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From: Mackey.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Smut
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Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 23:16:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 31 23:16:05 1983
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I'm surprised no one mentioned films by Russ Meyers. I had the
opportunity to see a special showing of several of his films several
years ago at the U.C. Theater in Berkeley. He was supposed to be there
to answer questions, but couldn't make it. The films that were shown:

Finder's Keepers, Lover's Weepers
Vixen
Super Vixen
Up

I'd recommend only the last two, and will ignore the first two (they are
his early films, and are fair). "Super Vixen" (not a sequel to "Vixen")
was part fantasy, as the ghost of a young man's voluptuous wife helps
him through several escapades. There are some funny scenes, but also the
most violent scene I've seen.

We all agreed that "Up" was the best. I think it was about Hitler
surviving, and having a daughter, who a beautiful secret agent tries to
find in a remote mountain town. There was a story in there somewhere.
Several funny scenes, and even the violence is amusing (unlike "Super
Vixen"), partly in its excess.

All the films are soft-porn, though some of the violence may make it
hard-core. The thing that makes Meyers' films different (from what I
hear) is the amount of humor they have in them. They're not just sex and
violence, they're sex, violence, and some laughs.

By the way, a friend who saw them with me, and is a Meyers fan, and
connoisseur of X-rated films, saw "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra
Vixens" and thought it was bad.

~Kevin

P.S. Friday, November 18th, the U.C. Theater will be showing "The
History of the Erotic Movie," "a comprehensive and entertaining
documentary."