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10 Sexiest Non-Sex Scenes
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"One of the most popular sex scenes of all time is the kitchen scene from the 1981 version of The Postman Always Rings Twice. But many people find the more implicit parts of the 1946 version to be sexier. These people include the earlier film’s female lead, Lana Turner, who wrote in her autobiography, “[The makers of the 1981 film] didn’t have to worry about the censors. I’d had to project a rather intense sexual presence, but always with my clothes on. I was amused to read that [NY Times film critic] Vincent Canby considered the remake a pale, rather sexless imitation of my version.” Yes, a film with neither nudity nor simulated lovemaking can be quite sexy, likely sexier than an explicit remake, for innuendo and other teasing maneuvers around either the Hays Code or the MPAA ratings board’s restrictions are far more tantalizing than any bare and balls-out displays of graphic sex common in movies today. Though many cl "
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"Getting ready for the Sundance Film Festival can be very exciting. As we await the event’s Thursday opening, we can’t stop wondering what will be the next big thing. Will this year’s hit be the highly-anticipated Michael Cera project Paper Hearts, or will it be something that we as of yet know nothing about? It’s easy to forget, however, that oftentimes the next big thing is also the next lamest thing. Sundance sensations, those films that are much-buzzed-about, that sell for a lot of money, that go on to be marketed like crazy and ultimately receive Oscar recognition, tend to lend themselves most easily to backlashes. Usually such derision is deserved, as in the case of the following ten films, each of which made a big splash at Sundance despite being bad. 10. Brick (Ria "
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"I really enjoyed Dark Victory. Bette Davis ("Wicked Stepmother") stars as a young socialite diagnosed with a brain tumor. She then must decide how to live out the last days of her life. I couldn't take my eyes off Davis, she just lights up the screen, even when she's dying. Humphrey Bogart ("The Harder They Fall") has a cameo as a horse trainer and his scenes with Davis are some of the best. Though the plot description sounds depressing and I did end up crying, it's not necessarily a sad film. There's a lot to think about here. Also, a young Ronald Reagan ("The Killers") puts in an appearance. Jezebel is another Bette Davis film, and though this is directed by William Wyler ("The Liberation of L.B. Jones"), Davis won an Oscar for her role and the film was nominated for best picture, I had some real problems with it. I know it's set in the Pre-Civil War South and Davis plays a Southern Belle, but really, the racism was hard for me to take. I know that slavery was not even part of t ... "
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"I guess I'm just overly serious with no sense of fun. I am told that the appeal of Howard Hawks is that he makes jokey, tongue-in-cheek genre pieces, but I don't find them particularly funny or even that interesting for that matter. The Big Sleep is a based on a novel by noted crime writer Raymond Chandler, and has a screenplay co-written by William Faulkner, and Hawks seems to think the best way to handle this material is to treat only half-seriously, with no apparently theme or reasons for its existence.The movie looks like a noir. It stars Humphrey Bogart as Phillip Marlowe, a private detective who is called by a millionaire (Charles Waldron) to locate some guy who stole some money from one of his daughters. I think. There's not going to be much more of a plot synopsis, because understanding the plot of the movie really hard, and according to some sources I've looked at, impossible. Apparently, people who have really studied this movie have reported that there is not actually en ... "
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"If you listen to the Filmspotting podcast you are familiar with their marathons. One of their recent marathons was on the Film Noir classics. After watching some great movies like Double Indemnity (1944) and the The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and some much lesser Noir films like Gun Crazy (1949) , I was burned out on the style for a while, but I was inspired to see The Big Sleep. I waited a couple weeks for my batteries to recharge and am I ever glad I did. In many films that star real life couples, the characters they play often seem like burned out versions of themselves. Not here. Bogart and Bacall are simmering in every scene together. The bodies pile up as William Faulkner's screenplay tries to make sense of Raymond Chandler's macguffins and red herrings, but in the end it is all good. We get the ending we want. "
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"One reason I like having The Big Sleep in our home library is the final shot. The shot begins as Bogart/Philip Marlowe hangs up the phone in Arthur Geiger's (Theodore von Eltz) house, having called the police to help mop up Eddie Mars' (John Ridgely) gang. He moves from the phone towards Bacall/Vivian Rutledge into a medium profile shot of the two stars/characters, oriented more towards Bacall/Vivian than Bogart/Marlowe. Bogart/Marlowe lays out options for dealing with Vivian's father, General Sternwood (Charles Waldron), and sister, Carmen (Martha Vickers), and Bacall/Vivian says, “You've forgotten one thing. Me.” The camera moves into a close-up as Bogart/Marlowe responds, “What's wrong with you?” “Nothing you can't fix,” she says.Sirens sound, and the two of them move their heads to face the camera, but averting their eyes, ostensibly looking towards the sound of the oncoming police. In the final moment, they look towards each other, with Bacall/Vivian still oriented towards the ... "
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