Mathilda May naked on the set of Lifeforce

Mathilda May naked on the set of Lifeforce

There are only two reasons to watch Lifeforce: (1) You are stoned and want to hoot at a hilariously dumb movie; (2) Mathilda May is naked throughout the first 15 minutes of the film, and then more again later.

Further reading:

My notes on the film.

An interesting article: 22 Things We Learned From the ‘Lifeforce’ Commentary. My favorite of those 22: "Asked if he considered framing May’s nudity out of some of the shots Hooper replies that he’s never heard such a stupid question. Oh, wait, that was my reaction. Hooper actually says the producers encouraged more shots of May’s nude body." Hooper continued: "In the early stages of shooting waxing her completely so she was completely, totally nude. There was a way of thinking that that would make her look less nude. It didn’t. And so she had to grow her little bikini thing back."