French eroticism and French culture [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLge_qkFw8] Audrey Vernon at Canal plus Décalé strips nude The work of Audrey Vernon as an announcer at French channel Canal plus Décalé is stupendous. She is the next big thing after Max Headroom. Above is the notorious announcement where she strips nude, sulkingly claiming that “nobody is watching anyway.” […]
Lest I be accused of too much theory, it is time for some gratuitous nudity, number 8 in our series[1]. Source: [Bxzzines] This picture, taken from an unknown issue of Paris-Tabou, comes our way via Bxzzines[2], the blog on French obscure magazines. This particular photo depicts a nude female embraced by a robot. The title […]
From a small Danish magazine via Au Carrefour Etrange comes this Jekyll and Hyde photonovel, one of the first clearly pornographic print productions published openly and in full color in Europe. Losfeld, the author of Au carrefour has deliberately omitted the more explicit scenes and urges to write him if you want to see more. […]
La Favorite () by Luis Riccardo Faléro There is something about this pose, legs crossed, one foot put forward, that I find particularly attractive. Mabe it’s the fact that standing like this makes the rear foot tiptoe and raise the buttocks. If anyone can help me with the date on this painting, please drop me […]
My previous “gratuitous nudity” (#4) post featured images of an Italian seventies film on frotteurism. Today, we will explore candaulism and introduce you to one of the most beautiful Italian actresses: Laura Antonelli, here in a film by Pasquale Festa Campanile (The Libertine) , a filmmaker who has celebrated sexuality throughout his work, but especially […]
The Eroticist (Image sourced here) The Eroticist is a 1972 Italian film by Lucio Fulci about a government official who suffers from frotteurism. Lucio Fulci (1927 – 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his directorial work on some of the goriest horror films ever made, although he […]
“On The Necessity of Violation” by Jean-Jacques Lebel in TDR T41 (1968) Description: Incl. photos of happenings – ‘Sunlove’ happening with the Soft Machine, 1967 (Mike Ratledge with naked girl), ‘Miss Festival Contest’ happening with a naked Yoko Ono in background, Lebel’s ‘Happening on the theme of Playtex bras’, etc. Also: Arrabal; Stefan Brecht; Ann […]
Still from Succubus (1968) directed Jess Franco Still from La Danza Macabra (1964) directed Antonio Margheriti
click to enlarge A classic example of nunsploitation by Johann Nepomuk Geiger, as I’ve alluded to in this post when I showed you this painting, I am a fan of the genre which can be traced backwards from the 1970s exploitation films to Renaissance anticlericalism. Another particularly good example is this one by Clovis Trouille.
Found a good article titled Rationales for movie sex and nudity: “To avoid the charge of presenting scenes involving “gratuitous sex and nudity,” Hollywood filmmakers often suggest a reason (or at least an occasion) for their stars’ behavior, offering various rationales for movie sex and nudity during each decade of the twentieth century.” In many […]