''Naked Came the Stranger'' is an American
adult erotic film
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released in 1975. The film was directed by
Radley Metzger
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(as "Henry Paris")
and filmed in several elaborate locations in
New York City
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.
Plot
Gilly, a radio host, is determined to enjoy herself with friends and acquaintances as much as her playful husband Billy. Gilly enjoys herself in several locations around New York City, including at an elaborate dress ball, an old-fashioned ballroom and on the top floor of a double-decker bus while it drives around the city.
Cast
* Alan Marlow as Marvin Goodman
*
Darby Lloyd Rains as Gilly
* David Savage as a Waiter
* Gerald Grant as Taylor
* Helen Madigan as an Actress
* Kevin Andre as Party Guy
* Levi Richards as Billy
* Mary Stuart as Phyllis
* Rita Davis as a Waitress
*
Joe Negroni
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Early years
Negroni's family ...
as Harold Harold
Notes
The film ''Naked Came the Stranger'' was based on the 1969
hoax book of the same name and released during the
Golden Age of Porn
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(inaugurated by the 1969 release of
Andy Warhol
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''
Blue Movie'') in the United States, at a time of "
porno chic
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**Pornographic film
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",
/ref> in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope
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)film reviewer
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, Radley Metzger's films, including those made during the Golden Age of Porn
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The term "Golden Age of Porn", or "porno chic", refers to a 15-year period (1969–1984) in commercial American porno ...
(1969–1984), are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a penchant
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for the unusual camera angle
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".cinematography
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".
Remastered version
In 2011, DistribPix released a complete remastering of the film, with the full cooperation of the director.DVD
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version.
See also
* Andy Warhol filmography
Andy Warhol directed or produced nearly 150 films. 148 ---> Fifty of the films have been preserved by the Museum of Modern Art
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* Erotic art
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* Erotic films in the United States
* Erotic photography
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Erotic photography is often distinguished from nude photography, which contains nude subjects not necessarily in an erotic situatio ...
* Golden Age of Porn
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The term "Golden Age of Porn", or "porno chic", refers to a 15-year period (1969–1984) in commercial American porno ...
* List of American films of 1975
* Sex in film
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* Unsimulated sex
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References
Further reading
*
* Heffernan, Kevin, "A social poetics of pornography", '' Quarterly Review of Film and Video'', Volume 15, Issue 3, December 1994, pp. 77–83. .
* Lehman, Peter, ''Pornography: film and culture'', Rutgers depth of field series, Rutgers University Press, 2006, .
* Williams, Linda, ''Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible"'', University of California Press, 1999, .
External links
''Naked Came The Stranger''
at MUBI
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(related to The Criterion Collection
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)
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''Naked Came The Stranger''
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''Naked Came The Stranger'' – 2011 restoration at DistribPix
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American erotic films
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Films directed by Radley Metzger
1975 films
1970s pornographic films
Films shot in New York City
1970s English-language films
1970s American films