This movie precipitated the creation of the NC-17 MPAA rating, which it earned in place of an "X". Philip Kaufman actually met Anaïs Nin in 1962. Director Kaufman first came into contact with Miller's works in the '50s while at the University of Chicago. He recalled that "Tropic of Cancer" (mentioned in the film as the book Henry is in the process of writing) "was the ultimate secret book everybody was reading". The movie was shot in 15 weeks in the Autumn ...[Read Story ]