When I say I’ve seen it all, that’s a big statement. But then I saw this. Pink Flamingos. How could a god create something so … pink-flamingo-ey. And why’s that dude got to fuck a chicken on the naked woman?

This acting is so awful, I don’t even have the words to describe it, and I’ve just come off a decent acid binge. For the time period, this movie was revolting, and that’s what it wanted to be. People loved it. Instant cult classic. For me however it was lacking, but who am I to say for a time period I wasn’t apart of.

Here’s a piece from the DVD:

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Pink Flamingos

John Waters (Cinematographer). New Line Home Entertainment 2004, DVD, $8.66

What a nutty movie. What a nutty time period, the ’70s. Young Gérard Depardieu is amazing. From IMDB: A man walking on the beach near New York City finds the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong’s orphaned son, and takes it to a friend who lives in the city, and they decide to raise it.

I’ve love to see this pulled off now. The acting was great, story was great. A feminist theater company Depardieu sometimess works for was having troubles coming up with an idea. Someone mentioned rape as a subject. They tried to do a reverse rape on Depardieu, but they liked it heh. Interesting part of the movie.

There’s plenty of nudity in here, as well as Depardieu making out with a 60 year old woman. The ending was a bit dramatic, but I liked it.

One comment on IMDB hit it correctly: Is it another world, or our world gone mad?

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Bye Bye Monkey

James Coco (Performer). Koch Lorber Films 1978, DVD, $10.10

El Topo (The Mole), yet another Alejandro Jodorowsky film (and on our Top 10 List), is about a gun fighter and his son riding through the desert. They come across a city that has been slaughtered by The Colonel and seek revenge. They do find The Colonel and his men, and eventually cut off The Colonel’s gonads. The Colonel then shoots his own brains out.

After they have secured the prisoners from The Colonel and his men, one of them being a woman, they attempt to leave. The woman fights her way past the gunfighters son and rides with him, leaving his son behind with monks.

The lady says she’ll only stay with him if he defeats the four masters in the desert. So the quest is on. Riding through the desert the gun fighter shows his skills. He can shoot a rock and water will come forth. He can dig in the sand and find eggs to eat. This looks to be based on his faith in God.

As time goes on, the lady seems to corrupt him and lose his faith.

I won’t give up the details of the quest to destroy the masters, but it is epic and he learns a lot. After the quest is over you’ll understand why it’s called El Topo. This is a great movie and Jodorowsky really takes you on a journey. It is a must see. If you had to see only one Jodorowsky film, I’d say The Holy Mountain, but this comes in second place.

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El Topo

Starz / Anchor Bay 2007, DVD, $10.12

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Starz / Anchor Bay 2007, DVD, $18.97

Another Sam Peckinpah film on here, and just as good as the first one we reviewed. If you recall the film Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, is the other one of his films we reviewed.

I’m still amazed at this movie. Dude is genius. Dustin Hoffman’s performance is stunning.

The basic premise of the story is Dustin Hoffman’s character is married to a girl in England. They take a vacation in what I think is her father’s house. There’s a group of guys that are jealous of his beautiful wife and you can tell early on something is going to happen with that situation. There is a local misfit that gets in some trouble and Hoffman is the only one that defends him, but brings on a lot more trouble than he first realizes.

The film includes some great sexism from what I think it was like back in the day. I laughed.

As the movie goes on it only gets better. A lot of violence and rape. And violence.

Hoffman basically has to defend his house from those crazy English hooligans. Without weapons. He does a great job. This is a great movie. I might even have to add it to our Top 10 List here on wtflicks.

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Straw Dogs

John Coquillon (Cinematographer). Anchor Bay Entertainment 1971, DVD, $14.25