Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020
2h 10min

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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)

A definitive documentary on the history of nudity in the movies, beginning with the silent movie era through present day, examining the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped this rich history.

Skin delves into the gender bias concerning nudity in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has pushed for gender equality in feature films today. A deep discussion of pre-code Hollywood and its amoral roots, the censorship that cleaned up Hollywood and how the MPAA was formed leads into a discussion of how nudity changed cinematic culture through the decades. It culminates in a discussion of what are nude scenes like in the age of the #METOO movement?

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Pam Grier, Shannon Elizabeth, Kevin Smith, Sean Young, Peter Bogdanovich, Amy Heckerling Traci Lords, Mariel Hemingway, Bruce Davison

Available Everywhere on Digital/VOD, August 18, 2020

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe story chronicles nudity's evolution in cinema from silent era through #MeToo, examining moral shifts, gender dynamics, artistic intent vs. exploitation, and nudity's role in storytelling... Tout lireThe story chronicles nudity's evolution in cinema from silent era through #MeToo, examining moral shifts, gender dynamics, artistic intent vs. exploitation, and nudity's role in storytelling amid proliferation of compelling content.The story chronicles nudity's evolution in cinema from silent era through #MeToo, examining moral shifts, gender dynamics, artistic intent vs. exploitation, and nudity's role in storytelling amid proliferation of compelling content.

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Elizabeth Berkley

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Martine Beswick

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Linda Blair

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Peter Bogdanovich

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Clara Bow

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Joseph Breen

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Claudette Colbert

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Elizabeth Daily

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Joe Dante

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Bruce Davison

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- Danny Wolf
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- Paul Fishbein
- Danny Wolf
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andyhain

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Wonderful! Surprisingly thoughtful and well-done. I actually expected this documentary to be gratuitous... nothing could have been further from that than this exceptional film!

8robandchris-76850

Very informative but long

The most interesting part was the beginning and the history of the code, once you got into the early mid 60s it got a bit repetitive. At the one hour mark I fast forward to end. I gave in and eight because it is a good and interesting movie at least for the first hour the second half I would rate it about a five. This is quite common with documentaries.

5Horror_Flick_Fanatic

yawn.

The documentary started out fine for the first hour. The documentary chronical nudity in films decade by decade. But somehow as the film gets into the 1980s and later, it isn't as good as the first half. It quickly became boring. The way I experienced the second half was as though I was listening to the Charlie Brown school teacher wah wah wah wah, insert nude scene, wah wah wah, another nude scene etc. The documentary seem to have lost its focus during the second half. Became more about titillation than information. I was relieved when the end credits came up after the 2hr+ runtime.

8buckeyefanohiostate

nice view of history of nudity through out the history of film

Very surprised at how much nakedness there was before the 30s and the self censoring of the Hayes code. This documentary was full of facts and movies i never knew contained nudity there was a lot more in the Golden Age of Hollywood then i thought! I enjoyed hearing from the actresses point of view its very sad to hear how a lot of them were never told till the filming started and had very little choice in the 60s and 70s its good to see that we have moved on from doing things that ways and after the #MeToo movement things have really started to change hopefully things keep getting better

6aarpcats

Not a lot of new information, but still fun

I was fascinated with the stories about Audrey Munson, and the predatory Edison patent, but already knew about the idiotic Hays Code. After that, I actually remembered the kerfuffle over Jane Birkin's pubic hair and the introduction of the rating system.

Of course, I am old. You may not be. I remember the shock of Richard Gere's full frontal in 1981, and there's worse than it on cable now.

Enjoy the film.

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CinemaBlend spoke with director Danny Wolf and he told them that even he was surprised what actors the new documentary was able to speak with, and what topics they were willing to cover. Wolf mentioned several controversial nude scenes that the movie deals with, including the infamous male nudity in Borat (2006) and the rape-revenge film I Spit On Your Grave (1978), but beyond even those Wolf was shocked that Mariel Hemingway was willing to speak about her portrayal of Playboy centerfold Dorthy Stratten, in the controversial Star 80. According to Wolf: "I like a documentary where you never know who'll pop up next. How cool is it that you wouldn't expect Kristine DeBell from Alice in Wonderland to pop up, or Camille Keaton from I Spit on Your Grave. Or Ken Davitian from Borat. These people all did interesting, talked-about, controversial nude scenes in their movies, and I think those are the stories, and those are the people, that make this documentary interesting. It's not just who you expect to see. It's, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe they got that person.' Or, 'Oh wow, Mariel Hemingway is actually going to talk about her nudity in Star 80.' Which has been a controversial topic for years, and here she is addressing it."

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Malcolm McDowell: [talking about the conception of the character of Caligula] We kind of came up with this thing that he was an anarchist, that he was destroying the Roman Empire from the top. Sound familiar?