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Originally Posted by piratehunter
Give me exmples of where a nude scene made the film more money.
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Since there's no statistics for this sort of thing, we could go 'round and 'round arguing about this, but I suspecting
Basic Instinct owe a lot of its boxoffice take to the nudity of Sharon Stone.
I'd also argue that the extra press given to movies like
Swordfish and
Wild Things because of the nudity didn't hurt their boxoffice. Even if people didn't go see those movies only for the nudity, the additional press coverage they received because of it certainly helped bring those movies to people's attention.
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Originally Posted by piratehunter
I can see her really regretting it later.
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This seems to be the leitmotif to most of your concerns regarding nudity in film. That
you can see them regretting it later. How many documented instances are there of an actor or actress have regretted a nude scene? I can't think of any, but I haven't really kept track either.
And if there's none, or few, I don't see why you're so concerned about it. As many have already said, these people are all adults capable of making their own decisions. They don't need anyone to be their conscience.
Now, as for your concern that it cheapens the artform... there you may have a slight point. But I'd argue that most films with questionable nude scenes weren't high art to begin with, so it doesn't really matter.
KM