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Post by andydecker on Jun 4, 2015 21:17:33 GMT
Funny but Germans I've met over the last years would scoff at any embarrassment about sex but German comedy....no laughing matter as my good mate Armin says. I guess this is the kind of thing you are talking about Andy: www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7697638&style=movieI can feel some vital research coming on. Yes, comedy is a difficult and serious thing  This is a good example of those movies, but these seem second - or third - rate only. At least there is a Hans Billian, who is quite dependable. This director came from the mainstream, but later did softporn and porn. Back then when they produced those movies for cinemas, before the age of video. He did some funny stuff. A few of his sex-comedies were produced in two versions, one soft and one hard. Crazy times. |
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Post by ripper on Jun 5, 2015 20:33:13 GMT
Thank you for the information, Andy. It's interesting to hear that German sex comedies featured stereotypes seemingly as much as their British counterparts. Also, we tend to forget just how staid films made in the 50s and early 60s were in general in terms of explicit sexual references and showing nudity, compared to what came during the following decade. It must have come as something of a shock for the average person attending the cinema during the period of change.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 5, 2015 21:24:51 GMT
Thank you for the information, Andy. It's interesting to hear that German sex comedies featured stereotypes seemingly as much as their British counterparts. Also, we tend to forget just how staid films made in the 50s and early 60s were in general in terms of explicit sexual references and showing nudity, compared to what came during the following decade. It must have come as something of a shock for the average person attending the cinema during the period of change. It's those challenges to the current world view that I love dearly. I was fascinated by Deep Throat going mainstream in America - actually screened in your local cinema in the seventies - porno chic the brief period of commercial American pornography threatening Hollywood - unthinkable in the UK where the sight of a breast nearly destroyed the social fabric. Anyone living through the Mary Whitehouse years revels in the seaside postcard Carry Ons. |
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Post by ripper on Feb 15, 2020 16:50:36 GMT
I don't know if I am in error, but I have a very vague memory of seeing a novelisation of Deep Throat back in the mid-70s. If my memory isn't playing tricks, I borrowed it from a classmate while at secondary school, so would have been around 14 at the time. He was also a good source for Richard Allen 'bovver books' and mags for the more discerning reader. Just thinking about poor Mary Millington...would she be the UK equivalent of Linda Lovelace. She certainly seemed to have a rather high profile that entered into the mainstream, and I remember how shocked I was when her death was announced.
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Post by andydecker on Feb 15, 2020 18:37:51 GMT
A novelisation of "Deep Throat" sounds intriguing. It is possible, if even "Dracula sucks" got the honour.
Sadly some of the excellent Mary Millington blogs seem to have gone. Or I haven't updated my list often enough.
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Post by ripper on Feb 16, 2020 11:53:56 GMT
A novelisation of "Deep Throat" sounds intriguing. It is possible, if even "Dracula sucks" got the honour. Sadly some of the excellent Mary Millington blogs seem to have gone. Or I haven't updated my list often enough.
A bit of investigation and it does seem that there was a novelisation. I have no idea how explicit it was, as I can barely remember holding the book in my hands. To my surprise, the book was not credited to Linda Lovelace. I have had only limited exposure to Mary Millington's films, but those I have seen, and this was a long time ago, were in the tradition of the typical British 70s sex comedy, or that is how I remember them. |
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This is a good example of those movies, but these seem second - or third - rate only. At least there is a Hans Billian, who is quite dependable. This director came from the mainstream, but later did softporn and porn. Back then when they produced those movies for cinemas, before the age of video. He did some funny stuff. A few of his sex-comedies were produced in two versions, one soft and one hard. Crazy times.