Like pretty much every aspect of seduction, the craft of kissing is one which is only perfected with practise. Budding beginners need good role models to copy, in order to get their tongue movement, body positions and passionate glances all up to scratch. And, fortunately, Hollywood is still providing exceptional examples of all three; although sexual health scare stories have made some very good technical kissers less open mouthed on the screen.
However, digging around in the archives, and including the quite unabashed Richard Gere, does produce five perfect models.
Here they are:
- Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep
- Richard Gere and Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman
- Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity
- Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
- Christopher Jones and Sarah Miles in Ryan’s Daughter
An addendum needs to be included for Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II, when he kisses the Vietnamese girl who’s just helped him escape from the POW camp.
It’s not that this is a particularly good kiss, but it’s outstanding just because it’s surrounded by so much blood and guts - the sole moment of saliva in a $30 million bloodbath.
Predictably, she gets killed in his arms.
Posted by Jonathan in Art & Literature, Sociology