i have nothing against violence in films if it tells a story and is important to the action, but i do not know why nudity gets cut or never even put into film when harsh violence is considered acceptable. i am not just talking about sexual nudity. i think that if more naked bodies were seen in films it would take away the stigma. if it was shown as natural, seeing people changing clothes, showering, walking around naked at home, nude swimming, it might make it just feel and seem more ordinary. Our natural state is nude. i get that society is not going to all turn naked with people going to work with no clothes on, but movies could be more relaxed about it and helpt to ease the discomfort.
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- BE
Feb 24, 2013I agree that nudity needs to be more common in films... In the recent Twilight series several scenes were changed simply to avoid nudity without taking the storyline into acount (ignore the fact that the 'werewolves' lose their clothes when shifting to wolf form or change the scene with Bella's first kill to avoid 'embarassing' damage to her dress...or even the childbirth scene where the book had Bella nude to more easily get at the baby)
ReaccionarResponder - BEFeb 26, 2013
Imagine what the censors would do if someone made a nudist version of The Little Mermaid....rated R probably with Ariel portraid by the critics as a prostitute...just because in a nudist version she wouldn't go strait for the rags to hide herself from Prince Eric after she becomes human
ReaccionarResponder - NANakedhiker1000Autor originalFeb 26, 2013
I know what you mean and Twilight is a great example, also the TV series True Blood. In both you have werewolves who are nude when tansforming to human form, but at least on True Blood they often show the nudity. I find it so distracting when they go to such lengths as to sacrifice the story to cover up nudity for what they think is the marketability of videos to young audiences. Producers would do better to just tell the story logically and purely and stay true, even when it is a supernatural theme.
ReaccionarResponder - NU
Mar 10, 2014I think that it may have something to do with the way society wants us all to behave ... although if one would consider such, and bearing in mind the number of violent shows on television, we can be lead to think that society or tv producers wants us all to be violent, but nowadays have gone extremely blurred since shows like the now "extincts" True Blood and Spartacus were full of sex and violence. My approach to is that violence has a sort of cathartic feel to it, in the sense that once we see so much violence, I think the last thing we think about doing is smashing people´s heads or going on a wild violent rampage. All and all, I think that the secret is not to exploit both things, something that a lot of television shows, sadly, don´t know how to do.ReaccionarResponder - NANakedhiker1000Autor originalMar 10, 2014One thing I think I hear you saying is that if TV or films use violence or sex they tend to exploit it and I guess I mostly agree. Much of the nudity in American films seems to be designed to titillate or maybe give just a small taste of something exploitative to attract either male or female viewers. What I also notice though, is that sometimes I am watching a film and I get the sense that what would be a natural and normal opportunity in the story to show nudity ends up being cut out so the movie can be marketed more broadly to a mass audience. I think European and South American cinema is so much better at allowing nudity as part of the story.ReaccionarResponder
- NUMar 11, 2014You do have a point, in fact, there was this other italian director, Pier Paolo Passolini, who also directed a very gross movie that had a lot of nudity and violence, the french are also renowned for making some pretty daring pictures and lets not forget the spanish, but I think that most of those movies are seen as indie or underground, who get some sort of recognition due to status that their directors have achieved. And then, of course, you also have countries where nudity is also seen almost as a tabu, but very often witness the release of some pretty controversial films. In my country´s case, I guess that we used to be a bit more conservative towards sex in movies, I remembre this late director who once directed a movie during which we were constantly being given glimpses of a woman´s knickers and some pubic hair, it caused a stir, but now, some portuguese directors know that if they want to attract audiences they have to feature lots of sex ... but the way it pops up on screen ... jee louise, sometimes it can get pretty stupid.ReaccionarResponder
- NUMar 12, 2014Eheh, seems that we disagree on this matter for I think that True Blood did push the envelope a bit, but I may be saying this because I think that a show that had vampires as its main characters, as sexy as they may be perceived throughout history, doesn´t really need to have that much sex, I mean, I think that Sookie was perhaps the most "conservative" character, maybe because Anna Paquin has become a renowned actress, I mean, she has even won an oscar for her role in "The Piano" , but generally speaking, especially the girls who fel head over feet for Erik, usually found themselves in some pretty raunchy scenes. But Spartacus, I believe, still remains the most visceral of the lot (Game of Thrones seems to be quite fond of sex as well), I mean, I never followed the show pretty closely, but when I saw it, not an episode went by when we didn´t see the most acrobatic, slow motion, almost explicit sex scenes (and some were quite obscene).ReaccionarResponder
- NUMar 13, 2014I remember when The Queen was released and everyone was talking about the fact that in the past Helen Mirren had starred in some pretty sexually explicit movies, especially one called Caligula, but I guess that even if she decided to appear naked on screen now, she would impress everyone, especially girls who are trying to muster the strenght (?) to appear naked in films. You have mentioned Elizabeth Berkley and I also thought about Denise Richards, who had no problems appearing naked in that movie with Matt Dilllon, Kevin Bacon and Neve Campbell, and then surprised everyone by starring in this very dark comedy about beauty queen pageants: I remember she received rave reviews for her performance, but people avoided the film. I think that it all comes down to what they have to work with, I mean, if the script is good, if everything makes sense, and it´s not gratuitous, then nudity ends up being perceived as an integral part of the story.ReaccionarResponder
- NUMar 13, 2014Perhaps some have decided to stop stripping because they felt that they wanted to be perceived as serious actresses, forgetting that some women before them pushed the boundaries, sort of speak, and went on to be respected, think about Nicole Kidman for instance, she was naked a series of movies and even though some may have bombed at the box office, she keeps on being hired. As long as the script is good and the director behind the camera has a certain sensibility towards sex scenes, I believe that we´re in for treat, as laughable as some erotic scenes may sometimes get, for instance, there is this Bruce Willis movie called The Colour of The Night and I have to say that I usually get quite turned on the first time we see him naked (including a quick shot of his penis), but then sometimes I watch it and I start laughing because the dialogue that leads to that moment ... jee, it´s quite bad
Here it is:http://www.xvideos.com/video2084583/jane_march_-_color_of_night:)ReaccionarResponder - NUMar 13, 2014I have and indeed, the movie is quite good and both Jane March and her co-star looked superb naked, if only we had more movies like that ... that show men and women in all their splendour ... the world would be a much happier place (wishful thinking, I know) :)ReaccionarResponder