Thought provoking documentary by Odette Springer (who wrote and produced music scores for Roger Corman B-movies) condemning Hollywood producers who exploit and objectify women in erotic thrillers, slasher movies, and action movies. The most important subject of the film, besides director Jim Wynorski (who appears to be an incredibly difficult person to get along with, verbally abusive to his cast and crew, unapologetic about his use of women in movies where the demands for "popping your top" is essential to the demographic he's aiming for) is softcore actress Maria Ford who is sounds off on how actresses like her, if they are to continue working in the business (hoping to advance to better projects in the future), are thrust into a difficult position where nudity is demanded or else a stigmatism against (as being difficult) them could result. Springer has plenty of subjects besides these two, such as directors, actors, and others under the employ of Corman (including "B-movie queens" like Julie Strain and Brittany Stevens) to question and gather insight into the frustrating treatment of women in Hollywood, as well as, the use of female characters in B-movies. Springer, tellingly and openly, in brutally honest fashion, admits to being both repulsed and drawn to movies where she must score scenes involving rough situations for women (Lisa Boyle is on all fours having to lick the boot of a dominatrix while crawling around in lingerie as men ogle her; Ford is being strangled by a scarf while having sex with William Katt in "Naked Obsession"), while also presenting us with disturbing Super 8 recordings from her own uncle and aunt featuring Odette as a little girl posing for them nude. She draws parallels between her sexual abuse as a child at the hands of her monstrous aunt and uncle to how she reacts to treatment of women characters on film. The film, in essence, presents directors like Olen Ray (far more soft-spoken and less abrasive than Wynorski) and Wynorski as just two of many who use women in degrading fashion for profit, while others (such as Golden, who directed a few Maria Ford films, and Catherine Cyran who shamefully/painfully addresses accepting the Slumber Party Massacre III gig because Corman offered it to her because it allowed her to direct) talk about coming to Hollywood with the hopes of making quality films and instead find themselves directing trash. Springer puts herself under the microscope as the interview subjects in her documentary contribute to Odette consciously critiquing her own "deficiencies", acknowledging how she remains in the studio, her music layering movies she despises, admitting her attraction to them.
Review of Some Nudity Required
