Sorry about the delay on posts, folks. To make up for it, here’s some sex scenes!
Let’s carry on with my S-E-X-Y movie list. Previous best sexy movie scene lists are here, and here. And, one more time, the Orson Well quote:
“Ecstasy … is not to be communicated by a couple of people, or one person, or any combinations there of, unless it’s actually happening … [Ecstasy] is really not part of the thing we can do on celluloid.”
Disproving the magnificent Orson Wells is a weighty task, but if the numbers are correct, there’s no shortage of demand. From an article on Forbes magazine analyzing internet traffic for sex sites:
“In 2010, out of the million most popular (most trafficked) websites in the world, 42,337 were sex-related sites. That’s about 4% of sites. From July 2009 to July 2010, about 13% of Web searches were for erotic content.”
Here at Script Gods we’ll just be talking (thank you!) mainstream movies. Script (if available), then the film clip to follow. Compare and contrast.
Apologies about the dialogue scrunching. I cut and paste it then spaced it out but the words have a mind of their own. Sorry!
ATONEMENT- LIBRARY SEX
INT. LIBRARY. NIGHT.
It’s dark in the library.
ROBBIE waits in the doorway, until CECILIA has switched on the
desk-lamp; then he closes the door behind him and advances
tentatively into the room. CECILIA crosses almost the full width
of the room, before turning to face him.
CECILIA
What was in the version I was meant to
read?
ROBBIE
I don’t know, it was more formal, it
was less…
CECILIA
Anatomical?
ROBBIE
Yes.
CECILIA doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ROBBIE begins to
inch towards her as she begins to back gradually into a dark
corner, until she’s up against the bookshelves.
CECILIA
It’s been there for weeks and then
this morning by the fountain… I’ve
never done anything like that before
and I was so angry with you, and with
myself. I thought if you went away to
medical school, I’d be happy. I don’t
know how I could have been so ignorant
about myself. So stupid.
Tears well in her eyes. He’s moving closer and closer.
CECILIA
You do know what I’m talking about,
don’t you? You knew before I did.
ROBBIE
Why are you crying?
CECILIA
Don’t you know?
ROBBIE
Yes, I know exactly.
He reaches out and draws her to him, until their faces are
inches apart. He kisses her briefly and pulls back; then they
look at each other and kiss again, this time a long, passionate
and breathless kiss, that draws from CECILIA a falling, sighing
sound. He pushes her back into the corner and she starts tearing
at his shirt, pulling at his waistband. He buries his face in
her breasts and she drags his head up by the hair and bites his
lip. She links her hands around his neck. He reaches down under
her dress and into her underwear. She kicks off her shoes and he
raises one of her feet on to the lowest shelf. He undoes his
buttons, lifts her dress and enters her. She turns her head
sharply, biting her lip. They stop moving and slowly turn to
look into each other’s eyes. Then, after a long, still pause
they whisper to one another, barely audible.
CECILIA
Robbie.
ROBBIE
Cecilia.
CECILIA
I love you.
ROBBIE
I love you.
She gasps as he starts moving again, crushing her against the
creaking shelves. He takes her wrist and holds it back against
the wall.
The door opens. CECILIA and ROBBIE freeze.
CECILIA
(whispering)
Someone’s come in.
BRIONY
Cecilia?
CECILIA doesn’t answer. ROBBIE steps back from CECILIA and
begins adjusting his clothes, keeping his back to BRIONY.
CECILIA tidies herself up, steps out from behind ROBBIE and
pushes past BRIONY without a word. BRIONY watches her leave the
room, at a loss, then turns back, startled, as she senses ROBBIE
turning towards her. She takes a step back, frightened; but he
merely fumbles with his bow-tie and, staring coldly past her,
