Popatopolis (2009)
3/10
Interesting look at a B-Movie Icon...
5 December 2017
I just finished watching Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre and needed to see if I could find out how Jim Wynorski's mind works. I am glad I watched this because now I see why Sharkansas was as bad as it was...he doesn't care!

At one point, he had an interesting way to dress up ridiculousness and sell it to the B Movie market, but his fetish with big tits and blonde hair caused him to make the same tired soft-core movie every time out. This was an interesting look at things from the inside. Three days to make a film is not a lot and it was funny watching him lose his cool every time something went wrong. It centers on him filming "The Witches of Breastwick".

I thought the interview with his mother was the highlight of the whole thing. I enjoyed Julie Strain, Roger Corman, and Andy Sedaris as well. I want to talk about Julie K. Smith for a minute, though. What a self righteous, delusional fool! Going on and on about being trained as an actor...what the hell is she talking about? What has she ever been in? She tried to act as though she's worked with Scorcese or Spielberg! She's been scantily clad and ultimately simulated sex for her whole career. That really annoyed me.

All in all, a pretty entertaining look at how to make a shitty soft-core film in 3 days.
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