'Gratuitous (i.e., $N@TCH)' nudity...
The nudity called for in the script makes sense: if you're in the desert, you strip down for one reason or another.
Whatever.
If the actress in the story is hot like Jenny Agutter, then of course the audience enjoys seeing this part of the story realized.
But at least it all makes sense.
HOWEVER, in this movie, there is the one scene where Jenny Agutter puts on her presumably-washed panties. The scene starts with a closeup of her feet and the panties being stepped into. Then, Jenny hikes the panties up under her skirt. Well - at that point - she fluffs her skirt up ever so briefly and you can actually see her pubic hair!
It lasts only for about 1-3 frames - but it's there (I wonder if the film was edited to allow for that BRIEF glimpse of $N@TCH).
Interestingly, the shot exclusively shows the bottom half of a female, so there is the distinct possibility that the actress who did the scene was not, in fact, Jenny Agutter but a stand-in.
I'm convinced that scene was deliberately put in by Peter Weir to specifically expressly to show a closeup of $N@TCH.
"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"