NEWS: Dakota Fanning Gets Naked, Mom Says it's Ok--She Might Earn an Oscar

^^^Why? Is there a dirth of nude children in European movies?

Worked out okay for Anna Paquin.

Postpartum depression.

Your opinion. The director obviously thinks it will be a better move if it is shown. Several respected actors are part of the cast so apparently they agree.

Yes, and lord knows directors and actors always make great decisions.

I can't HELP but wonder. Will the photos from the film end up on the various "celebrity nude photos" websites? If so, is that even legal?

Well I just figure the Europeans are generally less sexually repressed, or more comfortable with nudity in general than some other parts of the world (namely the US).

Fuck you very much.

I could honestly give a shit about the film. And have yourself a look up at the picture at the beginning of the thread. What's there to really want to see?

I'm just not quite ready to leap to judgement about this film. Apparently, that's more your speed.

The facts are that the motion picture industry and American media is still basically stuck in the Post-Wardrobe-Malfunction era. I don't foresee this movie showing anything that'd get raise TOO MANY eyebrows too far. Or worse yet (given who runs the D.o.J.) get them unwanted attention from the authorities. The kid is already a star. I'd suspect that she's got some kind of management that has a remote idea of what it's doing.

This sort of film if done wrong is carreer death. Whatever kid from Saved by the Bell that did that film (Showgirls?) tried to break out of the kid/teen-star orbit by doing that, and it basically ended her carreer. Albeit by being a dog-awful film versus being an exploitative film with a too-young kid.

America's largest generation (baby boomers) are largely parents moving into grandparents. Even if they aren't the largest demographic, they are basically a good guide for the moral compass of the country. If they disapprove of seeing kids naked in films, it's likely nobody'll see it.

If I had to guess, I'd say that someone's floating trial balloons for this film. They see how repulsed people get, then they make cuts in the film so it can get released, and then it draws a bigger audience from the morbid curiousity (and yeah, the sicko demographic).

In regard to that film, possibly just fine. In regard to a stage mother that more or less exploited her in every other way but (I'd presume) sexually and a dead carreer, probably less than OK.

And in regard to her career, it probably got further than it needed to due to Pretty Baby (more accurately just the attention the film got) and Blue Lagoon (which was mostly aimed at horny teens, to my recollection, though I'm sure older pervs came along for the ride).

Depends on the country, I should think. But yes, there'd be considerably less reaction to it, and what reaction there was wouldn't be quite so exaggerated.

I've never been adamant that this is an OK thing to do. I'm simply saying it's POSSIBLE that this could be an OK thing to do, depending on the matter in which it's done.

I'm not ready to fall for the hype machine's one sentence depiction of scenes they haven't actually seen themselves. And given the nature of the film, it's a safe bet they haven't seen any bit of it.

BINGO.

That is so wrong! I think Dakota is a great little actress but underage nudity? WTF? at least use a body double. Anyone seen Matchstick Men? Alison Lohman might be able to play the character even.

She acts like a 14yr old but Alison was like 23 or something when she filmed it!

I concur. I think there are plenty of ways of filming something like this that have enough impact without making a twelve year old endure a simulated rape.

rape = trauma. not oscar. it's a cheap move

HOWEVER, i just checked out the director through imdb and i realized i knew her. not personally, but i saw the other movie she directed, Virgin and it is one of my favorite movies. it did contain a rape scene in it as well, and it was not terribly disturbing, though the event itself shaped the entire story. i'm gonna go ahead and say I BELIEVE IT WILL BE HANDLED WELL.

I absolutely will not be watching this movie, regardless of how much I like Elvis. They should have used a body-double.

This sequel to War of Worlds sounds like it's getting out of control?

Aliens raping humans?

What will the UN say?

Wouldn't a body double for a pre-teen girl be another pre-teen girl?

Not necessarily. They could use a girl who simply looks that age. Even a 16 year old girl would be a major improvement.

oh my GOD...give that girl a childhood, why don't you...

now if only SHE would do some nudity....Life would be good