NW: Frankenstein

[David Casseres]

At 0:23 -0800 12/15/98, Thomas Eckhardt wrote:
>At 11:42 13.12.98 -0700, Jane Grant wrote:
>
>>QUESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY. In that last sentence, the Author cleverly
>>alludes
>> to two (2) Important movies from the 1970s. What are they?
>
>One of them is Paul Morissey's "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein", the missing
>link between "Death in Venice" and "The Evil Dead", in which Udo Kier as
>Frankenstein explains his particularly messy behaviour during one scene as
>part of his research project (strong German accent): "To know life, Otto,
>you've got to fuck death in the gall bladder." A cornerstone of cinematic
>art and highly recommended for those who have always wondered what "The
>Courier's Tragedy" would actually look like on stage. In order to appreciate
>the movie in its full gory glory one needs to watch the 3-D version on the
>big screen, though. VCR won't do.

Sounds like one to see.  Thanx, Thomas, and thanx Jane for this
illuminating Interrogatory.  The other reference, of course, is to "Last
Tango in Paris."  They said at the time that it was Important, but the most
important thing I saw in it was a brand-new way of portraying the female
orgasm on screen, viz., rolling over and over across the floor (fully
clothed, with her hand in her pants).  In later Films we have seen couples
doing this together while in the very throes, filmed of course by a camera
pointed at the tops of their heads.  Ta da, INFLUENCE!

Cheers,
David