On Fri, 16 May 2003 13:06:53 +0100, Kurt Jansson jansson@gmx.net gave utterance to the following:
BTW, is it just prudery that I seldom see nudity in american movies, or are there laws against it? If so, this might become a similar problem.
To some extent it is a commercial decision. If a film steps over the boundary where it will earn a restricted rating then a big chunk of the potential audience is unable to spend money on it. I think you will find that the "boundary" moves according to the target audience - an action movie which will appeal to the young will not get away with as much before earning an R as an intellectual movie aimed at an older audience. And of course sometimes the star's contract stipulate's what they will and will not do.