Although sex in Hollywood films has lately become more graphic, U.S. audiences may never overtake European tolerance in these matters. Since about half of the average potential gross of a movie now comes from foreign markets, Hollywood has learned to display two faces of Eve, and a little more besides. As a frequent but not general practice, certain scenes in U.S. films are shot twice—vividly for export and vapidly for American distribution. (Sometimes they are merely cut.) Producers and directors prefer to deny the habit. Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture...
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