HAAAA!!!!! You're killing me!
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chrisjohnskelly — 18 years ago(November 24, 2007 03:57 PM)
Candy Clark is Great in this , First watched this as a seventeen year old in 81 - loved it then love it now - a cinematographic feast , music and images typical of Roeg; Bowie as iconic as he ever was- and as for nudity, I love every frame of itfrom lighting the candle to gunshot Candy Clark = Babe
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Avwillfan89 — 14 years ago(September 08, 2011 02:19 PM)
A lot of men are uncompftable with seeing naked men on screen because they see themselves in the men on screen, wheras with girls, they're not as uncompftable with it. But the guys just want to see the woman naked all the time and there's not enough male nudity in movies nowadays, or sex scenes in general, I don't think. There should definitley be more sex and less violence and gore in movies.
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Billy_McAvoy — 17 years ago(May 02, 2008 10:36 AM)
This thread is a prime example of how americans like to project their sexual hang-ups on just about everything and everyone but themselves. This is, of course why sexual imagery is the top selling advertising gimmick in america. Please unload your prudish projections on your shrink and spare everyone else so it isn't perpetuated to yet another generation. kthnx
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Tekla-too — 17 years ago(June 04, 2008 01:55 PM)
Ha. I'm American but am all for Americans getting de-suppressed in re sex and a lot of things. But that's not why I'm posting. Just posting to say I'm really excited to hear that the old version of the movie (which is all I ever saw) had parts missing that are no longer missing. This is Excellent! This was my favorite movie of all time even with its flaws, so I'm going to have an interesting time seeing all the new footage (and I promise not to complain about the sex, haha).
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CalvinJarrett — 16 years ago(April 17, 2009 11:51 AM)
Alright, alright, I read this entire thread and I have to respond. First to euanbet2, I suppose you're entitled to your opinion and self-hatred of your genitalia, but I've seen many vaginas live and on screen and I've seen very few that I wouldn't eat. I suppose in an abstract almost impressionistic way you can liken a vagina to an axe wound, but I happen to find it far more flower-like and beautiful in appearance. Yes, I suppose there are less attractive ones out there - perhaps you have one of the less aesthetic ones. But by and large, they are all slightly different but all equally beautiful.
I don't necessarily care for the original poster's tone and some of his text did verge if not cross the line of misogyny, but I agree that we should be able to see labia minora and clitoruses on nude females and not just the hair or shadow slit. As much as I love female pubic hair, i do want to see each actress's labia minora and clitorus. I want to know if their labia is pink, red, purplish-brown or flesh-colored. i want to know if they have a big clit or a hidden one. And yes, I want to know if their vaginal openings are naturally small or wider. I think the distinction is is the MPAA will always say, "well, yeah, we're letting you see the male penis, but it's flaccid. We'll never let you see an erect penis - that would receive an NR." Still, if they're showing unaroused penises why not show unaroused vaginas. As in, show the labia and clits, but just don't show them with tang all inside and around the lips. Wouldn't that solve it? -
NothingButDVD — 15 years ago(November 13, 2010 04:30 PM)
I know that some of it is needed, character development and all, but I have no idea how this is rated R. I would've cut back a little on the Sex & Nudity.
I think it's a product of its time - the free love and 'Joy of Sex' thing. Other posters are right, though - there's not much actual sex in it. Just a lot of gratuitous nudity. It was a bit much, but I could deal except for seeing Rip Torn's junk ! Omg. I wish I could clean and disinfect my eyeballs
even though neither is a work of art, the female genitalia looks like an AXE WOUND in most cases and is horrendous!
^This.
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CalvinJarrett — 16 years ago(April 21, 2009 02:21 PM)
Nope - a heteosexual male who has eaten and f|_|cked a lot of bush and has by and large loved them all. I don't care for people making the vagina out to be ugly-looking. And not just lesbians like to perform cunnilingus.
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sparkyjester — 13 years ago(August 17, 2012 04:43 PM)
Look, it's been my understanding that penises are looked at as more lewd than breasts and pubic hair, hence why movies get away with that more cleanly and know it. It's the same way in most legal systems: Women can bare most or all (such as where I'm from) but men can't strip to their junk and walk the streets. It isn't really a discrimination thing and never has been. The more frontal male nudity there is, the more chance a movie stands of receiving a higher rating.
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kidjay83 — 13 years ago(January 01, 2013 04:40 PM)
It really had that much sex and nudity in it ? isn't the movie about and alien coming to earth to find water for his dying planet ? What are these aliens sexually probing people ?
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hermione47 — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 03:48 AM)
I don't get the problem many people have with sex. We all do it. Luckily.
Violence, though, seems to be acceptable. God knows why.
This film is a masterpiece and yes, the sex was needed, as it shows the protagonist's only way of relating to humans.
I guess many who have problems with the sex scenes are Americans.
Enough said.