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Factory Times « Page 3 Entertainment SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome • Week of April 12tht, 2000 R e s u l t s o f U R S A E l e c t i o n photos taken by Eleanor Cirrelli I Teresa Zimmerman Paul Sanger J. Myles McGrath Scott Hotaling Pam Anderson Senior Senator Senior Senator Senior Senator Senior Senator Senior Senator Some Nudity Required: A Look Into The World Of B-Movies By Marcia Emrich Staff Writer In celebration of Women's History Month, SUNY U/R presented Odette Springer's (singer/song-writer/ film score composer), documentary “Some Nudity Required,” which is a look into the worid of B-movies in Hollywood and its impact on the women involved. The film examines this genre through film clips and interviews with people in the industry. Springer reveals her personal story throughout, including how she ended up scoring music for and getting caught up in this world. Interviews with the actresses took two stances - some (one in particular) claiming to have no problem with the nudity and acts of violence their performances require, while others clearly have internal struggles. They all agree on one point however: they believe this is a means-to-an-end - moving on to bigger and better things - primarily, getting into A-movies. After the film, Springer gave a whole list of recognizable names of men who started or worked in B-movies (including Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, and Francis Ford Coppola), followed by statement that she isn't aware of any prominent women who have made this transition. Springer also gave a statistic that 99.5% of the women acting in B-movies or that are strippers, were abandoned by their fathers and/or molested at an early age (Springer lived both these experiences). Throughout the film, most of the men interviewed justified what was required of the women. One producer said that performing nude would “help” the women get started in the business and many of the actresses felt that they would appear unprofessional if they showed any qualms about doing the nude or violent scenes. In the selection process, the women were physically picked apart - i.e. “She has great tits, but her ass....” One producer/ director states, “Breasts are the cheapest special effects in the business.” The actresses were sometimes “asked” to perform services other than acting, with one relating that her agent required \his girls\ to go out with producers and directors in order to secure jobs. Springer’s personal story is interjected throughout the film. She notes a definite change in her personality during childhood from outgoing to introverted, and later realizes that this coincides with when her aunt and uncle were molesting her. In early adulthood she moves to Hollywood, and being a single mother needing a job and a classically trained pianist, she falls into scoring music for B-movies. She describes how she gets sucked into this world and how the images of violence and degradation toward the women in the films inspire her work as well as turn her on. She says that she got better and better at screwing people over, which would result in a “that a girl” from producers and directors. Initially, Springer, who is no longer involved with B-movies, didn’t plan for her story to be part of the film, but decided it would add something. Although difficult for her, she found facing her past very therapeutic. During the question and answer period following the film, Springer was asked about personality traits of the women and men involved in B-movies. Springer said that many of the women are seeking attention, even if it's negitive. Another interesting point was that most of the female characters in slasher films that survive are the virginal women, and the \bad girls\ are killed off. This fact could be a good indication of the attitude the men that make these films have toward the women they work with. Someone also asked Springer if she thought she was exploiting women in her documentary, because there are a lot of clips showing nudity and violence. She said that the Above is an photo example taken from a B-movie clip included in \Some Nudity Required.\ Photo provided by Wolfman Productions inclusion of each clip was carefully considered and necessary in relating the story. Springer indicated that she made an effort to show various opinions held by people in the industry; however, it was clear that this can be a difficult and degrading world for many of the women involved.
