Thurs.13: Random Movies from My Blockbuster.com Queue, and I Am So Freakishly Lame The Lickerish Quartet - (1970) A wealthy and jaded couple living in a palatial Italian villa (Erika Remberg and Frank Wolff) spend an evening watching pornographic films with their adult son (Paolo Turco). Looking for a change of scenery, the family visits a carnival where they see a stuntwoman performing tricks on a motorcycle. Eventually, the strange woman begins to interact sexually with the mother, father, and son as they walk a fine line between reality and illusion. Grey Gardens - (1976) Albert and David Maysles, pioneers in the cin�ma v�rit� movement of documentary filmmaking, chose for their subjects of this film a mother and daughter with celebrity connections. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie (or, as they are called by the brothers, Big Edie and Little Edie) are aunt and cousin to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Dirt Boy - (2001) A kind of riff on The Blair Witch Project, Dirt Boy is focused on the title of a best-selling novel named "Dirt Boy" that has reigned popular in the small Massachusetts town of Atwater Commons -- named, not coincidentally, after the book's author, Atwater Bridges (Arthur J. Walsh). Murders of Hollywood - (2003) This documentary presents information about some of the most shocking deaths and murders in the history of Hollywood. Included are sections on William Desmond Taylor, Johnny Stompanato, Sal Mineo, Bob Crane, Dorothy Stratten, Nicole Simpson, and over a half-dozen more. Hot-Rod Girls - (1956) American-International's Hot Rod Girl is a whole lot less exploitational than its title. Chuck Connors stars as Ben, a policeman who hopes to stem an outbreak of juvenile delinquency. Overcoming great obstacles--most of them created by prejudiced adults--Ben hopes to build a drag strip, where hot-rodding teenagers will be allowed to race their motors in safety. Wild Women of Wongo - (1959) In this oddball cult favorite, Mother Nature decides to try out a fun little experiment on a remote tropical island. Two different primitive tribes inhabit opposite sides of the island -- the Wongo, remarkable for the fact their women are beautiful and their men are slack-jawed brutes, and the Goona, recognizable by their handsome men and unsightly women. Eventually, an attack by apemen causes the two tribes to meet for the first time. Thrillbillys - (????) When convicted moonshine runner Dodger Cole returns to her Virginia home to discover that the hills have been taken over by convenience stores and strip malls, she sets out to take back the South from big business bullies in this rollicking tale of vengeance from director Jim Stramel. Quite a bit has changed since Dodger Cole was locked up in the county jail, and when she finally gets out, she doesn't like what she sees. Okay, I can�t find any reference to this movie, director, or anyone anywhere. Nobody involved with it has an IMDB page. I have no idea when it was made. Weeeeiiiirrrrrd. Satan in High Heels - (1962) Sleaziness abounds in this grim drama about a stripper who starts a new life without her drug-addicted husband. While working at a posh downtown nightclub she becomes romantically involved with both the owner and his handsome son .When her husband finally finds her, she begs him to kill the club owner, but he has other ideas. Revenger�s Tragedy - (2003) Revenge, obsession, and the morally ambiguous aristocracy are targets of this adaptation by director Alex Cox of the 17th century dark comic play Revenger�s Tragedy, written by Shakespeare contemporary Thomas Middleton. The vindictive and mentally unstable Vindici (Christopher Eccleston) has returned to the grimy streets of a post-apocalyptic Liverpool in order to attempt to bring ruin to the ruling family led by the Duke (Derek Jacobi). Psychomania - (1971) An annoying devil-worshipping British biker gang calling themselves "The Living Dead" decide to take their moniker to heart when their leader commits suicide and is brought back from the dead in an occult ritual, thanks to a Satanic pact. What Have I Done to Deserve This? - (1984) Carmen Maura plays a middle-class housewife hemmed in by her wildly eccentric relatives. Her principal purpose in life is a balancing act: to keep her head fastened on securely while all others are losing theirs. Film buffs will have a field day toting up Almod�var's visual and verbal allusions to the works of Bu�uel, Brian De Palma, Billy Wilder, John Waters, and even Andy Warhol. Longhair of Death - (1964) In the 15th century, a young woman is accused of being a witch and committing a murder. She is burned at the stake. Years later, during a plague, she is revived by lightning. She returns to her village to prevent her daughter from marrying the man who actually committed the murder for which she was executed. Christ in Concrete (Give Us This Day) - (1949) On the outs in Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis. Perhaps had it been made in Hollywood as intended, Give Us This Day would not have been allowed to run on for 120 minutes, nor would the actors have been permitted to indulge in terminal sanctimony. Based on Pietro di Donato's novel Christ in Concrete, Give Us This Day was released in the US under the intriguing title Salt to the Devil. Gads. And this is just 13 random choices of the 934 (yes, 934) in my movie queue. I am one sick, sad puppy. I�m not only going to hell, I�m driving the goddamn bus. I wonder if hell has a movie theatre?
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