Two new films, "House of Pleasures" and "Sleeping Beauty," revolve around the issue of prostitution, but both have the goal of not just seducing the audience but also stimulating the mind.

"Sleeping Beauty" focuses on a young girl introduced to a private world of decadence while "House of Pleasures" takes place in the Parisian bordello with the traditions being set aside for the coming 20th century.

Both movies may talk about sex, but neither has the goal of titillating the audience. Instead, these movies would give a good mix of undressing the woman and suggest sexual themes not just in the physical but also in the cerebral aspect. They create an exquisite charge that makes these works sexier with greater sensibility and sensitivity.

Sydney-based writer-director Julia Leigh explains things better in one of her interviews. "It's not salacious, sexy-sexy film, but there are subtle things in it about sensuality," she says. Emily Browning from "Sucker Punch" added: "I don't find it erotic at all; the nude scenes are quite dark and disturbing."

One thing is true about these two films. They come up with a good contrast of what is sexual but not exploitive. Such filmmakers of today deserve a great applause for being able to come up with works that are seemingly hard to draw the line with what's artistic and taboo through the years.

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