813-816 Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy

[The Curious Sofa]

Oh, and this was the cover of the May 1977 of Films and Filming—and that's not a strategically placed sausage that the woman's reaching for. Which was a perfectly respectable magazine on open display in newsagents up and down the country (and indeed my school library), and this cover was by no means the only example I could have picked. In fact, here's another, which had to be censored by the eBay seller, so you'll have to use your imagination (but it'll probably be pretty accurate).

Films and Filming had the reputation of serving a second purpose as a closet gay magazine, regularely featuring nude or nearly nude male actors on its covers and inside.

[MichaelB]

...and necessarily euphemistic personal ads inside, as they started running them before male homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967.

It's a fascinating repository of mid-20th century British social history.

[Orlac]

Way back in 1964, Old Shatterhand, the third Winnetou western, featured a shot of a full-frontally naked woman (pubic hair clearly visible) diving into a waterfall. True, it was a very brief shot, but this was in a completely routine mainstream feature passed as suitable for children in Germany (and indeed filmed in 70mm for maximum detail!).

Hammer's When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth has a fairly explicit nude scene (removed from the US version) and that film was passed 'A' in the UK.

[Maltic]

This thread has led me down a some rabbit holes these last few days. I suspect I'm now on a government watchlist based on google searches etc.

[Aunt Peg]

This is a pretty full on cover for S&S November 1976: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JNcAAeSw ... l1600.webp

I started buying S&S in very early 1977 and then a few years later collected all the back issues from January 1970 onwards. Despite it's 'colourful' covers and stills the magazine contained great articles and reviews. All my back issues of S&S and well as lots of magazines from that era and most recent ones are packed away in boxes.

During the pandemic lockdown I throw out some back issues of some magazines due to space issues. Sort of regret it of course but then on the over hand I haven't touched any of the magazines or books that I've kept.