notdbd: vintagemusclemen: The 1969 Ken Russell directed movie “Women in Love” was a
notdbd: vintagemusclemen: The 1969 Ken Russell directed movie “Women in Love” was a real groundbreaker for cinema male nudity. Oliver Reed and Alan Bates were the male lead actors, and their homoerotic nude wrestling scene was amazing at that or any time. Russell did not even want to film the scene from the D.H. Lawrence novel, but Reed insisted, saying, “I figurative and literally twisted his arm.” Russell and Reed took the British censor to lunch along with a copy of the novel in hand and convinced him that the scene was artistic and true to the original. It worked, and we now have a true classic to enjoy. If you haven’t seen this movie, you need to. “Fair Use” exception to UK and USA copyright law is taken here for all five images posted on this blog today for purposes of criticism and commentary.” Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in the Oscar-winning film Women in Love. -- source link
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