In Luca Guadagnino's simmering drama, two ex-lovers are disastrously reunited at a Mediterranean villa where the pool is a temple
of bared flesh and sex perfumes the air
Another purveyor
of bare flesh, John Currin, delights in lust and artifice.
Victor's smile widened with each heaving inch
of bare flesh exposed.
Not exact matches
Last June, TIME wrote about the «epidemic
of nudity on prime - time TV,» which noted that
flesh -
baring scenes on TV may be on the rise, but the public's acceptance
of such nudity is on the decline.
Previously, women were influenced by celebrities who
bared as much
flesh as possible (take Bella Hadid at Cannes earlier this year, for example) but now, more are turning towards a more modest way
of dressing.
They're «girlie» and summery but don't
bare loads
of flesh which makes them ideal for school runs on a hot day.
It has the nostalgic accoutrements
of a Cold War thriller, and calls upon Ms Lawrence to
bare provocative expanses
of flesh at strategic intervals.
But that deconstructionist argument also tears down any semblance
of artistic merit within the work itself: If everything is fictional and false, then there's no nobler rationale for the
bare flesh, and thus the nudity in Killer Joe and Compliance is, pure and simple, sheer exploitation —
of no greater value than the top - doffing teens
of Project X, the bathing beauties
of Piranha 3DD, or the softcore action
of a vintage Shannon Tweed vehicle on Cinemax.
Fans
of comely co-star Shannon Elizabeth should be forewarned, however, that the advertised
bare flesh is not that
of the sultry starlet, who continues her efforts toward being a «serious actress» (yeah right) by keeping her clothes on.
«Call Me by Your Name» Whereas most filmmakers are limited to two senses to convey their vision — sight and sound — Italian director Luca Guadagnino somehow manages to suggest all five: The taste
of tree - ripened apricots, the smell
of dinner being prepared downstairs, the feel
of warm sun on
bare flesh.
The
flesh split open in midair, spraying seeds like gentle buckshot into the
bare skin
of my arms, leaving behind a faint trace
of pain.
The Chinese government and NetEase, the licensee for World
of Warcraft in China, have imposed a modification on Chinese versions
of the game which places
flesh on
bare - boned skeletons and transforms dead character corpses into tidy graves.
Her fearless close - ups
of bare and unadorned skin dispense with physical ideals, celebrating instead the sensual tactility
of the real, living
flesh.
Over the past three and a half decades, Marina Abramovic's astonishing oeuvre, with pieces in which she performs feats
of extreme endurance or mortification
of the
flesh, has laid
bare — perhaps more than any other artist has done — the human body's strengths, limitations, vulnerabilities and complex bouquet
of meanings.
They feature sexy brown - skinned odalisques, sometimes in the classic poses
of a reclining nude, other times sitting brashly wide - legged, all
bare thighs, supple
flesh and big, curly hair against a collage
of colour and exotic prints.