a bondage and humiliation and s and m show and and not much else . the plot be flat and really just a banal setup for the stylishly deprave set piece . the host of the aforementioned show and a silly little man who spout drivel while prance around the stage in dress and be almost a painfully distract a the attempt at artful edit . the dream like end felt tack on . to the film credit though and aya sugimoto be fairly convincing a the tortured lead . flower and snake have be compare with eye wide shut but aside from some minor surface similarity and kubrick be easily the more layered and artistic and and atmospheric picture .