Why does 'The Wolf of Wall Street' contain so many nude scenes?
Recently I watched 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and was quite disturbed by the many naked/nude scenes. They seemed a little unecessary to me, as they could as well have been shot as legs alone or similar instead of showing their entire sex process and their nude bodies. The same goes for the use of abusive language (like "f--k" and other strong adult words). But maybe I just don't see the further use this imagery and language had for the rest of the movie.
So my question is why those particular scenes are included? Is this a technique for marketing their movie or does it contribute to the rest of the movie's story and themes in any way? Is this a necessary part in the movie?
Best Answer
Much of these scenes never happened and the movie isn't similar at all with the book "The Wolf of Wall Street"; these scenes don't contribute at all in the main theme of the movie, which is the "pump-dump" scheme Belfort did and the reason why they found it guilty at court. About why Scorsese made the sex, money wasting-style changes, Donnie Porush (in the movie is Donnie Azoff), Belfort's partner said in a interview with Mother Jones:
"Hey, it's Hollywood. I'm not a communist; I know they want to make a movie that sells. And Jordan wrote whatever he could to make the book sell. His greatest gift was always that of a self-promoter."
Some scenes are real, for example:
Porush (Azoff) eating the golden fish:"I said to one of the brokers, 'If you don't do more business, I'm gonna eat your goldfish!' So I did."
There is an interview with the real Jordan Belfort about what is real and what is not. But, if you're interested to know deeper about the real and the fiction of the movie (if he was drogadict, they had sex in a pile of money) History versus Hollywood made a great post about it with real photos of the Jordan Belfort.
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Are there inappropriate scenes in The Wolf of Wall Street?
LOTS of sex, nudity, drugs,and cursing. . This movie should be left for 17+ audience (or a mature 15, 16 year old).Is there a censored version of The Wolf of Wall Street?
The Martin Scorsese-directed film, with its record 569 F-bombs and graphic sex scenes, has been censored or edited down in some Asian and Middle Eastern markets, according to the Hollywood Reporter.Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
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