Russ Meyer : sex noir
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From a review of Big Bosoms and Square Jaws : The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film
Meyer, who was self-taught, produced, directed, plotted (sometimes with the aid of Roger Ebert) and often shot and edited his films, giving them an idiosyncratic stamp as unmistakable as Alfred Hitchcock's. Though some cultists prefer his garishly colorful 70's sex romps like Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, he is perhaps best known for his mid-60's "Gothic" period, a quartet of sometimes scary-beautiful black-and-white "roughies" like Mudhoney and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Call them sex noir.
A Director Fixated on More Than Film
An earlier book: The Very Breast of Russ Meyer.
My own appreciation: Russ Meyer: homage to a master.