Nudes: A Sketchbook (1974)

Plot Summary

"Curt McDowell's NUDES (A Sketchbook) is a paean to the filmmaker's closest friends: a series of portraits (beginning with one of George Kuchar) based on stylized, often graphically sexual interpretations of his or her personality. The portraits also, at times, represent Curt's own sexual interests as he projects them onto the lives of others. My favorites are 'Barbara', a Pre-Raphaelite vision of woman and 'Ainslie', a musical spoof on glamour. The filmmaker's point of view ranges from compulsively erotic to light-hearted and self-debunking. A broad reading of the term 'romantic' would probably best describe the spectrum of extreme, even outrageous, possibilities which Curt embraces in this sketchbook/film." - Karen Cooper, Film Forum

Full Cast & Characters

Mark Ellinger

Virginia Giritlian

Michelle Gross

George Kuchar

Mike Kuchar

Barbara Linkevitch

Melinda McDowell

Hope Morris

Ainslie Pryor

Janey Sneed

Director & Crew

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