guy Tom persona.
That was my interpretation of the characters and the movie, and it's why I thought A History of Violence was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It's become my favorite Cronenberg film now that I heartily recommend to anyone who's interested in it.