Ah, to be a horny moviegoer in the 1970s. It was the era of high-end, widely watched pornographic features like Deep Throat, The Opening of Misty Beethoven, and Behind the Green Door. Sure, the flicks were obscene, but there was something so damn charming about them. Sadly, today's pornography is all gonzo nonsense, but the tradition of carefully crafted sex appeal lives on in the Magic Mike series, whose latest installment, Magic Mike Xxl, grinds into theaters this week. For the inaugural episode of our new "Vulture Remix" series (tune in every Monday!), video artist Louis Plamondon, a.k.a. Sleepy Skunk, has put together this loving reimagining of the Magic Mike Xxl trailer as though it were being released to a seedy theater near you in 1976 or so. It's technically Sfw, but be careful — you might blush.Footage sources: Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill; Vixen!; Eruption; Black Snake; La...
- 6/29/2015
- by Louis Plamondon,Abraham Riesman
- Vulture
As a movie producer, Albert Zugsmith was a major player in Hollywood in the 40′s and 50′s working alongside his friend Howard Hughes for Rko, then moving to Universal where his credits included The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) and Orson Welle’s Touch Of Evil (1958). His less stellar directorial efforts from later in his career were sheer exploitation madness with such gems as Sex Kittens Go To College (1960 – with Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, and Vampira!), Private Lives Of Adam And Eve (also 1960 with Van Doren, Weld, and June Wilkinson!) and Fanny Hill which he co-directed with Russ Meyer in Germany in 1964 (sensing a pattern here?). Confessions Of An Opium Eater (1962) was his most unusual and artful film as director, a tawdry mix of Asian stereotypes and sleaze that no one should mistake for great art -but one that makes for fascinating viewing. It’s a real oddity; meditative, eerie, and...
- 3/24/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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