Some Nudity Required

1998 American documentary film

Some Nudity Required is a 1998 American documentary about nudity in the American film industry. It features Odette Springer, who co-directed, and worked as a music supervisor at New Horizon Films. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival.

The film was directed and written by Odette Springer and Johanna Demetrakas. The film took nearly four years to make.[1] Roger Corman, who was interviewed, reportedly walked out of a screening and was unhappy with the film.[2]

Reception

Variety called it "an insightful, outrageously entertaining docu memoir."[3]

Entertainment Weekly said "It is, by turns, good-natured, confrontational, and disturbing."[4]

Interview subjects

  • Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • Roger Corman
  • Fred Olen Ray
  • Andy Sidaris and Arlene Sidaris
  • Odette Springer
  • Julie Strain
  • Jim Wynorski

References

  1. ^ "'Some nudity' provided a catharsis". The Los Angeles Times. 24 January 1998. p. F8.
  2. ^ "Breasts are the cheapest special effects in the business". The Observer Arts Section. 16 August 1998. p. 7.
  3. ^ Review of film at Variety
  4. ^ Review of film at Entertainment Weekly

External links

  • Some Nudity Required at IMDB
  • Some Nudity Required at TCMDB
  • Some Nudity Required at Letterbox DVD