There are probably numerous examples in pre-Code films but none that come to mind right now. Doesn't Red-Headed Woman have some pretty blatant material? -----Original Message----- >From: "Frank, Michael" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Oct 28, 2007 11:13 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [SCREEN-L] sexual explictness query > >[with the usual apologies for duplication] > > > >in 1958 [north by northwest] eva marie saint says to cary grant >something like "i have no plans for tonight and my book isn't very >interesting" -- and we know she's inviting him to her bed . . . in 1971 >[play misty for me] jessica walter says to clint eastwood "right, no >strings attached, but that doesn't mean we can't sleep together tonight >if we want to" . . . while this may fall short of the "let's screw" >which one might expect today, the increased explicitness clearly >reflects the changes [in both sexual mores and codes of representation] >that are a function of what have since come to call the sexual >revolution of the sixties > > > >it would be interesting to trace these changes, which leads to the >question: can anyone cite earlier examples in mainstream cinema [i.e. >films aimed at a mass audience] of this kind of sexual explicitness - or >of later developments that raised the bar even higher [or lower, >depending on your POV] . . . > > > >thoughts?? > > > >mike > > >---- >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the >University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu