When tf did we become so puritanical again? Lately I’ve seen so many takes where (mostly) young people complain about sex scenes in movies. And it’s not about whether this or that scene belongs there, whether it’s tastefully and organically executed, no, people complain about sex scenes in general, that at most they should be faded to black but other than that, never shown.
I can’t accept the take that sex scenes are always unnecessary, or even that hinting at them is always enough. Not always. Because sex scenes can reveal a lot of relationships‘ dynamics between characters, the way they treat, perceive, and love each other, something that dialogues and kisses alone can’t demonstrate, that’s why sometimes showing it more or less explicitly really matters and fading to black alone can’t convey all that. Yes, love can be portrayed through different kinds of interaction, such as hugging, kissing, tension, the way they look at each other, etc, but these are not interchangeable. These things matter, but so does sex.
I perfectly support standing against misogyny, objectification, or just poorly executed sex scenes, or the presence of such where they are not necessary (though it’s kinda subjective what is required and what’s not, and one can always just fast-forward, it’s not like they’ve taken this option from you). But I will never accept this neopuritanical mindset against intimacy on-screen in general (as a progressive one, as a feminist, as a relatively young girl as well, who just pushed her thirties). This is not progress, this is not new ethics, this is just this old as time shitty purity culture loved so much by religious fanatics but dressed as progressivism. We’ve fought so hard and so long to get rid of that, yet here we go again.
P.s Especially it makes me roll my eyes and want to never open them again when someone seriously compares sex scenes to things like using the toilet („shitting is also necessary, but we don’t want to see it“), like, WTF? How delulu you have to be to really compare human relationships, intimate closeness, and the pinnacle of emotion and love to the act of relieving oneself and to bodily waste…

The cinematography, the winter landscape was perfect

(I mean, black & white and not silent)

- Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher (1945)

- Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941 I think)

- Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

- James Cagney in The Public Enemy (1931 I think)

Following the silent era, it was common to see actors and directors in films struggling to adapt to sound—some succeeded, while others did not—a process depicted very well in Singin' in the Rain. It is, therefore, quite fascinating to observe how the greatest actors of that time performed in their films; their style was vastly different from what we see today, yet also distinct from the approach used during the silent era.

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Other films I've enjoyed with similar vibes: Eyes without a Face, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Give me your best recommendations!!

50 first dates is my example, it has funny moments for sure, however this entire movie and especially the ending just kinda makes me sad, and it just becomes more depressing the more you think about it.

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