However, there is a seductive physicality, a respect for flesh and muscle, shared by both the director's adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's century-old novel and the modern drama The Mustang.
Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell steam up the screen as similar souls fueled by carnal passion in Lady Chatterley's Lover, but Matthias Schoenaerts and a wild horse own the gorgeous bodies in the 2019 movie.
Long people condemned Lawrence as a pornographer, and his final and frequently altered book, 1928, was for many years outlawed as indecent in many nations.
Even in this rendition, where Corrin's character's intelligence and her desire for authentic experience serve as the narrative engine and highlight the woman behind "milady," there is something traditional—satisfyingly so—about the all-consuming passion.