Wearing Eve's Costume in the Movies, Part 1 Quiz

Answer: Valerie Kaprisky

This 1983 movie by Jim McBride is an American remake of a 1960 Godard classic. Richard Gere plays Jesse Lujack, a young rebel, cop killer and car thief, trying to get to Mexico with his lover, Monica Poicard, played by Valerie. Nudity in this movie contributes to the general impression of a rebellious, care-free lifestyle led by the characters. Valerie was also seen in various French erotic and other movies.

Incorrect answers were Isabelle Huppert, known to us from movies like "The Piano Teacher", "Home" and "My Mother", Sophie Marceau, known from "The World Is Not Enough", "Don't Look Back", and "Anna Karenina", and Sandrine Bonnaire, known from "Police", and "A nos amours".

Answer: Nell

In this 1994 movie, she plays a girl who grew up in the woods, having no sense of shame. The movie is centered around the attempt to socialize and educate her. The nudity shown is for the purpose of depicting her lack of social boundaries. The director is Michael Apted, and Jodie's co-stars are Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson.

Incorrect answers include "The Silence of the Lambs" where Jodie plays FBI agent Clarice Starling trying to catch Hannibal Lecter, "The Accused" where she plays a rape victim, and "Panic Room", where she is a mother confronting criminals in a big house.

Answer: Diane Keaton

The nudity in this movie directed by Nancy Meyers has a comedy-element attached to it. An aging, cynical swinger, played by Jack, builds a somewhat goofy relationship with Diane's character, and the nudity episode adds to the impression of an unusual and comedic interaction between two people with very different personalities.

Jack and Diane were also together in "Reds" by Warren Beatty. Incorrect answers were Kathy Bates, who starred with Jack in "About Schmidt", Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred with Jack in "The Wolf" and "The Witches of Eastwick, and Jessica Lange, who starred with Jack in "The Postman Always Rings Twice".

Answer: Christina Ricci

This was in the 2001 drama "Prozac Nation" based on the biography of Elizabeth Wurtzel, a feminist writer struggling with depression. The "caught by mother" nude scene puts emphasis on the problematic mother-daughter relationship, in which the daughter is annoyed and slightly embarrassed by the lack of privacy.

The movie was also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Anne Heche. Incorrect answers were Eva Green, known for Bertolucci's "The Dreamers", Spider-Man's bride, Kirsten Dunst, and Denise "Starship Troopers" Richards.

Christina became famous as "Addams Family"'s Wednesday.

Answer: Natascha McElhone

She is also well known as Hank Moody's wife in "Californication". In "Surviving Picasso" by James Ivory, she plays Picasso's lover, Francoise Gilot, posing nude for this eccentric, with whom she has an intense relationship.

Incorrect answers were Julianne Moore, who also stars in this movie as Dora Maar, but remains clothed. She also replaced Jodie Foster (the second incorrect answer) as Clarice Starling in the "Lambs" sequel, with Hopkins reprising his Hannibal role. Nicole Kidman starred with Hopkins in "The Human Stain".

Answer: Lars Von Trier

The movie is called "Melancholia", which is also the name of the planet in question. Kirsten's nudity has a "who cares, the world is ending anyway!" message, and gives an esthetic moment to the situation. She plays Justine, a young woman who takes the pending apocalypse lightly, unlike her sister Claire, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Lars Von Trier is controversial, and famous for "Antichrist", "Dogville" and "Breaking the Waves".

Incorrect answers are all controversial European directors known for exploring human sexuality.

Answer: Madeleine Stowe

This was a scene from "Short Cuts" (1993), and interestingly Julianne Moore plays Madeleine's sister in this movie, which follows interlinked lives of several families. Like with Diane Keaton in Question 3, this is also a comedic nude. Julianne's husband, played by Matthew Modine, walks in, and the two women laugh at his attempt to hide embarrassment.

Incorrect answers are Andie McDowell and Frances McDormand who also star in the movie, and Juliette Binoche, known for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".

Answer: Charlize Theron

The movie is "The Devil's Advocate", and also features Al Pacino as The Devil. The nudity here has a purpose typical for demonic horrors. Undressing in church is both a symptom of mental illness, and a possible reference to myths about demonic aspects of female sexuality. Charlize plays the wife of a lawyer who starts working for The Devil himself. As a consequence, Charlize's character becomes mentally ill, and claims her ovaries were stolen.

Charlize also starred in "The Burning Plain" and "Cider House Rules".

Incorrect answers are Nicole Kidman, known for "Eyes Wide Shut", Jennifer Connelly, known for "Requiem For a Dream", and Liv Tyler, known for "Armageddon".

Answer: Roger Donaldson

This was a 1994 remake of a Sam Peckinpah 1972 classic. This one has an atmosphere similar to "Breathless" from Question 1. It's about an ex convict and his wife on the run, and the nudity also has a rebellious note.

Donaldson is also known for "Thirteen Days" and "The World's Fastest Indian".

Incorrect answers are Robert Benton, who directed Basinger in "Nadine", Harold Becker, known for "City Hall" with Al Pacino, and Ron "Apollo 13" Howard.

Answer: Zana Marjanovic

This one is set in a concentration camp, and Zana's character makes love to one of her captors. Nudity is there both as a sign of submission, and possible, but not completely defined, consensual intimacy.

This was Zana's first international project. Incorrect answers include two ex-Yugoslavian actresses who had more or less successful Hollywood attempts (one is the daughter of a much more famous actor, Rade Serbedzija), and one international star with ex Yugoslavian roots.