Empire of the Nude - The Victorian Nude (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)Empire of the Nude is an episode of the BBC series "Omnibus", produced to accompany the recent exhibition and book "Exposed: the Victorian Nude." The film explores the history of the nude in 19th-century British art and its connection to visions of Empire. It also makes clear that the Victorian era, despite its reputation for repression, was a time of freedom and exploration of sexuality, art, and the body.

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Though today the Victorian era is considered extremely prudish, theartists of that period created a tradition of the nude in British art, drawing upon Greek andRoman classicism to affirm Britain's superiority at a time of skyrocketing pornographyand prostitution. This fascinating insight into the art, mores and psyche of a bygone ageincludes a wide variety of images from painting, photography and film, including worksby such noted artists as William Etty, Lord Leighton and George Frederic Watts.

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What Girls Learn (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)This movie is cliche and tedious--with a storyline and dialogue reminiscent or an after-school special. Scott Bakula and Elizabeth Perkins are always good, and their performances salvage a rather unconvincing film.
The major flaw in this movie is the central focus on the daughter, Tilden. I suppose the intention was for us to empathize first with her difficulties getting used to a stepfather--and later--with her mother's breast cancer. But this homely little girl is mean, nasty and hostile from start to finish to almost everyone. There are many "teen angst" movies, but they somehow find a way to make the character likeable--or help the audience identify with her plight. With this film you spend two hours waiting for "what girls learn" to include someone teaching this girl to stop being such a selfish, self-centered brat. I am sure this was not the intent of the director of this film, but this little girl's sour look and bad behavior kept me from buying into this story--or caring about her situation.

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