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Anyone notice...?

posted 16 years ago by kubrick2899
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I was just wondering if anyone else noticed the nudity in the film during the party sequence three hours in (in the Coppola version). For a film made in 1927 and rated G in 1981, I was pretty taken aback by it. Of course, I was awestruck by every sequence in this magnificent masterpiece. Anyway, like I said, I was just curious what anyone else thought about that sequence.

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[–] Bry-2 15 years ago

Before the Hays Code went into effect in 1931, nudity was not unknown in films, even American films. Check out the Balthezar's Feast sequence in Griffith's Intolerence, and the Victory Parade in that same story-line. 1916!

--Jack, you have debauched my sloth!

[–] Euphrosyne 13 years ago

OP needs to check out more "pre-code" films! Check out the opening scene for "Morocco".