breast doubles?

Which character gets naked?

Both Natasha and Marisa had doubles for the movie (as you can usually tell when it's just a breast shot without a face), although Marisa would do famous topless scenes in "Before the devil Knows You're Dead" and "The Wrestler" about a decade later.

"The fundamental things apply, as time goes by."

i have no definite knowledge, but also noticed the use of body doubles. Every scene featuring naked breasts is a close-up stationary shot, with no other part of the actress visible.

The only (possible) exception is the scene in the Cadillac. However, as I recall, this is a very brief long shot in which neither the breasts or the actress are clearly discernible. A body double may be in use in this shot also.

Why would they use doubles? Well, as previously mentioned, the lead actress has small breasts but the character has to have reasonably large breasts to fit the plot (she is horrified by their large size).

Possible reasons for the use of a double for Marisa Tomei? (I am pretty sure a double was used for her; as already pointed out, her breasts are smaller than those we see onscreen.) Well, she may not have been prepared to show her breasts onscreen, or the producers weren't prepared to pay the extra fee for her to do so, or her breasts were deemed too small or insufficiently attractive (perish the thought!). It may even be that the breast shots were edited-in in post production in an effort to increase the film's attractions - so to speak.

Of course, Tamara Jenkins (writer and director), assuming she wanted the shots included, may give another explanation. She may claim that the breast shots were deliberately disassociated from the characters in order to portray the difference between that characters' sexuality and who they were as people - or some such PC attitude.

The truth, of course, is that film makers feature naked actresses (and sex scenes) in an effort to attract more paying customers. And actresses remove their clothes for money (that is why they ask for higher pay when nudity is involved). Neither they, or the film makers, do it because it is "necessary to the plot" - any more than topless bars exist for the comfort of the waitresses working in hot conditions.

Who cares boobs are boobs, lets be honest here we all dont care much who they are attached to as long as we can drool over them. I can find sufficiant cause to persuade myself body double or not that those cans were hers either way I win it is a great way of looken at it.