That's Sexploitation!

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Coming soon from SWV...

"Trailer for the new documentary THAT'S SEXPLOITATION! from director Frank Henenlotter and the folks at Something Weird Video, premiering at the Cinefamily in Los Angeles on June 25, 2013. A wild ride through 40 years of American sexploitation cinema (1930-1970), with the "Mighty Monarch of Exploitation" David F. Friedman as your tour guide."

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An interview with Mike Vraney up on the Seattle Weekly today about the documentary.

http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/94...film-didn-porn

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Henenlotter will be at this Friday's screening at Anthology Film Archives - right after Olga's House of Shame! Should be a great night. By the way the Russ Meyer prints they've been screening the last couple of weeks have been in great shape.

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Can anyone supply a full list of feature films from which clips appear?

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Haven't seen it yet, but he pops up on this podcast too.

http://media.kisw.com/search?q=sexploitation

He's doing a fair bit of press for this.

[Scyther Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scyther]

This looks like a riot. Definitely want to check it out.

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"Frank Hennenlotter and Lisa Petrucci recorded a terrific audio commentary today for 'That's Sexploitation.'"

[Scyther Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scyther]

Kinda surprised they stop at 1970, though. I mean, even though hardcore was about to break out, sexploitation flicks were still going strong throughout that entire decade, stuff like "The Cheerleaders" and such.

[Jobla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jobla]

Agree, the seventies was perhaps the greatest decade for exploitation and sexploitation (and I'm not referring to hardcore at all).

[Mike DiRoma Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mike DiRoma]

Agree, the seventies was perhaps the greatest decade for exploitation and sexploitation (and I'm not referring to hardcore at all).

You ain't kidding, brother. Aside from GODS OF GRINDHOUSE are there any other comprehensive books out or in the works focusing on the sleaze/exploitation films from
that golden decade (again, not directly related to Hardcore)?

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Oh yeah, and I love the fact that CITIZEN KANE is on the shelf right next to THE GHASTLY ONES in that picture above.

[Jobla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jobla]

One book that covers many 70's exploitation films is FOR ONE WEEK ONLY. I have a copy of the original, which was out of print for many years. It has since been reprinted, and possibly expanded. I think Amazon sells it.

The original paperback came out in 1983, when many of the films weren't commonly available. The author wrote about some of the films from memory, so there are some errors in the text.

Eddie "Czar of Noir" Muller's book GRINDHOUSE is good, but I think it covers the fifties and sixties more than the seventies.

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From Severin's FB page:

"ATTENTION!!!! SPECIAL GIFT FOR THOSE WHO ORDERED 'THAT'S SEXPLOITATION!' FROM THE SEVERIN STORE: Anyone who pre-ordered THAT'S SEXPLOITATION! direct from the Severin store will be sent an additional slip singed by Director Frank Henenlotter at NO EXTRA CHARGE! A little thank you from us to you. We still have a few more signed copies to sell through the store at no extra charge. We will announce here when they're all gone so until then copies of Something Weird/Frank Henenlotter's THAT'S SEXPLOITATION! come signed. The disc is officially out on Tuesday."

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This is such a fun doc. I was so happy that it finally revealed the source of that mysterious footage (from the SWV intro reel) of the butchy boxer seen punching out some dude and smoking a huge cigar. It's from a 3-minute loop called WHEN A WOMAN NEEDS A MAN (currently on youtube). I remember some years back I actually called Mike Vraney and asked him about it and he thought I was talking about SHE-MOB. I always thought that was so cool that he answered the phone. I haven't even started with the bonus shorts included on the blu, but I have to say that the commentary by Henenlotter and Lisa Petrucci is worth the price of the disc alone. It's absolutely awesome.