Secretary (2002)
Country: US
Technical: Kodak 111m
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
Synopsis:
A shy, self-mutilating young woman emerges from an institution to return to her less than normal family and her old ways, until she gains a job as secretary for a lawyer whose demanding foibles might just provide an outlet for her self-abasement.
Review:
As in Maîtresse and Sex Lies and Videotape, the kinky protagonist is saved by finding the right partner for his/her preoccupations, though there is every hint that Lee's complex role of servitude is about to be played out in the same ways in the home as in the office. It explores the balance of power in relationships well, as the former is thrown into relief by the fact that power is exactly the language of this particular relationship.
Country: US
Technical: Kodak 111m
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
Synopsis:
A shy, self-mutilating young woman emerges from an institution to return to her less than normal family and her old ways, until she gains a job as secretary for a lawyer whose demanding foibles might just provide an outlet for her self-abasement.
Review:
As in Maîtresse and Sex Lies and Videotape, the kinky protagonist is saved by finding the right partner for his/her preoccupations, though there is every hint that Lee's complex role of servitude is about to be played out in the same ways in the home as in the office. It explores the balance of power in relationships well, as the former is thrown into relief by the fact that power is exactly the language of this particular relationship.
Country: US
Technical: Kodak 111m
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
Synopsis:
A shy, self-mutilating young woman emerges from an institution to return to her less than normal family and her old ways, until she gains a job as secretary for a lawyer whose demanding foibles might just provide an outlet for her self-abasement.
Review:
As in Maîtresse and Sex Lies and Videotape, the kinky protagonist is saved by finding the right partner for his/her preoccupations, though there is every hint that Lee's complex role of servitude is about to be played out in the same ways in the home as in the office. It explores the balance of power in relationships well, as the former is thrown into relief by the fact that power is exactly the language of this particular relationship.