1. 22 Feb 2010 01:56Nahu said

In the words of Jenny Lumet, he’ll swim in the ocean of life until he drowns and drink it all up before he goes under. His main worry is that people might take him to be a selfish, “non-humanist-separatist-weirdo.” He also admits that he is not sure whether he is capable of emotional commitment.

“ …And I was just thinking, Jesus fucking Christ, there might be something wrong with my emotional sight, because I’m not sure if I could make that kind of sacrifice. The only emotional connection of relevance is with my dog. My relationship with my dog, it’s ridiculous.”

So what does it say about Rob? It says that Rob has a problem with expressing his true feelings, that he is cut off from his emotions and that it takes someone stronger (like Lorca with Dali) to free him from his prison of introversion. In fact, taking a quote from Allen Coulter during the shooting of Remember Me, Rob admitted:

“It was about control, for him, in the beginning. But he wanted forward motion more than he wanted to protect himself. Really brave – especially for a young guy with a big target on his back.”

Perhaps that is why he was attracted to the element of S&M, when Jenny mentioned a body-harness sex contraption in a bondage shop across the street. Rob’s response was that he would love to do an interview in it. He was receptive to this toy because S&M is a convenient way of freeing a person from being uptight, introverted and unable to express their emotions. It’s all about control and being overpowered that allows the masochist a way to release themselves...

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