Gimme Shelter (1970) is a documentary film about the last ten days of the 1969 Rolling Stones tour. The film was directed by brother documentarians Albert and David Maysles. It is best known today for having captured footage of the murder of a black man by a Hells Angels security guard at the Altamont Speedway . . . → Read More: GIMME SHELTER (1970): AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SEMPER
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Valerie a Týden Divu “…one of those haunting, dream-like films that once seen is difficult to forget.”–Tanya Krzywinska DIRECTED BY: Jaromil Jires FEATURING: Jaroslava Schallerova, Petr Kopriva, Helena Anyzova, Jiri Prymek, Jan Klusák PLOT: Young Valerie lives in a farmhouse on the edge of a small town with her Granny. She flirts with “Eagle,” a boy . . . → Read More: 136. VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970) DIRECTED BY: Hollis Frampton FEATURING: N/A PLOT: The prologue is a reading from the “Bay State Primer.” The main body of the film cycles through one second shots of signs each beginning with a successive letter of the Roman alphabet; each letter is gradually removed and replaced by a scene of waves or grain or . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: ZORNS LEMMA (1970) Of course, Doris Wishman, the self-taught, innovative grand dame of sexploitation and grindhouse films, personally stamped everything she did. Wishman’s repeated focus on inanimate objects is her most infamous trademark. Hideous wallpaper, repeated shots of feet, and dirty floor tiles were favorite concentrations in some of the most outrageous compositions ever filtered through a lens. . . . → Read More: THE AMAZING TRANSPLANT (1970) To put it mildly, Even Dwarfs Started Small is a bit bizarre… Because Herzog’s film makes little direct reference to social-historical conditions outside of the sealed-of institution in which it takes place, questions remain as to what the film ‘means.’ It seems as though something is being allegorized, but little in the film helps decode . . . → Read More: 109. EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL [AUCH ZWERGE HABEN KLEIN ANGEFANGEN] (1970) * This is the fourth installment in the series “Karloff’s Bizarre and Final Six Pack.” Santos Alcocer’s Cauldron of Blood (1970) (AKA Blind Man’s Bluff) was filmed in 1967, but languished on the shelf until its release three years later (to little fanfare, despite its potential marketing as one of horror icon Boris Karloff‘s last films). . . . → Read More: CAULDRON OF BLOOD (1970) DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Olivier Rollin (as Oliver Martin), Maurice Lemaître, Caroline Cartier, Ursule Pauly, Catherine Castel (as Cathy Tricot), Marie-Pierre Castel (as Pony Tricot), Michel Delahaye PLOT: A young man discovers his father has kidnapped a vampire and is studying her in hopes of learning the secret of immortality. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THE NUDE VAMPIRE [LA VAMPIRE NUE] (1970) PHERBER: What do you think Turner feels like? CHAS: I don’t know. He’s weird, and you’re weird. You’re kinky. PHERBER: He’s a man, a male and female man! –dialogue from Performance DIRECTED BY:Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg FEATURING: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton PLOT: Chas, a sadistic associate gangster who terrorizes local businesses . . . → Read More: 70. PERFORMANCE (1968/1970) DIRECTED BY: Freddie Francis FEATURING: Ursula Howells, Vanessa Howard, Michael Bryant PLOT: The four titular characters form a dysfunctional family living in a large, isolated house amidst rambling grounds. Sonny and Girly regularly venture out to bring back lonely, homeless men as “friends” for the family. Each friend’s well being depends on his willingness . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: GIRLY [AKA MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY AND GIRLY] (1970) The sixth submission in the June review writing contest: by “Kat.” DIRECTED BY: Jaromil Jires FEATURING: Jaroslava Schallerova, Helena Anyzova, Petr Kopriva, Jiri Prymek PLOT: 13-year old Valerie lives with her grandmother in a small rural village in Czechoslovakia; on the week of her menarche she drifts into a sensual, and at times threatening, . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS [Valerie a týden divů] (1970) |
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