Thursday, July 26, 2007

La Frusta e il Corpo "Whip and The Body" (1963)


14 comments:

Al said...

Not with you on this one Mac. It's a bit shit.

Maybe change the pace with an upcoming post and try something from the "video nastie" list of banned films back in the good old days of VHS in the early 80's.

I'm sure Mob and Skincrawler would appreciate it, even if they're not the sort of thing to frame and mount in the living room...

Al said...

This might help!

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~julieann/banned1.htm

;)

buckaroo banzai said...

it's kinda trippy...... i like christopher lee, he looks a bit like a vampire (what a stretch for him)

MacGuffin said...

Al- This one is just a bit of cheezy fun for my pals, nothing I would even come to close to owning hence the complete lack of superlatives. Hmmm, haven't the slightest idea what your "video nastie" list is, but I'll check into it, thanks.

Banzai- I think that's kinda the idea, or at least the artist is trying for a gothic vibe.

Mob said...

How do we know each other and you don't know what a video nasty is?

I have to talk to Bucky about this, he was around you for the longest time and shoulda schooled you on that whole thing...

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Al said...

Mob - I thought he had is tongue in his cheek when he said that!... Really..?

Mac - I've a great book here all about them called "See No Evil" - wanna borrow it, send me an email.

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MacGuffin said...

Okay, you two snarky so and so's, I guess my film nerd status is officially revoked?

Blancodeviosa said...

nope. you still have to school me ;0

MacGuffin said...

I guess that have to wait until you get home. ;p

Johnny Yen said...

It took me a day to post about this because I couldn't remember the name of the artist, but my memory finally kicked in; this one reminds me of the style of American portrait artist John Singer Sargent's style

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singer_Sargent

I don't say this because I'm an expert in art-- I only know of Sargent's work because I got a print of Sargent's painting El Jaleo, which features a Flamenco dancer, as a gift for my now-ex-wife Cynthia to hang in the Flamenco Dance Studio we owned (she still owns it). The use of light and dark and stark color contrasts reminds me of his style, particularly in El Jaleo, but also his other paintings. El Jaleo is on the wikipedia article.

buckaroo banzai said...

hey macmuffin!
when are ya putting a new poster up?

MacGuffin said...

johnny- Yeah, I can see it. Italian poster artists have a very rich, classical look to their work. Probably flatout the best illustrators of their kind in the world. Amazon has two gorgeous books dedicated to Italian film posters specifically.

buckaroo- Just put one up just for you, pal.