Recently reading up a list of obscure movies,I stopped going down the list right away,when I noticed a short plot outline about a mock-doc based around the "adult" film industry,which featured an interview with Roman Polanski!.With the mix of subject matter and unexpected participants,I began to look forward to seeing what would perhaps be one of the most left-field films that I have ever seen.
The plot:
Having a strong desire to show that low budget,independent films can have the same artistic merits as government subsidised "Art" movies,film maker Robert Fulch decides to allow a documentary crew to join him and film the "making of" for his "adult film" take on the Greek play Lysistrata.Whilst the production of the movie at first goes smoothly,tragedy strikes half way through filming,when leading actress Claudia Fielers suddenly commits suicide.As Fulch attempts to save the production,the documentary makers start to look at all of the footage that they have shot,in the hope of finding the answer to what destroys the body and the soul.
View on the film:
Using a Polanski interview filmed shortly after the Manson murders to give a stronger outline for the "theams" that the documentary crew are finding in the footage,directors Karl Martine and Andrzej Kostenko, (who along with co-writing the really fantastic, original screenplay with Robert H. Rimmer,also starred in the 1959 short film When Angels Fall,directed by Polanski!) strike the perfect balance in making the movie an off-beat drama,and also an unexpectedly funny film.Being backed by masterful editing,Martine and Kostenko give the film a brilliant "rough" feel,by focusing on odds and ends which would have been left on the documentary editors floor,from the amazing cast being shown as complete fakes during the "action" scenes,to featuring bits and pieces of conversation between the cast and crew that are completely unconnected to their current activates.Along with having one of the actresses boyfriends be a hilarious Rock singer who would have been a perfect fit in Spinal Tap,Rimmer and Kostenko's excellent screenplay unexpectedly has the still current topic of "high" art v "commeriacal being one of the main issues of the movie,as Fulch repeatedly tells the documentary makers the he feels that he is unable to completely make the movies that he desires,due to having to raise the funds himself,and not rely on a government subsidised,which would help to cover any losses that his movie might make.
The plot:
Having a strong desire to show that low budget,independent films can have the same artistic merits as government subsidised "Art" movies,film maker Robert Fulch decides to allow a documentary crew to join him and film the "making of" for his "adult film" take on the Greek play Lysistrata.Whilst the production of the movie at first goes smoothly,tragedy strikes half way through filming,when leading actress Claudia Fielers suddenly commits suicide.As Fulch attempts to save the production,the documentary makers start to look at all of the footage that they have shot,in the hope of finding the answer to what destroys the body and the soul.
View on the film:
Using a Polanski interview filmed shortly after the Manson murders to give a stronger outline for the "theams" that the documentary crew are finding in the footage,directors Karl Martine and Andrzej Kostenko, (who along with co-writing the really fantastic, original screenplay with Robert H. Rimmer,also starred in the 1959 short film When Angels Fall,directed by Polanski!) strike the perfect balance in making the movie an off-beat drama,and also an unexpectedly funny film.Being backed by masterful editing,Martine and Kostenko give the film a brilliant "rough" feel,by focusing on odds and ends which would have been left on the documentary editors floor,from the amazing cast being shown as complete fakes during the "action" scenes,to featuring bits and pieces of conversation between the cast and crew that are completely unconnected to their current activates.Along with having one of the actresses boyfriends be a hilarious Rock singer who would have been a perfect fit in Spinal Tap,Rimmer and Kostenko's excellent screenplay unexpectedly has the still current topic of "high" art v "commeriacal being one of the main issues of the movie,as Fulch repeatedly tells the documentary makers the he feels that he is unable to completely make the movies that he desires,due to having to raise the funds himself,and not rely on a government subsidised,which would help to cover any losses that his movie might make.