Lovers french erotica series

Bertolucci ended up going on trial for the Oscar-nominated erotic film, deemed "obscenity" in his home country of Italy. Erotic film can be violating and liberating at the same time. Erotic films could be viewed as the bridge between porn and romance, offering fans a "safer" viewing experience -- fit with not just sex, but a plot and well-developed characters, too -- than we might get from their soft-core cousins. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. So how has the censorship of erotic films changed in the last 40 years since "Last Tango"? She's the curator behind Nitehawk's "Naughties" series , a collection of screenings devoted to various corners of the erotic film universe.

Even More Erotica We asked Coleman to give us a few other French erotic film recommendations and she delivered: Both "Nasties" and "Naughties" veer entertainingly into the nether realms of subversive filmmaking, They seek to point out the less obvious traits of the slippery movie genres we've come to love. Coleman's nifty comparison, presenting erotica and horror as similar genres, might explain why "Naughties" has a sister series -- " Nasties " -- which focuses on the camp, gore and comedy built into horror films past. Bertolucci did go on trial for 'self-serving pornography' -- how great is that phrase?