Very sensual and daring

mdinfo1

It's hard to find a truly erotic movie made in America.  Most mainstream films have little sex/no nudity and a whole lot of violence.  And what constitutes "erotic art" in films is made up horribly contrived, unbelievable Cinemax/Playboy movies.  That lack any real heat and are amazingly unsexy and boring.

So a film like "Center of the World" is a rare gem.  It actually is sensual, erotic and the participants in the sex scenes seem comfortable and actually engaged in what they are doing.  The scenes do not come off as awkward or simulated.  Which is the challenge for any film director.  To make the audience believe what they are seeing is real.  

What's special here is that a great actress who one would actually like to see do nudity/sexual material, has the lead female role.  There's no body doubles here and Molly seems really comfortable with the nudity and explicit sex scenes.  She looks absolutely gorgeous throughout the movie.  And is not the traditional, cookie butter starlet that is churned out in a 1,001 Cinemax skin flicks.  

Hollywood should make more of these films.  Unfortunately, I think during this age of "sexual repression" in the arts, our natural human sexual needs will continue to be hidden from view on both the big and small screens.

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mdinfo1 11 September 2003

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