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Chicago film programmer John Dickson, from the Oscarbate podcast and film collective [https://www.instagram.com/oscarbatepod/?hl=en], joined me for another wild discussion of Jess Franco’s spy/detective films. This time we’re talking about most of the movies in his Red Lips series, focusing on two female friends (and later, lovers), who are imaginative young strippers and/or cabaret performers who moonlight as private detectives, spies, vigilantes, Interpol informants, and so on. This episode covers Tio Jess’s debut film, We Are 18 Years Old (1959), which is the origin of the character types even if it isn’t officially in the series, plus Red Lips (1960), Two Undercover Angels (1969), Kiss Me Monster (1969), Les emmerdeuses (1976), and Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980). And if you’re in NYC from July 12-16, John and Will from Oscarbate are presenting a slew of Franco screenings, including a marathon at Spectacle Theater, a double feature of the 4K restorations of Vampyros Lesbos and She Killed in Ecstasy, Venus in Furs on 35mm, and Lorna: The Exorcist on 35mm. Find links to all the events and tickets here. [https://linktr.ee/oscarbate] The post Eros + Massacre Episode 21: Jess Franco’s Red Lips with John Dickson [https://cinepunx.com/eros-massacre-episode-21-jess-francos-red-lips-with-john-dickson/] appeared first on Cinepunx [https://cinepunx.com].

Since we’re on the verge of summer, it seemed like the perfect time for my first episode on American sex comedies. After years of asking, I finally listened to reason and sat down with gentleman pervert Shawn Porter, who has been proselytizing to me about the joys of Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986) for far too long. You might remember Shawn from the Jamie Gillis episode of Twitch of the Death Nerve [https://cinepunx.com/twitch-of-the-death-nerve-episode-48-are-you-there-god-its-me-jamie-gillis-ft-shawn-porter/], but he also runs the body modification archive Sacred Debris [https://www.patreon.com/sacreddebris/about], an important resource documenting the history of tattooing, piercing, other body mods, which focuses on a lot of folks in the queer and leather communities. But he’s also the world’s biggest Hamburger: The Motion Picture fan. We spend most of the episode talking about just how surreal, absurd, and incredible it is — it follows a class of hopefuls who attend a fast food university and is part sex comedy and part satire of American capitalism. We also discuss Hot Dog… The Movie (1984) and the connections between the two, Tarot cards, Road House, Porky’s, Hard Bodies, The Mutilator, Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams, Summer School, Waterpower, Better Off Dead, my hatred for John Hughes, and so much more. This episode is tasty, by God, though I should warn you that there’s a lot of laughing (and I actually cried with laughter while trying to edit it). If you have trouble finding Hamburger: The Motion Picture, I will help you out of that pickle [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xi1ujhxblt2nrtx8irq49/Hamburger-The-Motion-Picture-1986.mkv?rlkey=8lsm8gmii9jt7nnrwza6sy2iv&st=ykttu2n4&dl=0]. The post Eros + Massacre Episode 20: Hamburger The Motion Picture with Shawn Porter [https://cinepunx.com/eros-massacre-episode-20-hamburger-the-motion-picture-with-shawn-porter/] appeared first on Cinepunx [https://cinepunx.com].

Clara from Angura Research Center [https://anguraresearchcenter.wordpress.com/] was kind enough to join me for this episode on one of cinema’s greatest surrealists, Shuji Terayama. Poet, writer, master of underground theater (known as angura in Japanese) and experimental cinema, and so much more, Terayama had an incredibly rich, prolific career in many art forms, which blend together influences from classical Japanese theater, pop culture, folklore, deeply personal elements of biography, etc. Consider this episode more of an introduction to Terayama: we break down why he is so important and mainly discuss one of his more accessible films, the beautiful Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974). We also talk about his influential experimental theater troupe, Tenjo Sajiki, and some of his short films, namely Laura (1974), The Trial (1975) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbqGg1S20_A], The Cage (1964) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHgGGYEF7_w], and Grass Labyrinth (1979) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-VzK0eBK2g], among a few other titles. I strongly recommend checking out the Angura Research Center [https://anguraresearchcenter.wordpress.com/] if you want to explore more about Terayama and Tenjo Sajiki. Clara has been doing really important work translating filmed versions of his plays, which you can watch on her YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@AnguraResearchCenter], and writing essays on her site that give some really helpful cultural and historical context. The books we mention in the episode are from Carol Sorgenfrei [https://www.amazon.com/Unspeakable-Acts-Carol-F-Sorgenfrei/dp/0824827961] and Steven Ridgely [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816667535/ref=ewc_pr_img_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1]. All the music in the episode is from Terayama’s lifelong collaborator, JA Seazer, and his score to Pastoral [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjkno-yYuGA]. (And if you do a little digging, you can find the majority of Terayama’s short films [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa89xTsbQPg] on YouTube, all scored by Seazer, though beware that the YouTube version of The Trial that I linked to has some other music included.) The post Eros + Massacre Episode 19: Shuji Terayama’s Pastoral with Angura Research Center [https://cinepunx.com/eros-massacre-episode-19-shuji-terayamas-pastoral-with-angura-research-center/] appeared first on Cinepunx [https://cinepunx.com].

Ditch class, rev your engines, sharpen your switchblades, and roll up some reefer! Extremely patient friend of the show Byron Lueders joined me for this episode that we recorded four score and seven years ago (or at least that’s how long it feels), all about American teenage girl gang films in the 1950s and ’60s. In the episode, we focus primarily on Girl Gang (1954), Teenage Crime Wave (1955), One Way Ticket to Hell (1955), The Violent Years (1956), Teenage Doll (1957), The Delinquents (1957), Live Fast, Die Young (1958), and Teenage Gang Debs (1966). We discuss: the rise of “teenager” culture in postwar America and how many of these films suggest that the America dream is toxic garbage; class warfare; the horrors of the Hays Code; teen partying and drug use on screen; proto-exploitation cinema; directors like Robert Altman, Roger Corman, and Paul Henreid (?!); and of course we have a lot of say about eyeliner, custom biker jackets, and 1950s hairstyles. Follow Byron on Instagram at @byronlueders [https://www.instagram.com/byronlueders/#] and check out his new bootleg shirt shop here [http://byronofchicago.com/]! The post Eros + Massacre Episode 18: Teen Delinquent Hell with Byron Lueders [https://cinepunx.com/eros-massacre-episode-18-teen-delinquent-hell-with-byron-lueders/] appeared first on Cinepunx [https://cinepunx.com].

It’s officially spring, which seems like a fitting time to release the first — but certainly not last — Jess Franco episode of the show. Thanks to Patreon supporter Pat Radke for requesting a series of Jess episodes! Chicago film programmer John Dickson, from the Oscarbate podcast and film collective [https://www.instagram.com/oscarbatepod/?hl=en], joined me for a particularly wild discussion of Jess Franco’s best films featuring his recurring detective character, Al Pereira. Sometimes played by Howard Vernon, Eddie Constantine, Uncle Jess himself, and Antonio Mayans, among others, Pereira is a perverse twist on the standard sleazy private eye character from pulp fiction. This episode focuses mainly on Death Whistles the Blues (1964), Attack of the Robots (1966), Les ebranlées (1972), Downtown (1975), Night of Open Sex (1983), and Black Boots, Leather Whip (1983). Despite how specific the topic is, I do think it’s a good intro to Jess’s career, because we cover a lot of his recurring themes, his early work, how elements of his personal life appear in the films, etc. And we have a lot to say about our horny exhibitionist queen, Lina Romay. There’s romance, there’s a lot of sex, there’s a fair amount of torture, and even some Nazi gold. I think this goes without saying for most of my episodes, but this one is extremely not work safe. Wait till you get to the song about sperm. The post Eros + Massacre Episode 17: Jess Franco’s Horny Detective with John Dickson [https://cinepunx.com/eros-massacre-episode-17-jess-francos-horny-detective-with-john-dickson/] appeared first on Cinepunx [https://cinepunx.com].