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 them, and their legacy. This week, we’re looking at Lindsay Lohan‘s nude debut in Paul Schrader’s The Canyons and wondering if she undercut herself by waiting too long to go nude on film.

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