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Originally Posted by ironpony
But Susan George's character actually enjoyed the rape and seemed to think that the rapist was more of a man than her husband's so why would she despise her husband for failing, when she herself enjoyed the rape? It just seems contradictory or hypocritical of her.
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It's hard for me to discuss this fully, because I haven't seen the film for many decades.......
But, I seem to remember, Susan's character had a relationship with the rapist in the past. He understood her, and how her mind worked. She did start to enjoy the rape, which wasn't a violent one. But then, the rapist's friend entered the home, and waved a gun, and decided it was his turn.
This was when Susan's character panicked, and it turned into a real rape. She couldn't tell her husband what happened, but she had anger that because of his inertia, these people, and some workmen had started to behave badly.
Later in the film, a policeman is murdered, which is witnessed by Dustin and Susan's characters. It then becomes obvious the murderers have to kill these witnesses. This is when Dustin makes his stand to save both their lives.
There are weaknesses in the plot as you say. But as I remember it, seeing it in a cinema, the audience were drawn into the story, as Dustin fought for their lives.
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