In our weekly series Anatomy of a Nude Scene, we're going to be taking a look at (in)famous sex scenes and nude scenes throughout cinema history and examining their construction, their relationship to the film around it, and their legacy.
This week, we take a trip to David Lynch territory with two of the most famous nude scenes of the director's career from his 2001 mind-bender Mulholland Dr. Originally conceived as a television spin-off of Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr.'s journey to the big screen is a tale fraught with disappointment, setbacks, and challenges, but it ultimately resulted in one of Lynch's finest films.