I don&#x27;t agree with the author&#x27;s characterization. Little of the sex scenes in Hollywood films are &quot;bold&quot; or &quot;daring&quot; in the slightest. They&#x27;re timid, lifeless and quite often completely pointless. They&#x27;re put in there more to appease some informal filmmaking convention rather than to drive the film itself. A few are explicit, most are comical and still suffer from puritan tropes (like the infamous &quot;his-and-hers bed sheets&quot;).<p>Lars von Trier is certainly controversial, too. <i>Antichrist</i> received quite a bit of opposition from ratings and censorship boards. Then, in the USA, even if your film isn&#x27;t censored, the NC-17 is a de facto death penalty.