Crazy Horse Trailer: Frederick Wiseman Goes NSFW For Nude Revue

Docmaker Frederick Wiseman is legendary for his epic verite studies of institutions and the people who create, inhabit and/or operate them. He and his Zipporah Films banner are not quite as well-known for scandalously marketing said studies. But that was all before he made Crazy Horse, his all-access, skin-baring glimpse behind the scenes of the world's most famous nude cabaret.

Thus the first trailer for Crazy Horse, likely prompting the first time the name Frederick Wiseman and the acronym "NSFW" have had occasion to share a sentence. (I've heard that family-friendly sites including the NY Times and IMDB declined to post the video, itself some kind of milestone that I nevertheless was unable to confirm as of this writing.) In any case, watch as Wiseman chronicles the culture at Paris's racy, renowned venue, where choreographer Philippe Decoufflé is hard at work putting together a new revue called Désirs. It's all a little disjointed at just under two minutes -- and very, very French! -- but hey: It's Frederick Wiseman. This is an event! With boobies! Anything to pull in the kids, I guess.

Crazy Horse bows at New York's Film Forum on Jan. 18 before (hopefully) rolling out to an art house near you. Have a look...