--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An homage, as it were, to films in which some of the > finest actors shed not only shed their selves but > their clothes as well. > > Call me an old lecher -- and I am -- but I think that > there is still a place in this world for the lover of > beauty. Some of you out there feel the same way, and > are unashamed of your taste in nekkid film watching. > You know who you are. > > So here, for you, is my off-the-top-of-my head list > of some films in which an actress of some note goes > majorly -- and effectively -- nude. And, to forestall > any cries of sexism or misogyny, I will endeavor to > make a similar list for actors. It'll be shorter. > > Remember, to make my list they have to be great actors > and actresses in great roles, and the nudity has to > be selfless and natural and essential to the film. > > > THE WOMEN: > > Eva Green, in "The Dreamers"
...if you're into incest... > > Isabelle Adjani, in "L'Ete Meurtrier" and "Camille Claudel" > > Emanuelle Béart, in "La Belle Noiseuse" > ...this is one of the worst films I've ever seen. It consists of Emanuelle Beart sitting nude -- which is fine -- in front of an artist for about 5 hours of film (I kid you not!) and all the see is a hand of the artist scratch away at the canvass. The scratching sound is excruciating and the sketching is amateurish at best. Naked Emanuelle wears very thin after about 20 minutes, just like the novelty of being in a strip club. But that 20 minutes is reduced to 5 minutes of interest because of the counter-effect on your nervous system from the scratching noise. > Samantha Morton, in "Code 46" > > Emily Watson, in "Breaking the Waves" Not a pretty site...nor was the movie. But the director outdid himself in hiring weird people with his next movie when he got that gnome known as Bjork in front of the camera to act blind. I wish I was blind watching that horrible waste of film. > > Julie Delpy, in "Killing Zoe" Wonderful. Her best role...and a great film by Quentin Tarantino's co-writer of "Pulp Fiction". > > Sissy Spacek, in "Carrie" Please. What got you off, you sick bastard, the blood or the skin? Somebody feed Spacek a ham sandwich. I want SOME flesh on my women. > > Jennifer Jason Leigh, in "Flesh And Blood" > > Catherine McCormack, in "Braveheart" and "Dangerous Beauty" > > Uma Thurman, in "Dangerous Liaisons" Along with Reese Witherspoon's breasts in "Twilight", the all-time most beautiful breasts I've ever seen on the screen. This 10-second shot of Uma's breasts actually made her career. I'm not kidding. > > Indira Varma, in "Kama Sutra" Pretty much all the nakedness in this movie was good. > > Maria de Madeiros, in "Henry & June" Loved her, felt cheated by all the promised lesbian sex every five seconds of this movie which was never delivered. This movie was a teaser -- an unsatisfying teaser. To the lesbian-loving voyeur in Brazil (John Manning) I say: don't waste your time with this one. Stay with your Rachel Maddow videos. > > Catherine Deneuve, in "Repulsion" > > Maribel Verdu, in "Y tu mama tambien" I couldn't watch this movie past the 15-minute mark once the two men started masturbating on the diving boards. A movie for sickos. > > Kathleen Turner, in "Body Heat" The best. > > > THE MEN: I, of course, have absolutely no interest in this area, so I can't comment. [From the Seinfeld episode "The Jimmy"] Elaine: "Hey! Hey! listen ... Do one of you guys know that ..that blond guy who's always on the exercycle at the health club. You know he's just really handsome?.." George: (head down low) I...I wouldn't know" Elaine: "You know that just admitting a man is handsome doesn't necessarily make you a homosexual." George: "It doesn't help" > > Oliver Reed, in "The Devils" and "Women In Love" > > Colin Firth, in "The Advocate" (also known as "Hour of the Pig") > > William Hurt, in "Body Heat" > > Christian Slater, in "The Name of the Rose" > > Johnny Depp, in "The Libertine" (also known as "Rochester") > > Vincent Perez, in "La Reine Margot" and "Le Libertin" >
