A Bigger Splash (1973)

José Ferrer in Moulin Rouge (1952), Oliver Reed in Dante’s Inferno (1967), Donald Sutherland in The Wolf at the Door (1986), Anthony Hopkins in Surviving Picasso (1996), Colin Firth in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), and Andy García in Modigliani (2004). If Mr. Man has learned anything from watching the stars in these biopics, it’s that artists need their muses — especially when they’re naked! The same can be said of English painter David Hockney in A Bigger Splash (1973), not to be confused with Luca Guadagnino’s sexy thriller A Bigger Splash (2015) starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes. This documentary adds another dimension to Hockney’s famous Californian pool painting “A Bigger Splash” (1967) as it abstractly tells the story of the artist’s breakup with his muse and lover Peter Schlesinger. The aptly-named Peter isn’t too shy to parade his peter by the pool. In fact, the skintastic stud exposes all of his bare bod when he goes skinny-dipping with a bunch of nude dudes. We guess ogling his wet pecs, pubes, butt and balls will make you reach for a towel! Not to be outdone, Hockney shows off his flesh brush while showering 43 minutes into the movie. In fact, he flashes his naked T&A. So, that’s an artist’s masterpiece ... of ass. Of course, Schlesinger ups the ante in a scene that was banned in many countries when the film was first released. It shows him having real sex on screen with another gay guy. A bigger splash indeed!