Russ Meyer--The Life and Films: A Biography and a Comprehensive, Illustrated and Annotated Filmography and BibliographyCredited with having "opened the floodgates of screen permissiveness" in 1959 with the landmark "nudie" The Immoral Mr. Teas, legendary independent softcore filmmaker Russ Meyer has continued throughout his 30-year career and 23+ films to expand the limits of screen freedom with such genre classics as Lorna (1964), Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966), and Vixen (1969). Long recognized as an American auteur and honored by numerous international retrospectives of his work, Meyer's story provides valuable insights into independent filmmaking, the history of the modern sexploitation genre, and cinema censorship. Researched from underground, popular and film literature, this book also incorporates much of the material contained in Meyer's own vast archive, to give an in-depth study of the director dubbed "King Leer." |
Contents
I RUSS MEYER AMERICAN AUTEUR | 1 |
II BIOGRAPHIES | 27 |
III INTERVIEWS | 28 |
IV MISCELLANEOUS | 33 |
V FESTIVALS AND RETROSPECTIVES | 44 |
VI WIVES | 51 |
Edy Williams Divorce | 55 |
VII ACTRESSES | 58 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 128 |
CENSORSHIP CALIFORNIA | 131 |
REVIEWS | 133 |
The Seven Minutes 1971 | 141 |
PROMOTION | 142 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 143 |
Blacksnake 1973 | 145 |
PROMOTION | 148 |
Erica Gavin | 59 |
Francesca Kitten Natividad | 61 |
Tami Roche | 63 |
VIII CHARLES NAPIER | 64 |
IX SEXPLOITATION | 66 |
Teas 1959 | 69 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 70 |
CENSORSHIP | 72 |
Eve and the Handyman I960 | 73 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 74 |
REVIEWS | 75 |
Erotica 1961 | 76 |
Europe in the Raw 1963 | 77 |
REVIEWS | 78 |
Heavenly Bodies 1963 | 79 |
CENSORSHIP FLORIDA | 80 |
REVIEWS | 81 |
REVIEWS | 83 |
REVIEWS | 85 |
Motorpsycho 1965 | 88 |
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill 1966 | 89 |
Mondo Topless 1966 | 91 |
CommonLaw Cabin 1967 | 92 |
Good Morning and Goodbye 1967 | 93 |
Finders Keepers Lovers Weepers 1968 | 95 |
CENSORSHIP LOUISIANA | 97 |
REVIEWS | 98 |
Vixen 1968 | 102 |
CENSORSHIP FLORIDA | 106 |
REVIEWS | 116 |
Cherry Harry Raquel 1969 | 119 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 120 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 | 123 |
PROMOTION | 127 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 149 |
REVIEWS | 151 |
Supervixens 1975 | 153 |
PROMOTION | 154 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 158 |
CENSORSHIP CANADA | 159 |
REVIEWS | 162 |
Up 1976 | 168 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 172 |
REVIEWS | 173 |
Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens 1979 | 176 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 184 |
REVIEWS | 186 |
XL FILMS IN PROGRESS | 192 |
Jaws of Lorna 1981 | 193 |
XII FILMS PLANNED BUT NEVER MADE | 194 |
Beyond Beyond 1972 | 196 |
XIII VIDEOCASSETTES | 198 |
Censorship | 200 |
XIV A CLEAN BREAST MEMOIR | 202 |
The Immoral Mr Teas 1959 | 203 |
Wild Gals of the Naked West | 204 |
Mudhoney 1965 | 205 |
1966 | 206 |
Finders Keepers Lovers Weepers 1968 | 207 |
1969 | 208 |
The Seven Minutes 1971 | 209 |
Supervixens 1975 | 210 |
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra vixens 1979 | 211 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 213 |
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225 | |
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Russ Meyer--The Life and Films: A Biography and a Comprehensive, Illustrated ... David K. Frasier No preview available - 1997 |