One Naked Night

ONE NAKED NIGHT is another one of those indie arthouse movies shot in New York with a sexploitation sell. The protagonist has a little more character than usual, presented as a woman struggling to avoid her own mother's fate - a descent into prostitution, followed by suicide. She moves into an apartment filled with models, so expect lots of titillation in the form of scantily-clad young ladies. The direction has a certain documentary approach to it, while the music and dialogue are purely of the 1960s, so there's a little realism, but the budget is too low to tell an interesting story.

This is a low budget exploitation tale, mostly shot silent, relying on sorrowful narration by the girl who has come to New York after her * mom's suicide. Moving in her only friend, a pin-up model, she finds idyllic, if temporary, romance with a photographer, then a sculptor, before descending into a mildly debauched sex party scene. The photography and editing are sharp, set to a relentless cool flute and bongo soundtrack. There is twisting. The scenes of bygone New York are beautiful, from the girl's arrival at Grand Central, to Times Square in a less gaudy age, to unchanging Central Park. This is worth a look for fans of 1960's style.