Nudist Movie

[Al Bundy]

We need a good movie with a plot addressing nudism. I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie (age again), but it was about a girl who inherited a nudist camp and she was contemplating closing it. The members of the camp invited her to visit which she did. She remained clothed in the beginning but eventually disrobed. She became a nudist and saved the camp. There were always towels or strategically placed items inhibiting the view of the genitals but it was a very good movie with a plot. I am sure if a movie along this line were released today it would not make it to the mainstream theaters but perhaps to DVD. With good promotion and a good product, I am sure it would help getting the word out about nudism and perhaps plant a seed in the minds of the viewers.

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[Al Bundy]

We need a good movie with a plot addressing nudism. I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie (age again), but it was about a girl who inherited a nudist camp and she was contemplating closing it. The members of the camp invited her to visit which she did. She remained clothed in the beginning but eventually disrobed. She became a nudist and saved the camp. There were always towels or strategically placed items inhibiting the view of the genitals but it was a very good movie with a plot. I am sure if a movie along this line were released today it would not make it to the mainstream theaters but perhaps to DVD. With good promotion and a good product, I am sure it would help getting the word out about nudism and perhaps plant a seed in the minds of the viewers.

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[P.J.]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Al Bundy:
We need a good movie with a plot addressing nudism. I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie (age again), but it was about a girl who inherited a nudist camp and she was contemplating closing it. The members of the camp invited her to visit which she did. She remained clothed in the beginning but eventually disrobed. She became a nudist and saved the camp. There were always towels or strategically placed items inhibiting the view of the genitals but it was a very good movie with a plot. I am sure if a movie along this line were released today it would not make it to the mainstream theaters but perhaps to DVD. With good promotion and a good product, I am sure it would help getting the word out about nudism and perhaps plant a seed in the minds of the viewers.

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Another idea would be to simply release that old film on DVD.

Maybe if someone could interest a big motion picture company (i.e., Columbia, Lucas Film, MGM, Paramount...), into taking an old idea and then backing it up with covering the production expenses, that old movie could be remade.
This certainly would not be the first time that an old idea was recycled and updated to appeal to a new audience. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/idea3.gif http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/idea3.gif

[Naturist Mark]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Sounds like The Nudist Story (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0055993/) also known as For Members Only.

-Mark

[PascoDoug]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Al Bundy:
We need a good movie with a plot addressing nudism. I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie (age again), but it was about a girl who inherited a nudist camp and she was contemplating closing it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The film was titled "The Nudist Story" and was released in 1960:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0055993/

It was also released as "For Members Only" in the UK

[Ken Palmer]

Hey, good job Naturist mark! I believe that was indeed the one! I use www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com) all the time in my search for movies all the time whether they are nudist-oriented or not. I know this next comment is beside from the subject. But I also like www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com) because it will tell you if a film is available on www.amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) or not.

Ken Palmer

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Naturist Mark:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Sounds like The Nudist Story (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0055993/) also known as For Members Only.

-Mark </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[PascoDoug]

Haha

I thought I'd be the clever "Googler" on this one.

Mark beat me by four minutes. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/tongue.gif

[K and C]

What i found interesting is most all the movies were from the 50's and 60's. Although nudist colony of the dead was made in '91 it is a spoof. I think we are about due for a nudist/naturist video.

[bikerbare]

another movie along those lines is "maslin Beach", it is set on a nudist beach in australia. It runs about 90 minutes and can be seen for free at "Cinemanow.com"

[johny]

Sad I have forgot the name. That was movie at mid 80ies with a story about houswife unhappy in boring marriege so she flies away let husband and son be left. She goes by her car until one young guy asks her to take him to nearest city. There at the pub he meets more girls of his group, and all including houswife decides to go to his tent-camp at the lake. At the next morning she realizes that all except her are nudists, so they have a week-long sensitive vaccations without of any dresses. Of course she fall in love with that guy, but when he realizes she "belongs" to other man they have some thoughtful discussions about the life`s aim, moral, nudism etc, so she by own will decides to come back to her family and become able to get a joy even there.

If to count that movie was shown at USSR rulership, it means, inspite of marked by three stars (not allowed under 16 age) it was very "decent" (and inspirated me quite much).

P.S. I think it was French.

[Nues]

bikerbare, thanks the post about Maslin Beach. I downloaded the movie and watched it. It was good to see nudity in a movie that was natural.

[puffledud]

Alas, you will need a PC, not Mac, to view the movie. I'll just be content reading the movie description.

[NakedTao]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bikerbare:
another movie along those lines is "maslin Beach", it is set on a nudist beach in australia. It runs about 90 minutes and can be seen for free at "Cinemanow.com" </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I own a copy of Maslin Beach on DVD. It's definitely an interesting movie. There's one line I especially love from the movie, and it's said by one of the few non-naturist characters in the film (the ice cream truck driver):

"Love is irrational and it's perverse enough to avoid you when you need it most."

There's also an excellent documentary called "Naked in the 21st Century."

You're right, though. There do need to be more naturist-friendly narrative films.

[Naturist Mark]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by puffledud:
Alas, you will need a PC, not Mac, to view the movie. I'll just be content reading the movie description. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not sure what you are referring to. As far as I know none of these movies is available online for viewing by either PC or Mac. IMDB only has links to Amazon and other vendors who sell DVDs and Video tapes.

-Mark

[Kev0]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by NakedTao:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bikerbare:
another movie along those lines is "maslin Beach", it is set on a nudist beach in australia. It runs about 90 minutes and can be seen for free at "Cinemanow.com" </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I own a copy of Maslin Beach on DVD. It's definitely an interesting movie. There's one line I especially love from the movie, and it's said by one of the few non-naturist characters in the film (the ice cream truck driver):

"Love is irrational and it's perverse enough to avoid you when you need it most."

There's also an excellent documentary called "Naked in the 21st Century."

You're right, though. There do need to be more naturist-friendly narrative films. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I also own a copy of MB on DVD. It is to be applauded for it's matter-of-fact approach to nudity. And that's all! It's not gonna make anyone's top 10 movies of all time.

It might make my top 10 films set on a nude beach but only 'cos I can't think of many others.

Vivre Nu: A la recherche du paradis perdu looks great, but without subtitles for us non-Francophones one can only assume it's pro the lifestyle.

[nunne]

You're right KevO, it'll never make the top ten, but it was really refreshing to see an entire movie where many of the players were totally naked, and there was still so very little sexuality about the nudeness.

For those who can't see it, there is a lot of open nudity, and yet in the various vignettes within the film, the striking thing is that the nudity goes unnoticed and never commented upon. It truly portrays social nudity as it really is - an openess to be free without any salaciousness attendant upon it.

Really, really refreshing in that aspect of watching it.

[nud_bare]

I thought I'd try to revive this thread to find out what others think of some nudist movies they've seen.

The most recent one I saw with a nudist theme is Confetti where three couples compete to win a house by presenting the best wedding ceremony in front of guests and judges.

The nudest couple gets into a battle with the magazine editor where the editor insists they wear something but in the end the nudist show up on stage nude except for some body paint and decorations. They even had a table full of guests , all nude.

Most of the humor in this movie came from the gay couple that were hired as wedding coordinators for the three weddings. They were totally put off by the nudity at first but they eventually got nude themselves.

The nudist parts of the movie were done well. Most of the nudist scenes were with the nudist coordinators and an ad lib interview scene. There was a short scene where the couple was shown living their nude life while working in the kitchen and discussion the whole thing.

fyi:I bought this as a previously viewed DVD.

[G I Joe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Al Bundy:
We need a good movie with a plot addressing nudism. I remember years ago in the 60's (yeah, telling my age), I went to a movie in Philadelphia which was based on nudism. Do not remember the name of the movie (age again), but it was about a girl who inherited a nudist camp and she was contemplating closing it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The film was titled "The Nudist Story" and was released in 1960:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0055993/

It was also released as "For Members Only" in the UK

I saw this film in an "Art House" in Texas in 1960 under the title of "For Member's Only." So it wasn't just in the UK that they used that title. It was coupled with a short feature called "The Way I Take My Bath." I remember it well only because I was underaged and full of testosterone, but managed to get into the theatre anyway. Oh, the good ole days!!!

[Pete Knight]

The most recent one I saw with a nudist theme is Confetti where three couples compete to win a house by presenting the best wedding ceremony in front of guests and judges.


I have this one on DVD, it was filmed at Speilpatz Naturist Club (http://www.spielplatzoasis.co.uk/) just outside London, in fact I know some of the nudists that appeared in the movie, one of them writes for H&E, he and his wife are good friends of mine.

Pete Knight

[Naturist4Ever]

>> As far as I know none of these movies is available online for viewing by either PC or Mac. IMDB only has links to Amazon and other vendors who sell DVDs and Video tapes.

Mark, _read_ previous post from Bikerbare, MB _is_ available for download/view from CinemaNow.com...

[usuallylurk]

There haven't been too many decent dramatic productions made about nudism.

There have been some ; "The Unashamed" was a 1938 filmed at the resort that eventually became known as Mystic Oaks. It not only dealt with nudism; it was a romance, it dealt with racial issues, and relationships. There was a little bit of humor, but for the most part it was a serious drama and actually wasn't too bad.

Mark Storey of TNS has put out a book = Cinema Au Naturel , which is a history of nudist films -- good ones, bad ones, fair-to-middlin' ones.

It might be hard to find now.

One place that offers a lot of the 30s-70s nudist films is Something Weird Video. Their DVDs are typically $10 plus shipping. I have a DVD copy of the Doris Wishman film "Blaze Starr Goes Nudist"...circa 1963. It's a hoot.

In the 1980s we saw the release of "Educating Julie"... as a nudist, I thought there were a few things in it that NEVER should have been included in an instructional / promotional nudist production. It's dated, the acting is bad (career-enders for both of the main actors) but it is the best of a bad lot.

[nosockstoday]

This film (Maslin Beach) also seems to throw in sex too. I wouldn't recommend it as family naturism or to a family either.

[fredm74]

I own the movie "Confetti" as well, saw it a few months ago and my favorite scene was the nude wedding. It showed nudism in an extremely positive light, and the movie itself is quite funny.

-Fred

[almclatchie]

do you watch it free? Says $1.99 for me.
another movie along those lines is "maslin Beach", it is set on a nudist beach in australia. It runs about 90 minutes and can be seen for free at "Cinemanow.com"

My mates sister was in the movie and I would love to get him a copy.
Cheers

[Skinview]

Summer Lovers has several scenes on nude beaches in Greece. Daryl Hannah is one of the stars. I liked it, but it has only been released on DVD in fullscreen format.

[nud_bare]

I saw Maslin Beach for free on CinemaNow about a year ago but I just logged onto the site and couldn't fine a way to play the movie for free. They may not offer is anymore for free.

[fredm74]

Maslin Beach is available on NetFlix. That is how I saw it. Liked the film very much.

[David77]

Years ago I saw a movie, Ile du Levant, a naturist movie made by Edward C. Walker.

His brief biography on the internet states, "His lifelong interest in nudism was inspired by a trip to the Ile du Levant off the southern coast of France, where, under the pseudonym Michael Keatering, he made one of his three films promoting the cause. Eventually he founded the nudist club at Bournemouth and helped to establish other nudist colonies throughout England.

Mr. Walker, who was married four times and had four children, was never joined by family members in his naturist enthusiasms".

The following video shows only the textile part of Ile du Levant;

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6kj1e_ile-du-levant_travel

[Mutant]

Definately check out Something Weird Video. They have quite a collection of oddball films, with many 50's and 60's nudist reels.

[redlevin908]

Does anyone have or want to collaborate on a public IMDB listing or Amazon listing of nudist naturist movies? Having a naturist-themed link on a non-naturist site might help interest more folks in experiencing naturism.

Red

[Naturist4Ever]

Years ago I saw a movie, Ile du Levant, a naturist movie made by Edward C. Walker.
The following video shows only the textile part of Ile du Levant;
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6kj1e_ile-du-levant_travel

That's not a movie but just a picture series, btw except for the townsquare and port (both minute in size) the accessible part of the island is nude (nude mandatory at the beaches and coastal path, c.o. the rest of the (large) island area, including shop + at least one restaurant)

But here is a much better naturistmovie on Ile du Levant, with a lot of scenery and good shots, in french though! We were here for more than 1 week last summer, it was great. It is a bit like Cap d'Agde but then without all the sleaze/nightclubs (virtually no nightlife) and LOTS of fantastic nature. Sandy beach is not much to speak off but will do, the more rocky beaches are much finer really. The walking is great, yes in theory you can walk all of the trails in one day, but you don't want to do that. It's a place to be truly nude 24x7 and get away from it all, completely all.

http://fichiersgb18.free.fr/download/Naturisme%20naturism%20FKK%20dumas_levant_384.wmv

[HabaneroSting]

I have an interest in producing documentaries. I have done smaller video production projects in the past. I put together some thoughts on an eventual nudist documentary I would work on. The premise is to introduce non-nudists to the practice by showing what nudists actually do and are not flashers, exhibitionists or swingers, and not preach to the choir. I definitely think an updated nudist movie is needed. I have a script outline. Anyone want to be an actor or part of the crew?

[usuallylurk]

I have an interest in producing documentaries. I have done smaller video production projects in the past. I put together some thoughts on an eventual nudist documentary I would work on. The premise is to introduce non-nudists to the practice by showing what nudists actually do and are not flashers, exhibitionists or swingers, and not preach to the choir. I definitely think an updated nudist movie is needed. I have a script outline. Anyone want to be an actor or part of the crew?


Uh, isn't that what CFI is trying to do? Of course, that's more journalistic than theatrical.

But going one step further, we need all the positive media production we can get -- without commercial media types trying to write in lame jokes, as they usually do.

[redlevin908]

Sounds like a great idea. I have seen at least one documentary on National Geographic regarding nudism. They seem to be very well done and, due to the reputation of National Geographic, very credible.

I wouldn't shy away from the humor - to me it helps in breaking down barriers, demonstrating that we're not taking ourselves too serious and recongnizing a fundamental reality (to non-nudists, this stuff is pretty funny).

[deafnwsport05]

IT might be french or from london! dont know for sure abt movie title