Guest Shot: Paul Schrader

August, 2002

Once an actress has reached a certain status--or age--she finds the means to keep her promise to her mother and "never do nude." In other words, kiss these tits goodbye. We always hold out hope that a script will arrive in which nudity is "necessary for the story." Otherwise, the following breasts are mere fondly fondled memories.Brigitte Bardot, Contempt (1963): Pressured to include a nude scene, director Jean-Luc Godard opens the movie with a naked Bardot (one of the first...