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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020 · 131 min

A chatty, clip-heavy stroll through cinema history that mixes frank interviews with archival footage, more informative than provocative.

Directed by
Danny Wolf
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Malcolm McDowell, Shannon Elizabeth, Sean Young
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Danny Wolf
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Malcolm McDowell, Shannon Elizabeth, Sean Young
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  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • media
  • art
  • morality
  • celebrity
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Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
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Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
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Runtime
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Country
United States of America
Languages
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