I just watched a Neo Noir Drama from 1973 today that would be labeled "soft core." Back then it was labeled Sexploitation. It's Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1973).
I urge any of you who think all Grindhouse/Sexploitation films are crap with lousy acting, direction, cinematography, story, etc., etc., go to Amazon Prime pay with your credit card the $1.99 fee, and watch the R/NC-17 streaming version of his film that is available. You may not like or approve the subject matter of it but it will be an eye opener to the amount of quality that was achieved on a low budget. Bravo Andy Milligan.Laura Cannon who played Dusty Cole (in the film credited as Diana Lewis) can act, she is amazingly believable in her role. Make no mistake though she was a porno actress with 30 films credited on IMDb. Her co-stars were Harry Reems (famous for Deep Throat) and Neil Flanagan who I've never heard of before. They both can also act BTW.It's a sort of gritty, Noir, Pretty Woman.
You schmuck, when you have to post jpg.'s you don't.
You can download the 87 min version here:https://rarelust.com/fleshpot-on-42nd-street-1973/
The Long Goodbye 7.5/10what a messy mess.
But in a good way, nicht wahr?
The Long Goodbye 7.5/10Lots of great stuff but what a messy mess.
A mess? Huh?
Yeah but I’m pretty sure it’s designed to be a mess.The camerawork is all over the place (with the operator seemingly zooming in, out, and moving around the scene in long focal as he feels), the scenes start on something and move on to 32 other topics seemingly at random (and only end because someone interrupt them out of nowhere) and of course the plot is convoluted for nothing (but that last point is pretty common in detective movies). So yeah, a mess on purpose.
the movie has such a lively, breezy atmosphere because of the constant camera movements which aren't Greengrass-y at all.