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Russ Meyer, the WW2 combat and later i.a. Playboy photographer became one of the most significant
of all Cult film directors. Outside of the studio systems he created a world full of aggressive women
with big boobs in a series of sexploitation and rural social drama. His obsessive Bosomania made his
films instantly recognizeable, but also his use of lush bright colors and snappy editing which gave the
films a delightful cartoonish look. Also, there are comedy and satire in Russ movies.

A, B, C or Z ? These grades don't apply to Russ as his films exist in a unique world of their own.
The 2 films above is widely considered to be Meyer's best films. The 1968 Vixen made a fortune as it
made a big splash among both men and women. It was an instant cult phenomenon due to the glorious
performance of Erica Gavin and it was genuinely erotic even though Meyer only made softcore films.

The other one above is the 1966 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and I can't say much about this cult classic
as it may be the best film ever made. The Immortal Tura Satana gave us one of the most unique and
intense performances of the 20th Century. This violent gothic melodrama about three psychotic go-go
dancers, Varla (Tura), Billie and Rosie on a mission to rob a crippled old man living in the desert.

Both these editions at the top are my old VHS copies that I bought from Russ Meyer "personally" as he
managed his film shop himself in the 1980's and 1990's.
Director John Waters famously stated that "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is, beyond a doubt, the best movie
ever made. It is possibly better than any film that will be made in the future".

 

Vixen (1968) is finally released by US Severin and RM in a beautiful 4K Ultra HD bluray edition with
a 4K version disc and a bluray region all version disc. Film restored by MOMA and Russ Meyer
directed, produced and photographed it and Erica Gavin is fascinating as Vixen. It's her film.
She lives in the Canadian Rocky Mountain woods (but it was shot in northern California).
She's like a sex hungry lioness and happily seduces everyone she meets, incl. her brother. The
film is a sex drama comedy with some social discussion.

The film is presented in 1.66:1 ratio with DTS-HD MA 2.0 english audio with english subtitles.
Disc 1 features an Archival audio commentary with co-writer, producer, cinematographer, co-
editor and director Russ Meyer, and another audio commentary with Erica Gavin plus a trailer
Disc 2 features an interview with Erica Gavin and actor Harrison Page (Niles in the film) made
in 2005 (20 minutes). A theatrical re-release prologue. A 21 minutes Sinister Image episode with
Russ Meyer and Yvette Vickers plus Marc Edward about the censorship battles (13 minutes)




2 disc US Severin and RM Films edition of 1975 Russ Meyer's Supervixens.
One disc with the 4K UHD version and one with the bluray version. Christy Hartburg
on the cover. Producer, director, screenplay, cinematography and editor Russ Meyer

One of Russ Meyer's most popular films and Supervixens got slapstick comedy, bright
colors, a great but mean Charles Napier as the psychotic cop and a lot of supervixens
as SuperLorna (Christy Hartburg), SuperAngel (Shari Eubanks), SuperVixen (Eubanks
in a double role), SuperCherry, SuperHaji (Haji) SuperSoul (Uschi Digard) and Super
Eula (Deborah McGuire).
Napier's Harry Sledge kills Angel in a rage and her husband Clint escapes the town
afraid to be blamed for the murder. On his journey he meets a lot of busty women.



One of them Uschi Digard as Soul the mailorder wife of Stuart Lancaster. Besides
saying Ja ... Jaa funny Uschi says "Tack så mycket" in perfect swedish. I think she
was austrian or swiss and also stayed for some time in Sweden (?).
A delightfully strange and funny sex-comedy-action with just one nasty murder at
the beginning. Entertaining, gorgeous women and shot in nice crisp colors

The film is presented in widescreen 1.85:1 ratio with english audio mono and with
extras: Russ Meyer interview: Russ Meyer vs. the porn busters (1990, 24 minutes),
The Return of Harry Sledge: Interview with Charles Napier (19 minutes, 2024),
The Incredibly Strange Film Show, season 1 episode 5 with Russ Meyer (39
minutes, 1988) on disc two.
On disc 1 an audio commentary with Russ Meyer and a trailer. Region all

 

Russ Meyer giving info about his upcoming gargantuan biography A Clean Breast
A luxurious item that would surely be highly sought after among collectors today

 

Two disc edition from US Severin and RM Films with the 4KUHD version on disc 1
and bluray version on disc 2. Widescreen ratio is 1.85:1 and audio english mono.
Region all. Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens was made in 1979 with Russ Meyer
as director, cinematographer, producer, editor, co-script writer.

Sex comedy and satire of Smalltown, USA, and with Stuart Lancaster narrating the
happenings and sexual escapades of the topheavy women in the film. Not so funny
if burlesque sex comedy, but with ultra crisp colors and the bust of Kitten Natividad.
Anne-Marie plays Eufala Roop, the religious radio channel healer. Uschi Digard
makes a bizarre cameo at the end.

Extras: On disc 1 an Archival audio commentary with Russ Meyer and a trailer.
Disc 2 with an interview with Kitten Natividad (17 minutes, 2024, and she gives
a very nice impression,
Ellen Adelstein interview with Russ Meyer in her 1979 talkshow (23 minutes)
A new interview with Ellen Adelstein (7 minutes, 2024)

 

 

 


Released by US Three Rivers Press in 2005

 
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