2004-02-16
I love this topic
Male vs. female nudity in movies. (It's a CNN article, and it makes some great points about Hollywood's double standard.)
My favorite bit:
...scenes with full-frontal male nudity usually can be timed with a stopwatch while those with nude women can be measured with a sundial.
Damn skippy. Also:
"Americans are much more comfortable with extreme violence in their movies than any sexuality," observed Stephen Gilula, Fox Searchlight's president of distribution.
And:
"How is it in 2004 we are more puritanical than 30 years ago?" Bertolucci said.
I wonder the same thing myself. Arrrgh.
My favorite bit:
...scenes with full-frontal male nudity usually can be timed with a stopwatch while those with nude women can be measured with a sundial.
Damn skippy. Also:
"Americans are much more comfortable with extreme violence in their movies than any sexuality," observed Stephen Gilula, Fox Searchlight's president of distribution.
And:
"How is it in 2004 we are more puritanical than 30 years ago?" Bertolucci said.
I wonder the same thing myself. Arrrgh.