Ter e Não Ter

Humphrey Bogart e Lauren Bacall, To have and Have Not (EUA, 1944)

Imagino a sedução a preto e branco, como uma cena perfeita num fime antigo, assim, como Howard Hawks filmou em «To Have And Have Not» (Ter e Não Ter), a partir do que Hemingway escreveu. Imortais Humphrey Bogart (Steve) e Lauren Bacall (Slim), na melhor cena de sedução de sempre. As palavras ficam aqui, o resto puxem pela imaginação ou vejam (e revejam) o filme que vale sempre a pena:

Slim sits on Steve's lap. Before kissing the seated man for the first time, she acts the aggressor role as they engage in flirtatious sexual repartee:

Slim: You know, Steve, you're not very hard to figure. Only at times. Sometimes I know exactly what you're going to say - most of the time. The other times (She sits in his lap), the other times you're just a stinker. (She plants a kiss on his lips.)
Steve: What'd you do that for?
Slim: Been wondering whether I'd like it.
Steve: What's the decision?
Slim: I don't know yet.

Her verdict of his kissing talent requires a second kiss. Then, after kissing him again, he appears baffled. She suggests to her passive partner as she stands:

- It's even better when you help.

When this remark doesn't work and produce a satisfactory reaction, she propositions him midway from leaving his room with other famous lines, delivered with a purring, warm voice:

Slim: (She holds up the bills again.) Uh, sure you won't change your mind about this?
Steve: (affirmatively) Uh-huh.
Slim: This belongs to me and so do my lips. I don't see any difference.
Steve: Well, I do.Slim: Okay. You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. (She opens his door and pauses.) You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.