Tag Archives: sexploitation
Immoral Tales (1974)
The Polish-born filmmaker and artist Walerian Borowczyk has been undergoing something of a critical reappraisal recently, with some of his films getting the Blu-Ray treatment and an exhaustive retrospective programmed in 2015 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Borowczyk began … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Borowczyk, Countess Bathory, Incest, sexploitation, Surreal, The Pope
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Cleopatra (1970)
Osamu Tezuka’s follow-up to the hugely ambitious A Thousand and One Nights (1969) was the second “Animerama” feature from his studio Mushi Productions: Cleopatra (1970). If anything, it was even more ambitious than its predecessor. It’s another adult animated epic, but this time told … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Animation, Cleopatra, Egypt, Eiichi Yamamoto, Japan, Osamu Tezuka, Psychedelic, Science Fiction, sexploitation, Surreal
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A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
Ralph Bakshi’s Fritz the Cat (1972) may have been the first X-rated animated film, but three years before its release Japan had already begun testing the boundaries of adult animation with A Thousand and One Nights (Sen’ya ichiya monogatari, aka One … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Aladdin, Animation, Arabian Nights, Eiichi Yamamoto, Fantasy, genie, Japan, Osamu Tezuka, Psychedelic, sexploitation, Sinbad
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