Whet Sinema #6

NICE TUXEDO TO DIE IN ! ! !

Whet Sinema / Cute Girls Play Weird Music DOUBLE HEADER

Lou Adler directed two movies. One of those was Up in Smoke, the other was Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. The latter is from 1982 and features a young Diane Lane, Paul Cook and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Paul Simonon from The Clash, and Fee Waybill from The Tubes.

The film follows three young girls who start a punk band and tour the country with a couple of aging rock stars being driven around on a bus by musician Barry Ford, who also wrote most of The Stains music in the film.

There is also a part where you get to see Diane Lane IN DA NUDE.

Whet Sinema, 3rd Ed.

How did he do it?

Whet Sinema, 2nd Ed.

Torso
Torso
Torso!

This 1973 nasty comes from Italian sleaze mastermind, Sergio Martino, director of such classics as Mountain of the Cannibal God, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key and Mannaja: A Man Called Blade.

Very straightforward gialo fare, but as I always say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" A man in a ski mask goes after several young girls, but the killer is someone you know! I especially enjoy the way these Italians imagined American hippies to be. Enough cheezy sex and bright red blood to keep a viewer interested.

Torso is a solid C+

Whet Sinema, 1st Ed.

The new Lars von "Queer" (and I mean that lovingly) vessel, Antichrist, is the best material this Dane has come with since Europa. At times a bare bones meditation on violence and nature, at others an operatic black and white art house circle jerk. Overall, the film is driven by two central devices: beautiful photography and invincible lead performances. Willem Defoe and the oh-so-pretty Charlotte Gainsbourg work wonders together. Convincingly erotic chemistry takes a sinister turn at the films end to absolute brutality. The viewer cannot help but realize something HORRIBLE is going to happen by the time this movie is over, which makes for a nerve racking watching experience. And yes, the climax sure is HORRIBLE. A hand crank drill through the leg and self-inflicted cliterectomy are two personal favorites among the numerous atrocities. After finishing Antichrist, I felt instilled with a dark and mystical sense regarding the woods. What does it all mean? Who cares.

Bong Hammer gives Antichrist a B+ so check it out.