I haven't seen this movie in ages. It reminded of how simple things used to be back when I first started out on this great BDSM adventure. Things were so different back then and this movie was so edgy and exciting to me. It reminded me that BDSM can be slow and sensual and romantic.
By the middle of the movie, we were both feeling a little tipsy from the wine and a little steamy from the movie. We had been feeding each other and snuggling and making out....slowly , gently touching each other. It was wonderful. Then he took me by the hand and led me to the kitchen where he handed me a lit candle. Continuing to the basement, he had me lie down on the work table in the dark. Then he lit several more candles and arranged them around my body.
I wasn't able to move once he was done or else I would be burned. He worked his way around the table, dripping the wax from each candle onto my arms, chest, belly, kitty, and legs. At one point, he moved his hand back and forth like a flogger or whip, flinging hot wax onto my body. I was later told that the wax was still on fire as it flew through the air. That would explain why the pain eventually turned white hot and I had to beg him to stop.
Then he placed a candle on my chest between my breasts and told me to relax as he let go. The candle shook like mad but managed to stay balanced there. At first I tried not to breath but that didn't last. The longer I held my breath, the more frantic I got so I really had to work hard at calming myself. I closed my eyes and tried to take long slow steady breaths. It was definitely a symbolic sort of learning experience that I was able to apply to the rest of my life.
To end the scene, Tom handed me two of the lit candles, one in each hand. Then he held out each of the other candles, one at a time, and told me to blow them out. I had to lift my head and put some significant effort into blowing in order to snuff them. All of this movement caused my hands to shake and the hot wax to drip onto my skin. Finally I blew them all out and was allowed to blow out the last two.
This scene really messed with my head. I had to put a lot of trust in Tom. I wasn't sure how much he knew about wax so there was some possible danger of getting burned by it....and then there was the fire, which can be pretty dangerous in itself. I also had to practice a lot of self control, which I'm not used to. I wasn't bound but I couldn't move. I had to force myself to stay put despite the pain. It was a really amazing.
It felt like there were a lot more candles than this at the time.