Tag: Exploitation

• TURA! (2024) starring John Waters and Dita Von Teese Review – Director Cody Jarrett talks securing legacy of Tura Satana, feminist cult film trailblazer of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965)

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  by Isabelle Cocozza “If Tura’s story doesn’t inspire you, I don’t know what will. If you love Charlie’s Angels, you can trace that back to Tura. If you love Quentin Tarantino films, you can trace that back to Tura – all roads lead back to Tura.  Her impact was enormous.” – Cody Jarrett Cody Jarrett’s…

  

• European Extreme Cinema: Art or Exploitation? A focus on Lars von Trier’s ANTICHRIS♀(2009)

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  by Megan Hilborne “Exposure. That’s the only thing that works. Everything else is just talk. You have to have to courage to stay in the situation that frightens. And then you’ll learn that fear isn’t dangerous.”(von Trier, Antichrist, 2009) European extreme cinema has been described as the “cinéma du corps” (Palmer, 2011, p. 57) translating…