Mainstream Teen Sex

Mainstream Teen Sex
From Lars von Trier to John Cameron Mitchell and almost every Vincent Gallo movie, here are the films that actually captured real sex scenes.
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Sex on film is nothing new, and yet unsimulated intercourse in non-pornographic films has been somewhat of a marvel.
Catherine Breillat ‘s first film in 1976, “A Very Young Girl,” adapts her own controversial novel about a 14-year-old exploring her newfound sexuality. While the lead actress Charlotte Alexandra was age 20 during production, the film wasn’t released in theaters in the U.S. until 2000.
Breillat’s later film, “Romance,” was announced as the first European film with non-simulated sex scenes in 1999, according to Breillat.
“Actors are prostitutes because they’re asked to play other feelings,” Breillat exclusively told IndieWire . “This prostitution is not profane; it’s a sacred act that we give them.”
In contrast, John Cameron Mitchell set out to “honor” sex as a pastime for real people, much like art, music, or cuisine, in his second feature film, “Shortbus,” the 2006 film now rolling out a re-release restoration nationwide.
Mitchell told IndieWire about filming the cult classic, “Certainly, a lot of films had used sex, but they were pretty grim, and I wanted something more fun and funny, but still emotionally deep. And so I said, ‘I never want you to do anything you don’t want to do, but I do want you to challenge yourselves so we can challenge the audience.'”
Mitchell continued, “‘Shortbus’ isn’t about sex. It uses sex as a medium, as a delivery system for ideas and characters and emotions, just like ‘Hedwig [and the Angry Itch]’ uses music. Sex is our music in ‘Shortbus.’ We really only did one sexual rehearsal. I just went with what they wanted to do.”
And the depiction of unsimulated sex onscreen has taken many forms across decades and new political landscapes. “In terms of sex being presented on film, mainstream or even independent film has foresworn it,” Mitchell summarized. “They’ve given it up, because it’s too scary. There’s too many people saying someone’s being exploited and consent-based issues in intimacy. Imagine an intimacy counselor on the ‘Shortbus’ set. Imagine…a ‘Shortbus’ intimacy counselor would be like, ‘May he put his arm inside you now? Is that OK?'”
See the definitive list of unsimulated sex in film, directed by filmmakers from Lars von Trier to Vincent Gallo, William Friedkin and Abel Ferrera.
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Written by Joshua Rothkopf & Time Out contributors Thursday 29 October 2015
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Real or faked? Here's a rundown of cinema's hottest moments and their (mostly) professional creation
Longtime provocateur Gaspar Noé returns to NYC movie theaters with Love , a sexually explicit romance shot in 3-D—one, it should be said, that makes full use of the technology. (Use your imagination, or better yet, go.) While Noé and his stars have owned up to most of the sex being real, the film makes us wonder which famous movie sex scenes from years past have been as authentic as documentaries and which have simply created the illusion of that. Our research was not unpleasurable.
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Gorgeous and tragic, Bernardo Bertolucci’s international romance deserves more than its naughty reputation, mainly due to one scene involving Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and a stick of butter (easing things up only marginally).
Real or fake? The film isn’t as explicit as some others on the list, and according to all involved, the anal sex is simulated. But that doesn’t mean feelings weren’t hurt: Schneider felt “raped,” Brando felt “violated” and both disengaged from their director for years.
Nicolas Roeg’s bizarre psychothriller takes a break from its mysterious Venice chase scenes to showcase a tender and unusually hot sex scene between grieving parents Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.
Real or fake? It’s been rumored that Warren Beatty, after seeing then-girlfriend Christie getting cunnilingus from her costar, demanded that the scene be cut. But he didn’t win that fight, and Sutherland still insists that everything was entirely faked. He would know.
Italian director Tinto Brass mounted this epic fail of a Roman historical drama starring Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren. None of the actors had necrophilia or incest, but after reading the reviews, they certainly hid under the sheets for a while.
Real or fake? The above is only half the story: When your producer is Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, you should expect to be fucked with. Brass’s cut was taken away from him, and unsimulated sexual footage using porn stars was inserted.
Starring Caroline Ducey and real-life porn star Rocco Siffredi, Catherine Breillat’s art-house stunner about a frustrated French libertine opened the floodgates for explicit content within serious works of cinema. Still, not a great first-date film.
Real or fake? It's 100 percent real—everything from fellatio and masturbation to full-on penetration. Breillat has since gone on to further explore sex in a sensitive way (including teenage sex in 2001’s Fat Girl ), but never quite this explicitly.
After director-star Vincent Gallo mopes his way across the country on a motorcycle, his obsession with ex-girlfriend Chloë Sevigny climaxes with a ghostly reunion—and an explicit blow job in a motel room. Naturally, the movie debuted at Cannes.
Real or fake? After heated public speculation that a prosthetic might have been used, Gallo claimed otherwise and Sevigny, no prude when it comes to taking risks for her art, has stood by her man. Pretty conclusively, this low-budget film is supplying real sex.
Still considered the most sexually explicit mainstream movie ever to hit the UK, Michael Winterbottom’s romance interlaces live musical performances (by bands like Primal Scream and the Von Bondies) with the bedroom romps of an adventurous couple that clearly loves going to concerts.
Real or fake? Some of this material—like ejaculation—is impossible to fake, nor was there any need to: The actors and director were all in sync about striving to create unsimulated intimacy. No word on if the performers actually dig pretentious alt-rockers Elbow.
In an aria-scored black-and-white prologue, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg have slo-mo sex in the shower, while their adorable toddler wanders dangerously close to an open window.
Real or fake? You expect explicitness from director Lars von Trier. But while some of his other films feature actors actually going all the way, these A-list stars were able to use body doubles (pornographic professionals) for the hard-core penetration.
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HIT series Sex Education is back with a bang – and a lot more besides – in what is already Netflix’s most X-rated show.
And in a warning to young fans excitedly awaiting series two — cheekily billed “the second coming” — its star Gillian Anderson says: “Don’t watch it with your parents.”
The first episode of the new season, shown at the world premiere in London on Wednesday, features FIFTEEN scenes of solo sex acts in the opening three minutes.
Mother-of-three Gillian, 51 , said: “I have a 25-year-old daughter and I have never watched it with her, although she has watched it herself.
“We talk about the sex bits. But that’s a lot different than sitting next to your child and watching it together.
“I am not sure any parents would want to watch this with their teenagers in the same room.
“People say they sit and watch it at the same time but in separate rooms.”
The first series was a global hit, having been watched by 40million people in the first four weeks.
It saw former X-Files star Gillian as sex therapist Dr Jean Milburn, mother to main character Otis, played by rising British star Asa Butterfield, 22 .
Otis uses his mum’s expertise to start his own lucrative sex clinic at school, helping a band of hapless teens going through puberty.
Filmed across Wales in Newport, Cardiff and the Wye Valley, the series mixes English and US culture, which helps explain its wide appeal.
Money is in sterling and the actors have British accents, but they play American football and attend an American-type school.
Gillian said of the decision: “The rules are shifting all the time in terms of how an audience receives shows, what they’re willing to accept and what worlds they’re willing to step into.
“I think Netflix feels quite strongly that they’ve hit on something with this amalgamation.”
Although mainly focused on the trials of teen sex, Gillian strips off for a racy scene of her own in the second series opener, romping with on-screen lover Jakob.
BRIT star Asa’s sexually frustrated character Otis pleasures himself 15 times in the first 180 seconds of the season opener – despite being in a number of public places.

The frenzy, which was filmed over six days, is sparked by him finally learning how to become aroused.
But a side effect means he is now turned on by almost anything, including a slice of Brie and wearing corduroy trousers.
Asa, who played the lead role of little boy Bruno in 2008 film The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, says: “The w***ing montage will follow me around for the rest of my career.
“When I first read it and when they first pitched it to me they said it was going to be a lot of fun. And it was.”
The actor also reveals the cast had to watch animals having sex as part of their homework for the second series.
The idea came from the show’s “intimacy co-ordinator” Ita O’Brien, who believed it would help make sex a less taboo subject.
Asa explains: “We were given a document the night before which was just animals having sex. We all had to read it. It was like homework.
“Then before filming we had a workshop where we wore loose trousers and watched snails having sex for eight hours.”
The role has rocketed child star Asa to grown-up stardom. And while he admits the part was initially a risk, it has certainly paid off.
He says: “When I first signed up, I knew it would be risky, that the scripts were treading new ground.
“I guess I hoped the show would be talked about a bit. But I didn’t expect it to connect so overwhelmingly. It hit at the right time.”
Despite finding it “hellish”, she says she was keen to be a part of the series as it makes her feel young again.
She added: “The show is actually gentle and compassionate. There are a lot of very emotional topics, a lot of difficult topics that are addressed, aside from the sex.
“Abortion, STIs , it looks at the responsibility of the choices youngsters make when they start having sex.
“I would say what draws people in is that everyone is accepted.
“Whoever you are, whatever you look like, whatever your beliefs are, you are not by yourself.
“There is an energy about this show that makes people watching it feel they are OK, however they are.
“That is miraculous. It almost feels like we are carving out another realm of it entirely because the show has taken things into such a different world.
“It feels like it is almost making its own path for that generation.
“I feel a bit more part of the young generation. Plus this role has racked up the most laughs for me.
"When I first read the script I found it really funny.
“And I haven’t had the chance to do much comedy in my career so far.”
The first series finale saw a sexually frustrated Otis finally manage to achieve his goal of pleasuring himself — in front of a crowd of school friends.
EMMA MACKEY, who plays Maeve, says the show has made her more confident talking about sex – and thinks it helps other youngsters do the same.

She says: “Just because we’ve done a show about sex doesn’t suddenly make us sex experts.
But I love it when mums come up to me in the street and say, ‘Thank you for helping me talk about sex to my kids’. I wish this show existed when I was at school. This is why it works so well.”
In the series, Maeve navigates a difficult relationship with her addict mum, played by Anne-Marie Duff, 49.
She says: “Anne-Marie is an actual living legend. All I do is react off her, that’s all I had to do. I soaked it all up.”
But with his new girlfriend Ola unaware of his unrequited love for bad girl Maeve, played by Emma Mackey, 24 , fans were left desperate to find out what happens next.
Series two kicks off where the first ended, with Otis seen constantly enjoying solo sex.
Then as an outbreak of chlamydia sweeps the school, his mum is called in to help educate the kids.
As embarrassing as that is for Otis, his new love interest turns out to be the daughter of his mother’s lover, leading to more awkward questions around the dinner table.
The second series becomes available next Friday and writer Laurie Nunn is already bursting with ideas for a longer run.
She reveals: “There are so many things we could try. I maybe won’t take the characters to university.
“I feel like that’s when it gets really wrong because you end with up 40-year-old actors in this role. But we still have loads more to cover.”

SHOW creator Laurie Nunn, who was born in London but raised in Australia, decided on an ambiguous setting in terms of location as she wanted people to focus more on the characters and less on their surroundings.

She explains: “My writing and the hook of the show have got a heightened element to them and they needed an elevated world to match that premise.
“I like to think about it as teenagers in their own utopia.” American actress Gillian adds: “The aim and the hope is that Americans will not notice.
“For instance, the Brits may notice they are throwing American footballs, whereas the Americans won’t notice that that might be strange for people speaking with British accents.”
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