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Maraschino Cherry (1977)
Directed by: Radley Metzger
Starring: Gloria Leonard, Lesllie Bovee, Annette Haven
Language: English original
1,66GB - 84’55’’ - 1024×568 - MKV
USA - DVD
Starring: Gloria Leonard, Lesllie Bovee, Annette Haven
Language: English original
1,66GB - 84’55’’ - 1024×568 - MKV
USA - DVD
The last and least-liked of Radley Metzger's explicit quintet shows the talented filmmaker now almost dispensing with plot altogether, a trend he previously toyed with on his free form BARBARA BROADCAST in a radical departure from the classic three act structure, borrowed from stage and screen lore since times immemorial, he previously and rigorously adhered to. Though he has never gone on record about it, my guess is that Metzger realized he had pretty much expanded the fornication film form to its genre-imposed limits with THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN and was now gently phasing himself out of what was indeed increasingly becoming an industry (rather than art form) he had entered somewhat reluctantly in the first place out of economic necessity as the commercial availability of hardcore had made simulated screen sex obsolete. That said, MARASCHINO CHERRY still towers over much of its contemporary competition and may be in need of re-evaluation, an opportunity for which now graciously granted by the kind folks at Video-X-Pix who have issued a sterling 2 disc "Platinum Elite Collector's Edition" (hopefully, the first of many) in glorious widescreen to supplant their earlier bare bones pan & scan single platter.
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