Nudity
is something that most people are not comfortable to discuss, much more to
see. If you are adverse with it, the
only nude person that you can dare see is yourself to say it exaggeratedly. Thus, unless you are viewing an X rated or NC
17 movie, you will not see frontal nudities among actors, especially popular
ones. However, with millions of movies already produced throughout history, you can find some of these
movies which featured famous actors in the raw.
The first American movie which contained first
full frontal nudity was “Inspiration.” However, the movie used the theme about
nude models to rationalize nudity. The first well known screen performer to
appear full Monty on screen was Jayne Mansfield in the movie “Promises
Promises.” In fact an accompanying
Playboy magazine feature was published to celebrate the milestone.
From Jayne Mansfield, a lot of actors
did frontal nudity which believed to be for “art’s sake.” The movie “Blow Up” was the first movie
released by a major motion picture company that had nudity. During this era, the fifties and the sixties,
nudity was found in movies by virtue of justifiable reasons. Thus, you have nude Adam and Eve in the movie
“The Bible: In The Beginning.”
However, there were movies which were
able to show nudity and escape censors attention because of the importance of
such scene. In the movie “Women In Love,”
moviegoers feasted on a scene where Oliver Reed and Alan Bates wrestled in the
raw. Tom Berrenger showed his family
jewels in the movie “At Play in the Field of the Lords” and being nude was
necessary because the character wants to immerse as one of the natives.
In some cases, nudity was ignored
although appreciated but the total impact of the movie leaves everyone
astounded. Male viewers were nervous
after watching “Fatal Attraction” and not aroused seeing Glenn Close in the
nude. The ice pick murder was also talked about other than Sharon Stone
crossing her legs while being interrogated in the movie ”Basic Instinct.” Nobody remembers a nude Madonna because the
movie “Body of Evidence” was really bad.
Some actors or actresses were claiming
tasteful nudity as opposed to blatant nudity as the reason why they went nude
in movies. Take for example, Selma Hayek
in the movie “Ask The Dust,” where she claimed that it was vital to the story. Brooke Shields appeared nude at a tender age
and was highly controversial yet the issue stood the test of time as the theme of
the movie was relevant to nudity.
Nudity in movies appears to be
sexist. Female nudity is more recognized
when compared with male nudities. In the
movie “Blow Fish,” moviegoers expected lots of Kim Basinger in the nude yet
they saw Bruce Willis with an aroused penis.
When you search the Internet for “actors who went nude in movies” you
will be treated with articles titled “female celebs in the raw” for
example. I guess a nude female is better
to look at than a nude male as my conclusion.
Contributed by Alden I. Bula who maintains two blogs: www.aldenbula.wordpress.com and www.denal.wordpress.com.
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