Bacantes on YouTube, finally in 1080p! This was partially noted in the "nudity in the theatre and in art" thread already, but they've been gradually releasing parts of Bacantes in extremely good quality. They've posted 5 parts now, and I think there's one more 50-minute part remaining to be posted. Theatrical nudity doesn't get much better than this. On top of that, they've added subtitles to some of the parts, so English-speakers can actually watch it for more than just the visuals. The subtitles are a YouTube feature and don't appear on the video files if you download them.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTN97D_XfEQGoDPCvDPof_4WwxYACII9d
In general, it gets more naked as it goes along, and in Act 3, most of the cast (and the gorgeous cameralady) wears almost nothing but ornamental things or misplaced loincloths throughout. Yes, the males, too, but you probably wouldn't be reading this thread if you were the kind of person disturbed by that. Some of the best and most famous parts are in the Act 1, though - the pole and wreath, the first naked tunnel and the famous scene where the full cast gathers together nude and the men put their penises on the women's foreheads. A partial list of highlight links below. It would take a very long time to do justice to all the highlights of this performance.
youtu.be/LInR5MozrsE?t=1086 - the extremely explicit, extremely long shot of the female lead simulating sex with a wreath and a bamboo pole
youtu.be/O3Ztj0F0pkk?t=233 - naked tunnel (lying down)
youtu.be/O3Ztj0F0pkk?t=483 - genital to forehead
youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=2214 - simulated orgy with the fully-clothed audience writhing together with the naked cast
youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1747 and youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1777 - 2nd naked tunnel
youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=2582 - a 3rd naked tunnel with some truly virtuouso camera work
youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1380 - beautiful naked cameralady on the left of screen here and again a few seconds later (also lots of other times)
youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1655 - cameralady - best shot (several seconds)
youtu.be/hqYOZJeDgaM?t=1550 - more cameralady
youtu.be/0l78vWm7I2Y?t=2491 - one of several times many of the female cast lay on their backs and present themselves to a male - this time, an audience member in a bull's head mask
youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1039, youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1052, and youtu.be/PlbUBGIIBFg?t=1116 (screenshot) - naked photographer
My highlight links are heavy on the naked cameralady and photographer because the amount of performer nudity is insane, and while there's other naked theater, you pretty much never see camera people naked anywhere else. This cameralady especially is a beauty. There's not much point in listing the highlights of the naked female cast, because you can almost pick any time at random and there will be a 50/50 chance at least one of the women will be naked in the shot.
I haven't actually come near watching the whole thing, so if someone else has some other timestamps that are highlights I've missed, please post them. Especially if you see any more shots of the still photographer. As far as I could tell, she was only out on the floor naked for a few minutes, but since she's in the background and I skip around so much, there's a good chance I missed her.
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