Welcome to the social design: loose lessons from the stylized representation of the social in cinema and print. A blog very often about the interior design, fashion, social manners, and music created for and reflected in vintage cinema and print. Especially from the Sixties and Seventies, especially Italian, and especially from swingin' party scenes. We're awfully big on disco hippies and the OpArt accent here. Guaranteed, of course, to wander off on the occasional tangent into (maybe?) related subject matter, with plenty of tongue-in-cheek commentary for your consideration along the way. Comments are welcome, so please consider yourself invited...


Friday, February 4, 2011

BODYPAINTING SCENE FROM "BLACK EMANUELLE 2" (1976)

(WARNING: FABULOUS NUDITY!)
     






#13: BODYPAINTS - A YES!

From the 1976 film "Black Emanuelle 2" (Emanuelle nera No. 2), directed by Bitto Albertini.

OK, so maybe the date is a little late. And two nympho patients in a sanitorium hardly a discotheque make. But the groovy soundtrack and the unbridled freedom of nude bodypainting say just one thing to me: another deliriously delicious case of Disco Hippie-ism! In this scene Shulamith Lasri (acting under the name Sharon Lesley) plays Black Emanuelle. She and fellow clinic patient Danielle Ellison get baked and then freaky with the art therapy. It's awesome to let go of your hang-ups! It's awesome to be saying something one minute and then taking your top off the next! I can't say that bodypaints are chic per se, only that their application stinks of joie de vivre, and that is always in style. Now go paint your tits!

    

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