In the documentary Phoenix Rising, Evan Rachel Wood claimed for the first time she was drugged and "essentially raped" while filming the sex scene in 'Heart-Shaped Glasses'. Evan initially considered her work on the video among her proudest work till that time, and spoke positively of the experience, even claiming it to be very romantic, and she would deny reports from that time where the rumor spread that it was a real sex scene. Manson took another approach and allowed the viewer to interpret for themselves if the sex in the video was real or not, thereby never saying whether it was either real or simulated. Because the media continued to speculate on the matter, a rep for Manson issued a simple one sentence response to the media to give the final word on the matter and end the speculation:
"It was simulated sex."
"It was simulated sex."
The original title for the song 'Heart-Shaped Glasses' was 'When the Heart Guides the Hand', but the latter was later replaced with the former and put in parenthesis. It seems this title was also inspired by Wild at Heart (1990), when after the graphic sex scene, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) guides Lula Fortune's (Laura Dern) hand over his heart. Also note that Wild at Heart has the word "Heart" in its title.
The song "If I Was Your Vampire" inspired Manson to write a scene for a film the day he finished it, which would feature Evan Rachel Wood and be based on the themes of Eat Me, Drink Me. When he was asked about what the film would be about in an interview with Rock Mag in May 2007, he said:
"It's about the love between me and her, just like the song. It's a lot like Bonnie and Clyde and True Romance. I drive a car over a cliff and it rains blood."
This scene was eventually reworked and incorporated into different scenes in the 'Heart-Shaped Glasses' video.
"It's about the love between me and her, just like the song. It's a lot like Bonnie and Clyde and True Romance. I drive a car over a cliff and it rains blood."
This scene was eventually reworked and incorporated into different scenes in the 'Heart-Shaped Glasses' video.
Since the idea of the scene with raining blood came to Manson through the vampire theme of his album Eat Me, Drink Me, perhaps the film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) also had an influence. Early in the film, when Dracula returns home from battle, he finds that the woman he loved killed herself after she was given the false report that he had been killed. With her body lying in a church, he curses God and blood profusely begins to pour out of a crucifix, which he consumes and becomes an immortal vampire.
Another graphic and controversial sex scene in a film seems to have inspired the intimate scene of Manson and Evan in bed as blood begins to pour down on them. This film is Angel Heart (1987), which is another Manson favorite. During the explicit sex scene in Angel Heart, blood begins raining down on them.
Mickey Rourke was 33 in Angel Heart when he played the character Harry Angel, while Lisa Bonet as Epiphany Proudfoot was 19, though in the movie she is supposed to be 17. Manson was 38 in the video, and Evan was 19. Angel Heart has the word "Heart" in its title also.
Mickey Rourke was 33 in Angel Heart when he played the character Harry Angel, while Lisa Bonet as Epiphany Proudfoot was 19, though in the movie she is supposed to be 17. Manson was 38 in the video, and Evan was 19. Angel Heart has the word "Heart" in its title also.