Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Sinopse

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.

6.5
2020
Released
2h 11m

Status

Released

Original Language

Keywords

#movie business
#interview
#archive footage
#social documentary
#old footage
#cinema history
#old hollywood
#hollywood history
#film archives
#social & cultural documentary
#new hollywood
#metoo
#observational documentary
#sex
#hayes code
#history and legacy
#nudity
#documentary

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Reviews

@Igbochildover 3 years ago

More of a "greatest hits" of nudity in film than a balanced examination of the subject. This is not surprising considering that one of the producers of the documentary as well as an interview subject is Mr. Skin, who operates a website that features clips of movie nude scenes. The documentary starts off reasonably well by discussing the earliest appearances of nudity in film and the forces in