A six-part video essay series about the function, meaning and politics of nudity in film. For study purposes only. All clips are property of the respective rights holders and are excerpted here in accordance with fair use provisions. Optional English subtitles are available. Images and excerpts: News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977) La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette, 1991) Olympia Part One (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938) The Woodmans (Scott Willis, 2010) The French Kissers (Riad Sattouf, 2009) The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001) The Good Old Naughty Days (Michel Reilhac, 2002) La nuit claire (Marcel Hanoun, 1976) Hypocrites (Lois Weber, 1915) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) The Bible: In the Beginning… (John Huston, 1966) Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975) The Girls of Kamare (René Viénet, 1974) Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006) Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, 1976) Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) Brightness (Souleymane Cissé, 1987) Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) The Devil's Playground (Fred Schepisi, 1976) Nineteen Eighty-Four (Michael Radford, 1984) Paradise: Love (Ulrich Seidl, 2012) Ten Canoes (Rolf De Heer & Peter Djigirr, 2006) Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley, 2011) Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013) Leap Year (Michael Rowe, 2010) Sensuela (Teuvo Tulio, 1973) Hannah Takes the Stairs (Joe Swanberg, 2007)
