[lbo-talk] Pervert's Guide to Cinema

[B.]

Not to brag, but I think I could be a pretty good
guide to perverted cinema. A connoiseur of
"Euro-Trash" films (Jean Rollin, Jess Franco, et.
al.), one of my favorite things to do is, when I have
folks over, mercilessly subject them to Jack Palance's
cameo in the 1969 b-movie JUSTINE, based on the novel
of same title by the Marquis de Sade. Palance plays a
sexually sadistic monk who brutalizes the unsuspecting
Justine; Klaus Kinski is also shamelessly in the film.
I have the DVD, and in the commentary the dir., Jess
Franco, said Palance would routinely show up drunk to
the set.

It's easy to believe, and someone uploaded a part of
the Palance performance here onto YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CtFBmoJ86E

The YouTube clip is titled "Jack Palance Meltdown!"
Unfortunately it's not his whole performance, but you
get a pretty good idea from it. One of my fave moments
in cinematic history -- the confluence of de Sade,
Jack Palance, Kinski, the exploitation aspect and the
bad acting, etc., all into one surreal package.

-B.

Doug Henwood wrote:
> <http://www.thepervertsguide.com/>
>
>
> Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give
you what you  
> desire - it tells you how to desire' - Slavoj Zizek
>
> THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an
exhilarating  
> ride through some of the greatest movies ever made.
Serving as  
> presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek,
the Slovenian  
> philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and
passionate  
> approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden
language of  
> cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about
ourselves.