num_pages: 160
description: Implicit and explicit, Hollywood and European, these 100 films revolutionized the way cinema represented the pleasures of the flesh. Alluring photographs capture the physical heat, while a perceptive analysis examines every crucial aspect of cinematic eroticism. Some of the films, such as Double Indemnity , show sex as an irresistible, dangerous trap; others, including Tom Jones , wittily suggest desire through dialogue and visual metaphors. A number of works, from Ai No Corrida to the homoerotic Caravaggio , shocked, challenged, and disturbed. Also on display are the frank, uncompromising approach of European directors such as Bertolucci, Buñuel, and Almodovar; the darker side of on-screen sexuality including S/M ( The Night Porter ); and taboo subjects such as incest and necrophilia—implied in Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo .
language: English
title: One Hundred Sex Scenes that Changed Cinema
titlecomplete: One Hundred Sex Scenes that Changed Cinema
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Batsford