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  • It's getting a release via the Jess Franco golden Goya series. Doesn't mean it is 100% Franco, but I have no reason to believe otherwise and even Ascot think its a Franco film.
    Lalala76
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    Last edited by Lalala76; 10-31-2013, 05:18 PM.

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    • The trailer definitely feels more Franco to me than Deitrich.
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      • Maybe Richard is irritated that the film is credited to a Michael Thomas (a name often used by Dietrich), but this name was more an in-house name of Dietrich's company also used by other people (like Alain Payet, Paul Grau, Jacques Orth).

        BTW: Franco's "Mí¤dchen im Nachtverkehr" (which was shot more or less together with "Weisse Haut und schwarze Schenkel") is also credited to Michael Thomas, and Franco's "Downtown" is credited to a Wolfgang Frank, a name Dietrich used for some of his early directorial efforts like "Porno Baby" (1969).

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        • Thanks for all the advice :) I will be interested in her opinion. We did watch Cannibal Holocaust and August Underground together, and she is still with me!

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          • Originally posted by stinty View Post
            Thanks for all the advice :) I will be interested in her opinion. We did watch Cannibal Holocaust and August Underground together, and she is still with me!
            You old Romantic you lol

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            • Originally posted by Paul L View Post
              In all seriousness, I have found that at first glance, women tend to be put off Franco by the nudity, etc, but when they give them a chance, they come to enjoy the films: they've got much in common with traditional 'women's pictures', I guess (domestic settings, melodrama, strong female leads).
              That's true! When I think of women's directors I think of Cukor, Almodovar and... Franco. :D

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              • I'll refrain from commenting on Franco as a woman's director.

                I thought I read -- here, or some other forum -- that Dietrich was the sole director of BLACK SKIN WHITE THIGHS, but evidently I'm under a misapprehension.

                His COUNT DRACULA goes in the player soon as GHOST ADVENTURES: Transylvania finishes.
                "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
                - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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                • Originally posted by Stephen View Post
                  That's true! When I think of women's directors I think of Cukor, Almodovar and... Franco. :D
                  Ah, you know what I mean

                  But yes, I think in terms of their inner form, Franco's films have a fair bit in common with 1940s and 1950s women's pictures - sort of like the exploitation equivalent of Douglas Sirk, with more blood and boobs I don't think he's a 'woman's director' per se, but that thematically, his films have a stronger appeal to women than they might often be suggested to possess.
                  'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'

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                  'All explaining in movies can be thrown out, I think': Elmore Leonard

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                  • Originally posted by Richard--W View Post
                    I thought I read -- here, or some other forum -- that Dietrich was the sole director of BLACK SKIN WHITE THIGHS, but evidently I'm under a misapprehension.
                    Probably a confusion with this similar titled film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065203/reference

                    @Paul L
                    Funny you mention Douglas Sirk. In the 90's I saw Sirk's IMITATION OF LIFE in a theatrical screening and some weeks later Franco's EUGENIE... (the one with Maria Rohm and Lee) also on the big screen and... yes, both films impressed me in a similar way. I'm still not sure why, but I remember that both films were so strong that they seemed very modern to me, even though they were typical for their times. And their stunning color photography worked almost like emotional-3D for me on the big screen. Of course it helped that both were screened in beautiful prints.

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                      • Well thats not understated is it :)

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                        • Does what it says on the tin ;)
                          'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'

                          http://www.paul-a-j-lewis.com (my photography website)
                          'All explaining in movies can be thrown out, I think': Elmore Leonard

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                          • I am awaiting this Franco film on Blu-Ray with bated breath: http://salvation-films.com/Jess-Fran...Sacrilege.html

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                            • That is great news, nice to see Redemption getting back into it.
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                              • Considering all the foul-ups that previous DVD releases of THE DEMONS have suffered, I am sure Redemption KNOW that they have to do everything in their power not to mess this one up.

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