The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood

2.x11 Song of Songs

The camera pans away from a disrobing Marlene Dietrich to frame various nude sculptures, thereby encouraging the spectator to imagine Dietrich’s nudity without showing it directly. The play of concealment and revelation is so brazen that the scene mocks the Motion Picture Production Code, prompting us to wonder at the arbitrary rules that made certain images acceptable and others censorable.

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