as a piece of homo erotica ,it has never been surpassed simply because of its restraint , like all things the unspoken is stronger than the graphic,had Sebastian been raped everything would have been lost ,it is an examination of unrequited love and having the willpower to resist yet the Sebastian character ,leonardo treviglio perfectly cast for his sumptuous body ,seems to invite his fate by flaunting himself naked in front of the lust struck commander. The beautiful body of Sebastian in fact is the engine for this whole tragedy. the camera lingers over every detail of his form in a way that is almost a caress If he resists his would be lovers he does not resist their gaze or the cameras ,Sebastian from the outset separates himself from the rest of the garrison he bathes alone, he is bearded and does not shave his body or conceal his luxuriant pubic hair ,symbolically he is at one with nature and the god he worships.Pain worship is a route to his god that allows him to accept being spreadeagled whipped and sexually assaulted with a combination of pleasure and passivity.the exasperation of all concerned with his sullen separateness leads to his execution ,the execution scene where he is revealed completely naked,his substantantial genitals exposed as he is tied to a stake his arms above his head. This invites the callousness of his fellow soldiers. who take it in turns to injure him firing arrows into his vulnerable nakedness at close range rather than remain anonymous in a single line up,stand back to admire their handiwork as they contemplate the aroows piercing his body before deciding where to aim next Sebastian's response is a combination of passive and erotic posing, as the arrows pierce him his back arches in a sensuous curve, was there ever a more curvaceous male butt than treviglios and shown off in spectacular fashion as his buttocks thrust back against the stake he is bound to, the sensual pleasure he is receiving via his own demise revealed as Sebastian's penis becomes semi tumescent, jarman apparently would have liked this to have been a full erection to show sebatiane's sado masochistic
fulfilment in his own bloody death but the actor was suffering from heat stroke and needed medical attention, the message here is Sebastian got the painful orgasmic end he lusted for the rest of the garrison realising they have put this object of desire of reach stand aghast at what they have done .as a study of the destructive power of love and religion its never been bettered
fulfilment in his own bloody death but the actor was suffering from heat stroke and needed medical attention, the message here is Sebastian got the painful orgasmic end he lusted for the rest of the garrison realising they have put this object of desire of reach stand aghast at what they have done .as a study of the destructive power of love and religion its never been bettered