Go Naked in the World
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Go Naked in the World is a 1961
American drama film starring Gina Lollobrigida
, Ernest Borgnine
and Anthony Franciosa
.
The son of a wealthy Greek immigrant Nick Stratton (Anthony Franciosa) is attempting to find his own way in the world. His father, Pete Stratton (Ernest Borgnine) is a self-made millionaire in New York City in the 1950s and important in the Greek immigrant community. Pete loves his son but he tries to buy his love and dominate his life like he does his employees and business associates. Nick struggles to assert his own identity but the family pressure and his love for his Father are very strong. Pete wants Nick to marry a nice Greek girl, the daughter of a business associate but Nick falls in love with Guilietta Cameron (Gina Lollobrigida). He takes her as his date to his parents' wedding anniversary full of members of the Greek immigrant community. Pete tells him in no uncertain terms that Guiletta is a prostitute
, whose services Pete and many of his friends, who are present at the party, have purchased. Nick tries to disengage from Guiletta but they are madly in love. Everywhere they go they keep meeting former clients of Guiletta's. Guiletta does everything she can to drive him away, hurting him and making him feel like just another "John" who now bores her, but she really doesn't want this, she wants him to prove her love for her. She is devastated when she succeeds in driving him away. She sees him in a bar after she has gone off with a former client and starts flirting outrageously and physically with every man she can find. Nick gets into a fight dragging men off her and is arrested. See the film to find out how it ends. Its an excellent multi layered psychological drama with probably Gina Lollobrigida's best performance. Ernest Borgnine is also brilliant as is Anthony Franciosa. The milieu of the immigrant Greek society and the world at large is accurately depicted and very authentic. It appears to be a highly underrated film which has not received the critical acclaim it deserves
(The basic story of a well-born young man falling in love with a prostitute, only to have his father intervene in the relationship by appealing to the young woman to leave him, has been told many times, most famously as the film Camille
, and the opera La Traviata
.)
1961 in film
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...
American drama film starring Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the...
, Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...
and Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa was an American actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career.-Early life:...
.
The son of a wealthy Greek immigrant Nick Stratton (Anthony Franciosa) is attempting to find his own way in the world. His father, Pete Stratton (Ernest Borgnine) is a self-made millionaire in New York City in the 1950s and important in the Greek immigrant community. Pete loves his son but he tries to buy his love and dominate his life like he does his employees and business associates. Nick struggles to assert his own identity but the family pressure and his love for his Father are very strong. Pete wants Nick to marry a nice Greek girl, the daughter of a business associate but Nick falls in love with Guilietta Cameron (Gina Lollobrigida). He takes her as his date to his parents' wedding anniversary full of members of the Greek immigrant community. Pete tells him in no uncertain terms that Guiletta is a prostitute
Prostitution
Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
, whose services Pete and many of his friends, who are present at the party, have purchased. Nick tries to disengage from Guiletta but they are madly in love. Everywhere they go they keep meeting former clients of Guiletta's. Guiletta does everything she can to drive him away, hurting him and making him feel like just another "John" who now bores her, but she really doesn't want this, she wants him to prove her love for her. She is devastated when she succeeds in driving him away. She sees him in a bar after she has gone off with a former client and starts flirting outrageously and physically with every man she can find. Nick gets into a fight dragging men off her and is arrested. See the film to find out how it ends. Its an excellent multi layered psychological drama with probably Gina Lollobrigida's best performance. Ernest Borgnine is also brilliant as is Anthony Franciosa. The milieu of the immigrant Greek society and the world at large is accurately depicted and very authentic. It appears to be a highly underrated film which has not received the critical acclaim it deserves
(The basic story of a well-born young man falling in love with a prostitute, only to have his father intervene in the relationship by appealing to the young woman to leave him, has been told many times, most famously as the film Camille
Camille (1936 film)
Camille is an American romantic drama film directed by George Cukor and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoe Akins and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils...
, and the opera La Traviata
La traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
.)