March 07, 2003
Jack StevensonKULTURE
kinoKULTURE in conjunction with JACK STEVENSON present
Camp, Trash & Gimmicks Without Guilt - A Journey To The Centre Of Sweat
JACK STEVENSON, acclaimed author of books upon Lars von Trier, John Waters, the Kuchar Brothers, drug cinema, erotic cinema, plus curator of film shows at London’s Scala Cinema (RIP) as well as the ICA and Lux (RIP) celebrates the launch of two new books - Land of A Thousand Balconies (Headpress) focusing on the diverse phenomena and delights of B movies, and Search and Destroy ( contributor ) (forthcoming) about the cinema and media coverage of the Vietnam War (Creation Books) - with a two day presentation of rare and never before seen classics items on 16mm.
For your delectation
: A tribute to the high-queen of Camp, MARIA MONTEZ, with a sultry and sweaty selection of 6 Technicolor trailers to her steamy 40s classics like WHITE SAVAGE, GYPSY WILDCAT and KING COBRA, plus a b&w trailer to her later-period French film, TERRE DE VIOLENCE.
: Long version production trailer to the notorious Ed Wood’s GLEN OR GLENDA.
: CATWOMAN DRESSED TO KILL - 1966 BATMAN TV show, starring a purrrfectly beautiful Eartha Kit as Catwoman.
: MIKE KUCHAR’s 1967 underground classic, THE CRAVEN SLUCK.
: MURDER IN 3-D, an early 3-D novelty short from 1941 - glasses provided.
: Demonstration film for the 60s mind-warping process, PSYCHORAMA .