That’s not to say it’s not erotic, however. But interestingly, although the film itself contains copious nudity (including a famous, extended scene of Lamarr skinny-dipping) the sex scene itself is largely demure. This may have been the first documented sex scene in cinema. In this 1933 Czech film, the great Hedy Lamarr plays a young, frustrated bride who flees her marriage to a wealthy, impotent older man and finds love and lust in the arms of a virile engineer. Here are the 30 Most Important Sex Scenes in Movie History. And some are just unforgettable scenes that informed what came after them. Some came to represent nefarious, exploitative trends. Some are flash points that wound up changing our culture in interesting ways. Some of the scenes on this list are seminal moments in film history (for better and for worse). But sex scenes have also been important - whether in the development of the cinematic idiom, or sparking controversy, or just plain helping break new ground in depicting intimacy. These days, they tend to be relatively rare. In the 1980s, they were commodified in startling ways. In the 1960s and ‘70s, they were often used for shock value and to shake viewer complacency. They’ve gone through periods of near-ubiquity, as well as scarcity. Sex scenes have a rich, varied tradition in the cinema. Welcome to Sexpositions, a weeklong Vulture celebration of sex scenes in movies and on TV.
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