Beyond the Valley of Dolls (1970)
Onsdag 27. november 2019 - kl. 19:00
INFO:
Regissør: Russ Meyer
Manus: Roger Ebert
Sjanger: Satire, musikal, melodrama
Land: USA
Språk: Engelsk
Undertekst: Ingen
Format: 4K DCP
Farge: Farge
Lengde: 1t 49min
Skuespillere: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, John LaZar
NOR:
I 1967 skapte filmen Valley of the Dolls kontroverser for sin eksplisitte fremstilling av sex og dopmisbruk. Moralpolitiet var opprørt, men publikum var begeistret med det resultat at filmen ble en kassasuksess. 20th Century Fox, alltid på jakt etter en potensiell slager, så en mulighet for å kapitalisere på suksessen. Men de ville gå enda lengre, de ville gå Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
De hyret Russ Meyer til å regissere, en mann som hadde gjort seg kjent for lavbudsjetts “sexploitation”-filmer. Filmkritiker Roger Ebert tok seg fire ukers ferie for å skrive manus. Resultatet er en film om et jentebands reise gjennom underholdningsbransjens mer snuskete sider. Misbruk, dop og annen dekadent atferd står sentralt.
Den er oppsiktsvekkende, den er vulgær, og den er hysterisk morsom.
ENG:
In 1967 the film Valley of the Dolls created controversy for its explicit depiction of sex and drug abuse. The moral police was outraged, but audiences were delighted and the movie was a commercial success. 20th Century Fox, always looking for their next hit, spotted an opportunity to capitalize on the success. But they wanted to take it one step further, they wanted to go Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
Russ Meyer was hired to direct, a man who had made a name for himself from directing low budget “sexploitation” films. Film critic Roger Ebert took a four week vacation to work on the script. The resulting film takes us through the career of an all-girl band and their journey down the smutty road of show business. Abuse, drugs and other decadent behavior takes center stage.
It’s outrageous, it’s vulgar, and it’s hysterically funny.
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