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Subject: Re: Do you think that a modern movie could get away with showing naked boys? Author: spelvin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 03:50:10 12/28/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 72.78.201.247 In reply to: KiwiJuice 's message, "Do you think that a modern movie could get away with showing naked boys?" on 22:44:02 12/27/25 Sat I hope your dream was a prophetic dream, but I doubt it. The European Union outlawed that sort of thing in the 1980's. Last I heard, that sort of thing was legal in Argentina. The most recent child nude scene I know of is in the 2013 Singapore film Ilo Ilo. The child in the story is 10 years old but the role is played by a 12-year-old. He is administered a shower by the maid. Both actors express their feelings here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B4tQeqsAek&t=38s [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Do you think that a modern movie could get away with showing naked boys? Author: spelvin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:35:31 12/28/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 72.78.201.247 Are you curious about how child actors feel about appearing nude? If you are, then here is another goodie which you might be interested in. ================= Jia Ler is a natural. He’s comfortable doing nudity in the shower scenes. That’s the thing about him — he isn’t self-conscious. Singaporean kids are generally very self-conscious and that was why out of 8,000 kids I saw over 10 months, I only found one. He was the only one who sparkled. When you gave him directions, he did it effortlessly. I actually changed his character’s name [to his real name] after I cast him. His name, Jia Ler, in Chinese means ‘Happy Family’, and I was making a film about an unhappy family struggling through a financial crisis. What a great irony, I thought. Tseng, D. [2019] 2021. 8 Days’ first interview with ‘Ilo Ilo’ director Anthony Chen before he won big at the Golden Horse Awards. https://www.todayonline.com/8days/sceneandheard/throwback/8-days-first-interview-ilo-ilo-director-anthony-chen-he-won-big-golden ================= I'd rather hear from the child actor himself, but I'll be happy with a secondary source. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Do you think that a modern movie could get away with showing naked boys? Author: Mitch [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:55:20 12/29/25 Mon Author Host/IP: 107.215.19.132 I think with the right movie crew and parental encouragement, I would have done such a scene, especially if well paid. I grew up in the 60s and in the 70s there was a lot of nudity in films, Brooke Shields maybe the most notable at the time. The one scene that always intrigues me is David Elliott at the end of the movie, the Possession of Joel Delaney, where he is 12 and nude in front of his mom (Shirley Maclaine) and his sister. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]