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A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.
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I really, really enjoyed this. At the same time, though entertaining and informative, it leaves one yearning for so much more. The clips from the films shown are usually VERY short, and quite often, they are not directly discussed by the commentators. Instead, they are used to "illustrate" a more general discussion of one of the sub-genres covered her (ie: pre-code; nudist camp, nudie cuties, etc). I look forward to someone expanding upon this introduction to provide us with a film exploring each of the sub-genres in more depth.
Finally, I was pleased to hear John Landis refer to PASSION OF THE Christ as an Exploitation film, as that's exactly how I viewed it... with total delight, I must say. In fact, given it and APOCALYPTO, an argument could be made for Mel Gibson as the greatest Exploitation film director of the past decade... even if he does not exactly see his own films in that light.
Finally, I was pleased to hear John Landis refer to PASSION OF THE Christ as an Exploitation film, as that's exactly how I viewed it... with total delight, I must say. In fact, given it and APOCALYPTO, an argument could be made for Mel Gibson as the greatest Exploitation film director of the past decade... even if he does not exactly see his own films in that light.
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- TriviaJohn Amero, Pam Grier, and Harry H. Novak were all approached to be interviewed in this documentary, but they all declined.
- ConnectionsFeatures Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
- SoundtracksThe Thieving Magpie Overture
composed by Gioachino Rossini
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- Gross US & Canada
- $5,529
- Gross worldwide
- $5,529
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