I'm just wondering what other people think about nudity in films. Personally I don't like it. I think there are ways around showing it and that films can be better off without nudity. It's just part of the moral disinigration of our society, which is an undeniable problem. Call me old fashioned, but it's just what I think. Anyway, that's all.
Nudity?
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I get into arguments with my wife about this. She has the same opinion as you, silver. Actually her's is director specific - basically, in my movies, I could find a way around it, but ti doesn't bother her when she sees it in someone else's film.
My opinion is that it needs to have a reason for being there. If you have a characters walk into the bathroom and get into the shower, and you show them nude ... fine. If you have a character flash nudity for no other reason than to titillate the audience ... no.
It's kind of like saying "if it's done tastefully" with a major difference. Not all tasteful nudity is needed, and not all distatseful nudity is unneeded. For instance, there is a scene in Irreversible where Monica Belucci's character is raped. There is some nudity in that scene. It is distasteful, yet it serves a purpose in that scene ... it is needed.
Of course, there's always the argument of responsibility to your audience. I've had discussions with some people who think that if I place nudity in a movie then I am leading to the loss of sexual innocence of some young child out there. Now, I think this is utter poppycock, but I can see where some might give it merit.
At this moment, I can not say if I will ever have nudity in one of my movies.
Poke
My opinion is that it needs to have a reason for being there. If you have a characters walk into the bathroom and get into the shower, and you show them nude ... fine. If you have a character flash nudity for no other reason than to titillate the audience ... no.
It's kind of like saying "if it's done tastefully" with a major difference. Not all tasteful nudity is needed, and not all distatseful nudity is unneeded. For instance, there is a scene in Irreversible where Monica Belucci's character is raped. There is some nudity in that scene. It is distasteful, yet it serves a purpose in that scene ... it is needed.
Of course, there's always the argument of responsibility to your audience. I've had discussions with some people who think that if I place nudity in a movie then I am leading to the loss of sexual innocence of some young child out there. Now, I think this is utter poppycock, but I can see where some might give it merit.
At this moment, I can not say if I will ever have nudity in one of my movies.
Poke
You had boobs in your avatar, so your almost there....haha
As a maker of DVT features nudity is my bread and butter. Artistic integrity is fine. Tastfull is fine. But I can't afford those noble pursuits in my line of work.
Anyway, I LOVE seeing attractive, naked women in the movies.
Anyway, I LOVE seeing attractive, naked women in the movies.
Tine said:
Superb! My mind reading device is working like a charm!!!
indietalk said:
Flattery will get you one more year of free moderation, but after that I'm renegotiating.
directorik said:
Hey man more power to you, and more boners to your audience! I think this issue along with many others is a filmmaker to filmmaker decision. Nudity in your flicks pays for your food, whereas nudity in mine would probably lose me a wife and get me disowned from my fam.
Mr. Blonde said:
They're still there. They're just Rated G now.
Poke
I think that the human body is a beautiful thing and a natural thing. Nudity never bothers me (at least not morally), because I don't see how nudity is wrong. We all shower naked, we all have sex in our lifetime...it's natural, and there's not really a way that showing body parts is wrong in and of itself. What's the difference between showing boobs or showing...legs...just because we associate nudity with sex doesn't mean that's how or why it's portrayed in movies...and even when it is, I don't see what the big deal is.
...If there IS nudity in your movie (especially if it is sexual), then your audience should be prepared, either through rating the movie for older people or warning the audience before the show.
Now, there's a difference between nudity in film and pornography...I believe pornography is wrong because it is (sometimes) real sex...which means that it's just another form of prostitution. That disgusts me personally.
...If there IS nudity in your movie (especially if it is sexual), then your audience should be prepared, either through rating the movie for older people or warning the audience before the show.
Now, there's a difference between nudity in film and pornography...I believe pornography is wrong because it is (sometimes) real sex...which means that it's just another form of prostitution. That disgusts me personally.
LOGAN L Productions said:
I know this feeling. I believe it to be similar to my view on nudity. Nudity never really bothers me on screen, but when it comes to what I am willing to be on screen in my films I have to draw the line somewhere cause I don't see myself ever doing Bikini Car Wash 4: Tops Off and Tits Out.
Poke
I LOVE NUDITY IN FILMS 
Someone had to say it guys, I'll take the fall ...
Someone had to say it guys, I'll take the fall ...
This is a complex issue for a number of reasons.
Societal: I think we're way too uptight about nudity and sex in general. It's like sex is dirty and bad. It's natural and we wouldn't be around without it.
Logistical: Adding nudity can hurt your film because most of the time actors who are willing to get naked can't act.
Artistic: I really can't stand unneccesary nudity in movies and I have shot more than my share of it in some horror films I've shot. It's sad that when they can't come up with a plot decent enough to captivate an audience without throwing in some cheap nudity. I try to avoid it if possible. Now, this doesn't need mean there should be no nudity in movies. There are films where it's appropriate, like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" or "Last Tango in Paris".
Physilogical: We'd like to pretend that we're highly evolved beings, but we're just a teenie-tiny step away from our ancestors, the cavemen. We are still hardwired to respond to nudity. That's the reason filmmakers throw in some nudity so some 15 years olds can get some jollies.
In the end, it's up to the filmmaker because we live in a free society and people can say and film what the want. If people don't like it, they watch or buy it.
My 2 cents
Scott
Societal: I think we're way too uptight about nudity and sex in general. It's like sex is dirty and bad. It's natural and we wouldn't be around without it.
Logistical: Adding nudity can hurt your film because most of the time actors who are willing to get naked can't act.
Artistic: I really can't stand unneccesary nudity in movies and I have shot more than my share of it in some horror films I've shot. It's sad that when they can't come up with a plot decent enough to captivate an audience without throwing in some cheap nudity. I try to avoid it if possible. Now, this doesn't need mean there should be no nudity in movies. There are films where it's appropriate, like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" or "Last Tango in Paris".
Physilogical: We'd like to pretend that we're highly evolved beings, but we're just a teenie-tiny step away from our ancestors, the cavemen. We are still hardwired to respond to nudity. That's the reason filmmakers throw in some nudity so some 15 years olds can get some jollies.
In the end, it's up to the filmmaker because we live in a free society and people can say and film what the want. If people don't like it, they watch or buy it.
My 2 cents
Scott
I don't like it. I guess I'm just old-fashioned, too.
Like Ed said, if it is used to further the story or if it fits in well, then go for it. But pointless nudity really takes away from the movie and makes it seem more trashy, i guess you could say depending on how it's used.
That's what i meant to say before but the comment about Poke and his boobs came out instead...srry
That's what i meant to say before but the comment about Poke and his boobs came out instead...srry
I mean, you can have the illusion of nudity with no nudity.. Like in Troy, the people I saw it with (who were girls) go all stupid when you could almost see orlando blooms *change of subject* & whenever brad pitt was in a tent (let's face it, whenever he was in the tent, you know he just screwed something) so without seeing any actually 'nudity', it still had the illusion.