Love in 3-D

This is another film from German sexploitation meister Walter Boos, one of the co-creators of the infamous German "report" films. But rather than being a series of vignettes centered around errant German school girls or housewives, this movie basically has a structure similar to the much later American indie classic "Slacker" as it randomly follows around any number of barely related characters who live and work around a certain apartment building. It's also in 3-D, of course, so there are lots of shots of things being thrown at or, um, thrust into the camera (including, but not necessarily limited to, the pendulous breasts of Swedish sexploitation star Christine Lindberg).

If this could be classified as a "report" film, it's definitely one of the sexier ones with little plot to get in the way of the non-stop sex scenes. A girl(Ingrid Steeger) is embarrassed by her very sexually active roommate. A young man picks up a sexy nude sunbather by locking the balcony door and using a fishing pole to steal her clothes thus forcing her to come into his room where, of course, hot sex ensues. A man in a restaurant picks up a beautiful Indian girl while his friend also scores with a well-endowed waitress ("chubby chasers" will no doubt really enjoy the latter scene). A repressed woman submits to a lesbian seduction, but ends up having trampoline-style sex with a man as they bounce wildly on the bed. But they save the best for last, as the incredible Christine Lindberg shows up for two of the most unabashed sex scenes of her career, intercut by scenes of her driving men on the street to distraction with her very abbreviated mini-skirts and criminally low cut blouses. Then it's back to Ingrid Steeger, who finally falls in love with a guy, and gives her horny female roommate a run for the money by having wild sex with him on the balcony, literally almost bringing the roof down.

This is one of several German sex films Euro-sexploitation legends Lindberg and Steeger appeared in together (not in the same scenes, of course, that would melt the celluloid in the camera). It is, unfortunately, only available in German, but I doubt fans of either actress will care (or perhaps even notice). It also might very well be Walter Boos best film, and it's certainly one of best German sex comedies I've ever witnessed (and I've witnessed quite a few).

Presumably inspired by Pete Walker's 4 Dimensions of Greta this is another 1970s sex comedy filmed in 3D. Walter Boos however went all the way - we do not have just the odd 3D boob scene, the whole film is made in 3D. The viewer is constantly reminded of that, because the cinematography is truly bizarre with plenty of scenes of rather peculiar camera angles that strongly emphasize the 3D effects, e.g. a girl on a swing moving towards (and above) the camera, twigs hitting a car window, and many many more. The exaggeration of 3D makes these scenes quite funny, as the effects are completely over the top.

A huge amount of effort must have gone into this foray of creating a top-of-the-line erotic movie at a time when hardcore pornography was still illegal in Germany. Following in the footsteps of the silly but hugely successful "Schoolgirl Report" series, this a feature film containing a series of erotic vignettes centering, around a large tenement house in Munich. I appreciate how the makers didn't just sit on their laurels (director Walter Boos was one of the original co-creators of the Report-series) nor their money and clearly wanted to make their mark in the world of erotica by creating a top-of-the-line product rather than just more top-shelf material.

This movie eschews the ickiness of some of the Report movies, where girls admit to having been the victim of sexual molestation at an early age in order to explain their lewd behaviour, or of attributing outrageous behaviour to barely nubile girls in general.

Many of the 3D scenes seem a bit odd when seen on the small 2D screen, but it's not distracting.

Of the "girls" I particularly enjoyed Rosl Mayr, the Bavarian yenta, who appeared in so many movies of the period.

The actresses (and even the actors) are attractive (including later singer-songmaker Konstantin Wecker) or even stunning, and they're depicted as open people enjoying themselves. The women are active and decide for themselves how far they're willing to go, rather than being brainless bedbunnies. (OK, there are also scenes where they're wearing criminally short skirts and being ogled by dirty men.) Also there is some variety with the Indian girl and the buxom waitress, all of which are depicted as beautiful rather than being ridiculed.

One bit of trivia: Elisabeth Volkmann, the actress playing Rosi, who seduces Lissy with her raunchy story, was later and until her death the voice of Marge in the German dub of The Simpsons.

This is a forgotten gem from a very much bygone era. Enjoy.