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| 1. Therese und Isabell Director: Radley Metzger | |
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In another coup, "Therese and Isabelle" takes lesbianism away from academic feminism and reveals it to be a human sexual experience, rather than a political spasm of inscrutability. It lays bare the fact that girls (perhaps 15-16 years old) having lesbian experiences are quite perfectly human, seeking warmth and beauty, and finding it. The ability of the girls to explore each other meaningfully juxtaposed with the inferior though expert fumblings of a boy of the same age, whose sexual expression is akin to urination, is quite striking and helps expose the limitations of modern culture in which boys tend to be gropers rather than lovers. The plot is credible. The settings and relationships portrayed do occur. Sexuality is shown to be confusing to some, who become interfering, and a source of enrichment to others. The acting is splendid, giving the characters clear and credible personalities, incorporating sincere emotion and sexuality. Subtleties and nuance are handled beautifully. The script is perfect, with excellent dialog. The girls aren't imbued with unnecessary characteristics such as being amateur philosophers or political agitators. They are developed to be as young people generally are -- concerned with themselves and eager to meet the world half-way. To be commended to anyone over the age of 12. ... Read more | |
| 2. Score Director: Radley Metzger | |
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Sure, there's a lot one could complain about, but personally I like it all--the silly but clever one-liners, the pretentious camera angles, the dopey "where is the girl?" song (who did that, anyway?) that crops up in the background every five minutes or so. You might recognize Lynn Lowry, who plays the wide-eyed Catholic ingenue, from the horror flicks (Shivers; I Drink Your Blood) she made around the same time. The movie manages to be entertaining precisely because it's so cheerfully simple-minded, because it adds up to not much of anything except some breezy do-your-own-thing philosophizing. It's fun stuff, if you're reasonably open-minded--that is to say, not mortally offended by depictions of omnisexual hedonism. Above all, though, it's a pleasant hymn to innocently lazy summer days with not a dark cloud in sight.... (NOTE: I am actually willing to admit that I've seen the "long lost" hard-core version of this film, which I caught during a Radley Metzger retrospective in Los Angeles a few years ago. The version I saw then is NOT identical to DVD/VHS version available, which has been cut. This is why you'll find all these "jumps" in the soundtrack of the DVD or video during the film's climax. Personally, this doesn't bother me much. Absolutely nothing pertaining to the plot (such as it is) has been cut; only about a minute or two of additional footage--mostly involving the two male leads, if I remember correctly--is missing. It's really nothing you need to see, in my opinion. In other words, don't feel you've been cheated by the DVD/VHS version.)
Artfully photographed by Metzger himself and veteran cinematographer Franjo Vodopivec on location in Yugosalvia, and framed as an adult fairy tale (the delightful opening narration locates the action "...in the lush little land of Plenty, in the enviable state of Affluence... deep within the Erogenous Zone"!), the movie is distinguished by clever dialogue which removes outmoded notions of sexual parameters from the outset. When asked how she differentiates between sexes during the orgies she's attended in the past, Wilbur replies: "First you don't know, then you can't tell, then you don't care!" The plot is wafer-thin, and the acting is merely OK (the women fare best in this regard), but Douglas' script - played out for the most part in a single interior set, with only a handful of outdoor sequences - allows Metzger to build slowly and surely to the climactic double seduction, using reflective surfaces (amongst other devices) to convey sexual dualities within the characters. Viewers hoping for a non-stop flesh-fest may be irritated by the long narrative preamble (punctuated by Wilbur's rough-house tumble with studly repairman Carl Parker), but there's still plenty of uncompromising nudity, and the film manages to stimulate the brain whilst simultaneously tickling your, er... fancy. Great music, too, including an ultra-groovy (and uncredited) theme song! Fascinating trivia: 'Calvin Culver' is actually gay porn star Casey Donovan, who made his name in groundbreaking titles like BOYS IN THE SAND (1971) and THE OTHER SIDE OF ASPEN (1978), though he later re-temaed with Metzger for the director's hardcore masterpiece THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN (1976). Co-star Gerald Grant only appeared in two other films (Metzger's NAKED CAME THE STRANGER [1975] and Umberto Lenzi's EATEN ALIVE [Mangiati Vivi, 1980]), and it's sad to report that both he and Donovan have since passed away. Claire Wilbur featured in the original stage version of SCORE, but her only other screen acting credit appears to be TEENAGE HITCH-HIKERS (1974), while the beautiful Lynn Lowry has since pursued a career in mainstream movies, including THE CRAZIES (1973), SHIVERS (1975) and CAT PEOPLE (1982). Writer Jerry Douglas adopted the pseudonym 'Doug Richards' and made a name for himself in gay porn, writing and directing a number of celebrated productions, including THE BACK ROW (1973), BOTH WAYS (1976) and MORE OF A MAN (1991), the latter featuring Joey Stefano and Chi Chi LaRue, while SCORE's production manager Branko Lustig has since become a major Hollywood producer, with titles like SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) and GLADIATOR (2000) to his credit! Photographed in hard-matte 1.85:1, Image's region-free DVD preserves SCORE in letterbox format for the first time on home video. The print is a little ragged in places, but the framing is excellent and colors are sharp. The upper matte sometimes intrudes into frame, even on 16:9 monitors (including the opening shot, so don't adjust your set!), but never long enough to cause a major distraction. Sound format is 2.0 mono - music and sound effects are fine, but some of the dialogue is a little muffled and sibilant in places, which appears to have been a fault of the original recording. Unfortunately, this print - which bears a 1976 copyright - is the softcore version, running 84m 40s. Metzger reportedly prefers this cut of the film, but the all-important sex scenes are seriously compromised by jarring edits and obvious gaps in the soundtrack. The film remains a worthwhile curio, but its erotic potency has been severely blunted by unnecessary censorship. The DVD includes a typically delirious trailer ("Bring someone you want to excite!"), but there are no captions or subtitles.
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| 3. Little Mother Director: Radley Metzger | |
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Thanks in advance! ... Read more | |
| 4. The Alley Cats Director: Radley Metzger | |
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| 5. The Lickerish Quartet Director: Radley Metzger | |
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| 6. Camille 2000 Director: Radley Metzger | |
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A sexed-up love story for the swinging Sixties, adapted from a literary source (Alexandre Dumas' 'La Dame aux Camellias') by screenwriter Michael DeForrest, and directed with cinematic flair by Radley Metzger who, along with Russ Meyer and Joe Sarno (amongst others), is credited with redefining the parameters of 'Adult' cinema throughout the 1960's and 70's. Using the scope format for the last time in his career, Metzger's exploration of 'la dolce vita' is rich in visual excess (note the emphasis on reflective surfaces, for example), though the film's sexual candor seems alarmingly coy by modern standards. Production values are handsome throughout, and while the actors are slightly hamstrung by post-sync dubbing, the performances are engaging and humane (Castelnuovo and Gaubert are particularly memorable). Though set in an unspecified future, Enrico Sabbatini's wacked-out set designs locate the movie firmly within its period, and Piero Piccioni's 'wah-wah' music score has become something of a cult item amongst exploitation devotees. Ultimately, CAMILLE 2000 is an acquired taste, but fans of Metzger's brand of elegant softcore erotica won't be disappointed. The movie runs a generous 116m 33s on Image's all-region DVD, which letterboxes the wide Panavision frame at 2.35:1, without anamorphic enhancement. The print is a little ragged in places, particularly at reel-ends, where a couple of lines of dialogue have been clipped by the ravages of time, though the overall presentation is fair. Similarly, the 1.0 mono soundtrack is a little unbalanced, with occasional dips in volume during dialogue exchanges, but nothing too distracting. There are no captions or subtitles, and no extras except for a trailer which offers little more than a series of still-frames, set against Piccioni's memorable (though irritating) theme music. Next up for Metzger was THE LICKERISH QUARTET (Esotika Erotika Psicotika, 1970), which many consider his best film.
Art...uh, no. Wack, fun filmmaking of its period, most certainly.
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| 7. Dark Odyssey Director: William Kyriakis, Radley Metzger | |
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| 8. The Dirty Girls Director: Radley Metzger | |
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PLuS, THe DVD HaS GReaT eXTRaS! DeLeTeD SCeNeS aND oRiGiNaL TRaiLeR!!!! MuST oWN!!!!
One is from Paris, the other from Munich. The film itself is actully beautiful to look at - The city lights of these areas have never looked so exotic. The black & white photography just adds to the mood, along with the (dated) 60s soft jazz sound - BUT IT WORKS ! As far as the sex/nudity goes, there is nothing here that can't be shown later at night on your local PBS station. There are flashes of nudity here & there, but its not exploitive. It shows women mostly as bodies of ART, and not sex objects. The sex in the film is very subtle, but I seem to think that with an imagination, it becomes VERY erotic. This film is actully very tender and deals with issues that COULD be obscene, but in this film - they are handled with care. Unfortunately, some of the acting is sub-par, the dubbing is fair...I have seen worse..MUCH worse. But if your into the early 60s B&W moody, artistic, film noir style (with a touch of eroticism) - THIS IS FOR YOU. Very well done - I just wish more erotic film directors would follow the same path, as this gem of a movie. It's never cruel, rude or discusting. ... Read more | |
| 9. The Princess and the Call Girl Director: Radley Metzger | |
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| 10. The Cat and the Canary Director: Radley Metzger | |
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| 11. Carmen, Baby Director: Radley Metzger | |
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| 12. Erotic Touch Director: Max Pécas, Radley Metzger | |
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