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DVD Review: Barbara Broadcast – Radley Metzger

30 Friday Aug 2013

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70's porn, Annette Haven, Barbara Broadcast, Bobby Astyr, CJ Laing, Constance Money, Distribpix, Henry Paris, Jamie Gillis, Opening of Misty Beethoven, Radley Metzger, The Image, third eye cinema podcast, Wade Nichols

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With the recent release of Radley (“Henry Paris”) Metzger’s Barbara Broadcast, Distribpix once again offers an amazing restoration of a classic adult picture from the era of “porno chic”, when XXX films moved from the early back room smokers and loops to plot driven, fully scripted features that at times rivaled more “mainstream” Hollywood efforts.

The industry would move into a more direct, overtly visual orientation in the 80’s and the dawn of (cinematic) video production, and would eventually devolve into the Red Shoe Diaryesque “couples” nonsense of Andrew Blake and the like (the less said about the entire subsequent “gonzo” era the better).  But throughout the mid to late 70’s, well known and respected directors like Radley Metzger, Joe Sarno, Michael and Roberta Findlay, Max Pecas, Jean Rollin and Jesus Franco (to name just a few) would make their moves into the adult underground, often resulting in some near works of art.

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DVD Review: The Opening of Misty Beethoven – Radley Metzger, 1976

13 Saturday Apr 2013

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blu-ray, Constance Money, Distribpix, Gloria Leonard, Henry Paris, Jamie Gillis, Opening of Misty Beethoven, Radley Metzger, The Image, third eye cinema podcast, videoXpix

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Listeners to the Third Eye podcast and those who know me personally are probably sick of hearing me speak in laudatory tones of the virtues of Radley Metzger’s The Image, an amazing S&M film marked by dazzling visuals, surprising Paris locations and a strong cast (particularly the fearless and stunning Mary Mendum aka Rebecca Brooke, stage actress and veteran of Hair as well as vital centerpiece of the strongest of Joe Sarno‘s films, during his 70’s post-Swedish venture).  Above and beyond its aesthetic virtues, it was further the greatest S&M film ever lensed, featuring some truly daring setpieces that continue to raise eyebrows to the present day.

Thus it was with no small measure of anticipation that I came across the recent release of perhaps the most highly praised of Metzger’s hardcore efforts, and indeed one of the most famous of the genre per se during the brief heyday of “porno chic”, The Opening of Misty Beethoven.

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