Getting in late at night I looked for a short Italian flick I could watch for ICM's Italian films viewing challenge. The first to pop up on my list of downloads with the shortest run time,I decided to lift the proibito on a viewing:
View on the film:
Appearing to separate the over 20 sketches in this 66 minute film between themselves, co-directors Luigi Batzella & Derek Ford fails to bond at any time, with smut merchant Ford making making his mark clear in saucy outdoor Sex Comedy cheeky antics, whilst Batzella unzips avant-garde dance numbers erotica, standing at odds with Ford's proceeding sketches, and with some sketches being given just 2 minutes to play out, no room for the gags or frolics to be fleshed out.
Having shown with the fun Lady Frankenstein (1971-also reviewed) that he can come up with a sizzling plot for the Grindhouse, here the screenplay by Dick Randall comes across as aimless, due to attempts to build a romance plot for the budding daydreamer, being prohibited by the need for random sketch inserts.
View on the film:
Appearing to separate the over 20 sketches in this 66 minute film between themselves, co-directors Luigi Batzella & Derek Ford fails to bond at any time, with smut merchant Ford making making his mark clear in saucy outdoor Sex Comedy cheeky antics, whilst Batzella unzips avant-garde dance numbers erotica, standing at odds with Ford's proceeding sketches, and with some sketches being given just 2 minutes to play out, no room for the gags or frolics to be fleshed out.
Having shown with the fun Lady Frankenstein (1971-also reviewed) that he can come up with a sizzling plot for the Grindhouse, here the screenplay by Dick Randall comes across as aimless, due to attempts to build a romance plot for the budding daydreamer, being prohibited by the need for random sketch inserts.