BIZARRE CINEMA! ARCHIVES COLLECTION
As shown by the title, created by uniting two words, that
is sin and cinema, this collection is a forum for the most
controversial and transgressive topics (such as sex and horror)
and the most singular and "bizarre" directors (Russ
Meyer, Jesus Franco, Mario Bava, Renato Polselli) in movie
history.
These beautifully illustrated essays include some very rare
iconographic material.
Featuring hundreds of photos, posters and cover reproductions.
The Classics the Bis the Nudies and the W.A.I.
Featuring a filmography of eroticism in Western movies
Including comics guide
Cowgirls!
Saloon Girls!
"Damsels in distress!"
Sex & violence!
Eroticism in western cinema and comics: from Hollywood's indecent
(according to the Hays code) super-classics such as The Outlaw
(1943), Duel in the Sun (1946) and Colorado Territory (1949)
to the little-known pulp-western-B-movies, yet worthy of a
re-discovery, such as For Guns To the Border (1955), A Lust
To Kill (1959), the western-horror masterpiece Curse of the
Undead (1959), the curious Five Bold Women (1960, starring
Irish Sheena McCalla), the hyper-violent Five Savage Men (1971);
from the nudie sexploitation flicks by Russ Meyer (Wild Gals
of the Naked West!, 1961), Lee Frost (The Hot Spur, 1968,
The Scavengers, 1969), David Friedman (Brand of Shame, 1968,
The Erotic Adventures of Zorro, 1972) to the campy French
& Belgian western-erotique outings (Les Filles du Golden
Saloon, Convoi des femmes, Reglements de femmes a O.Q. Corral,
L'Arriee-train sifflera trois fois); from the westerns "all'Italiana"
(Giarrettiera Colt, Yankee, John il bastardo, Belle Starr
story, Il tempo degli avvoltoi, Lola Colt, Fedra West, Blindman...)
to the Italian-styled American & British westerns, above
all those featuring the Sex Bomb Raquel Welch (100 Rifles,
1969 and Hannie Caulder, 1972); naturally, you can also find
such obligatory titles as La strada dei giganti (1960), Soldier
Blue (1970), El Topo (1971), Dans la poussiere du soleil (1972),
China 9 Liberty 37 (1978)...
Including notes, comments and illustrations aplenty!
This tome also features a never-before-published bibliographic
guide to the western heroines of the comics as well as the
magazines spotlighting their adventures (including the fotoromanzi).
From the spicy American comic-books (Black Phantom, Firehair...)
to such pre-code pulp-comics as Polly of the Plains and the
fetish'n'bizarre comix by Ruiz and Eneg; from the first mildly
erotic Italian western comics (La Bella del Texas, Satania...)
to the infamous "fumetti per adulti" (Vartan, Kalamity
Jane, Raquel, La vergine nera, Samantha, Mortimer, La texana...).
Come, join us and experience the Wild West as you have never
seen it before!
A curious reference book for the fans of cinema and comics.
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