Frenzy Question - Nude Scene?
Brian
I've never seen Frenzy but plan to soon. I heard that it was the first and
only Hitchcock film with a nude scene. Is this true? Is it done tastefully?
I can't imagine a HC film with nudity after the classic shower scene did
what it could to imply it but not show it.
Thanks!
Bill Warren
>I've never seen Frenzy but plan to soon. I heard that it was the first and
>only Hitchcock film with a nude scene. Is this true? Is it done tastefully?
I have no idea what you would consider "tasteful" under the circumstances in
the film -- the nudity is of a corpse.
>I can't imagine a HC film with nudity after the classic shower scene did
>what it could to imply it but not show it.
What's "HC"? Hitchcock classic? He was not ALLOWED to feature nudity in
PSYCHO. I imagine if it were common when that film was made, he would have
featured it out of simple realism.
Brian
of the shower, etc.)
Also, on a side note, which film did Hitchcock start making his cameo's in?
"Bill Warren" <bill...@aol.com.exx> wrote in message
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Bill Warren
>I don't care for gratuitous nudity (a la Psycho II where Meg Tilly gets out
>of the shower, etc.)
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I myself don't regard nudity as gratuitous.
Christopher K. Philippo
> I don't care for gratuitous nudity (a la Psycho II where Meg Tilly gets out
> of the shower, etc.)
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> Also, on a side note, which film did Hitchcock start making his cameo's in?
The Lodger.
> "Bill Warren" <bill...@aol.com.exx> wrote in message
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> > >From: "Brian" brian_...@yahoo.com
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> > >I can't imagine a HC film with nudity after the classic shower scene did
> > >what it could to imply it but not show it.
> >
> > What's "HC"? Hitchcock classic? He was not ALLOWED to feature nudity in
> > PSYCHO. I imagine if it were common when that film was made, he would
> have
> > featured it out of simple realism.
HitchCock?
Toff
Christopher K. Philippo
Gratuitous means "with no cause"; if the person getting nude is
attractive, there's the cause right there! And we should show
gratefulness!
Toff
Brian
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Brian
care to view it and I respect it) so this will help if and when I finally
see Frenzy.
"jas3777" <jas...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Brian" <brian_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, the first and only Hitchcock film where nudity is displayed (not
> masked, per Psycho). Tastefullness is an opinion, but Hitch was NEVER
> vulgar.
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> Here's where those scenes are (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM):
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> 1. The body floating on the Thames
> 2. The strangulation of Brenda Blaney
> 3. Nude body double standin for Babs at the Coburg Hotel scene
> 4. Babs' corpse in the potato truck sequence
> 5. Nude body of unknown woman in the final scene (btw, according to
> the original source material, this was supposed to be the body of
> Brenda's secretary.)
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> jas3777
Lincoln Spector
done with body doubles (no breasts and face in the same shot). I find this
incredibly annoying as it always takes me out of the story.
Lincoln
Ritchie
care to view it and I respect it) so this will help if and when I finally
see Frenzy.
Don't go to the Louvre...or Italy......or Europe....
Spud
> >From: "Brian" brian_...@yahoo.com
>
> >I've never seen Frenzy but plan to soon. I heard that it was the first and
> >only Hitchcock film with a nude scene. Is this true? Is it done tastefully?
>
> I have no idea what you would consider "tasteful" under the circumstances in
> the film -- the nudity is of a corpse.
True, late in the film, the nudity is of a corpse, Babs' corpse.
But earlier, in the Coburg Hotel, the nudity is of a very much alive Babs.
And I myself think it is tasteful and very important to the film.
Marmalade_man[NOSPAM]@hotmail.com
(jas3777) wrote about "Frenzy":
>Yes, the first and only Hitchcock film where nudity is displayed (not
>masked, per Psycho).
Jas3777:
I hate to disagree but I think if you check out the very brief scene
of the topless dancers in the Folies Bergere in the film "Rich and
Strange" (1932) you will find that "Frenzy" is not the only example of
nudity in Alfred Hitchcock's work.
A few years ago on this group, it was pointed out to me that this
material was"stock" footage from Ewald Andre Dupont's silent film
"Moulin Rouge" (1928). It certainly added a bit of spice to "Rich and
Strange".
Both Hichcock and E. A. Dupont apparently worked for British
International Pictures the company which had earlier produced "Moulin
Rouge".
Best wishes,
Vic Evans
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>bill...@aol.com.exx (Bill Warren) wrote in
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>>>From: "Brian" brian_...@yahoo.com
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>>>I don't care for gratuitous nudity (a la Psycho II where Meg Tilly
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>>>gets out of the shower, etc.)
>> I myself don't regard nudity as gratuitous except when they are pre-
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>> teen boys being raped.
>
>George Kaplan
I find it hard to believe that you guys are still baiting Bill Warren
after all these years.
I would have thought that that the trolls would have grown bored with
this waste of time.
I also thought Bill would have learned to ignore them.
Quite frankly, while I used to enjoy this group tremendously at one
time, I now seldom read it because of this silly immature behaviour.