Bizarre
(1970)
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Bizarre
(1970)
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Richard Schulman | ... |
The Judge
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Janet Spearman | ... |
The Judge's Wife
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Dorothy Grumbar | ... |
Photographer
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Anthony Rowlands | ... |
The Model
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Norma Eden | ... |
Norma, the Photographer's Assistant
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George Herbert | ... |
The Steward
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Kenneth Benda | ... |
Sacha Seremona
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Yvonne Quenet | ... |
Mary-Clare
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Reid Anderson | ... |
Dr. Rilke
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Sylvia Delamere | ... |
The Nurse
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Cathy Howard | ... |
The Cat Burglar
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Mike Britton | ... |
The Burgled Man
(as Mike Briton)
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Maria Frost | ... |
Lindy Leigh
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Peter Carlisle | ... |
Col. X
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Stephen Preston | ... |
Philpott
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A brainy sex flick with a sense of humor, the film begins with a narrator/mummy who guides us through a number of vignettes promising to show what some of us go through in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. There's a fabulous ten minute opening, where the half naked go go dancers have vegetables thrown at them. One of the tales features a female photographer who tortures a male model. Another has a female burglar (Cathy Howard) caught by the house owner. The craziest involves a nerd hiring a blond call girl (Sue Bond) in pursuit of a menage-a-trois with his pet lizard; and there's a endearing misadventure with secret agent Lindy Leigh (Maria Frost) who does topless safecracking. Written by Manfred Gluck
This oddity is more 'interesting' and of social significance than it is enjoyable to watch. I had great difficulty maintaining interest despite plentiful nudity and the fact the segments are not over long. I suppose the fireworks inter-cut with an orgy at the end is the easiest part to watch. Now I think about it I am not sure why I didn't enjoy it more but I think it's basically because nothing really worked. Even though the sections were less than quarter of an hour long they moved rather slowly and uncertainly. I seemed to be for ever trying to work out what was going on only for the part to end with some seeming significant statement regarding the 'battle of the sexes'. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. I understand the commentary on the DVD is worth listening to, so I shall be able to give it another go AND there are those William Burroughs shorts. Still, they will probably be more 'interesting' than enjoyable too! DVD originates in US and has extras