Comments on: 21-bosom salute

21-bosom salute

jonmc — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:01:56 -0800

Russ Meyer dead at 82. The maker of some of the most fun flicks of his day and the man who introduced us the sexpots of an era. We bid you a fond farewell.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:16:44 -0800

Personal anecdote: I actually rented Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! from an adult video store (which shared a strip mall with a head shop, a liquor store and a massage parlor, talk about one stop shopping). It was in the "classics" section. The clerk told me that the last time he rented it to someone, it was returned with a hateful note, saying, "I am very angry and disappointed. This is the cleanest movie I've ever seen!" Philistine.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:25:35 -0800

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By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0800

Damn. Sorry, should've put break tags in there. So long, Russ.

By: matteo

matteo — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:26:57 -0800

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By: ed

ed — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:32:20 -0800

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By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:34:18 -0800

Who, now, will take his mantle? RIP big buddy.

By: m@

m@ — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:43:20 -0800

FPKK was the first movie that made me feel funny in my pants. RIP Russ. John Waters take your pills, we need ya buddy.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:01:00 -0800

Ebert wrote "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" with him; here's his obit.

By: whatnot

whatnot — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:16:23 -0800

I always thought his life would make a great biopic.

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:36:22 -0800

So has anyone read his long awaited three volume magnum opus? (Just looking at the pictures doesn't count.)

By: clevershark

clevershark — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:53:46 -0800

You know Armitage, I don't think this is a text-heavy kind of book 8-)

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:19:57 -0800

Probably not. And I suppose it was inevitable that both pictures of the book would have a link titled "click here to enlarge". Russ roams into antiquity for some of his metaphors, characterizing Babette Bardot (featured player in Meyer's "Mondo Topless" and "Common Law Cabin") as "a blonde-tressed voluptua with dimensions not unlike Etruscan sculpture." And then, still not flagging 1163 pages into the opus, he unfurls this description of cheesecake model Letha Weapons and her 36H bra: "Big boobs bolstered by a breast hammock based on the principle that made the Sydney Opera House feasible."

By: machaus

machaus — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:02:28 -0800

Tits up.

By: turaho

turaho — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:07:57 -0800

Thanks for the mammaries.

By: i_cola

i_cola — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:11:09 -0800

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (another Ebert/Meyer collaboration) is a classic...I first saw it at London's (now defunct) Scala Cinema a few hours after I'd had a pretty bad motorcycle accident. I had to be taken home with delayed shock (from the crash, no the film) before I got to see the two other RM films that they were showing that night. Fond mammaries...

By: Down10

Down10 — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:30:13 -0800

I love Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! because just about every single line in the fine contains sexual innuendo. It's brilliant. So long, Russ.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:50:38 -0800

If I were Russ, I'd want "This is my gravesite, and it FREAKS ME OUT!" written on my tombstone.

By: Monk

Monk — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:13:36 -0800

"You're a groovy boy. I'd like to strap you on some time." I once phoned RM Films just to speak to Mr. Meyer. Sadly, he'd just stepped out; his secretary seemed pleasant.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:21:23 -0800

John Waters wrote an excellent essay about Russ Meyer in Crackpot, I think. Of course, I could be imagining it. I swear there was a great picture of Meyer with Kittin Nativad. Strangely enough, Meyer's film seem gloriously innocent in the 21st century. I still bust a get when I see them. .

By: Otis

Otis — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:43:18 -0800

i_cola: I think I may have been at that same showing. Was it around late '92 early '93? Nothing like emerging from a darkened theater after watching three straight Meyer films. I felt a bit, well...sleazy. R.I.P. Russ.

By: asok

asok — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:19:34 -0800

It's a big loss. Not that his films weren't shite, or anything. One has to appreciate the genius of the naked jogging exposition, though. For some reason I have a FPKK t-shirt, which impresses the ladies. Seriously.

By: Fupped Duck

Fupped Duck — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:29:54 -0800

Despite a life long love affair with breasts, I'd never seen any of his films until recently. I was expecting cheesy exploitation type stuff, and I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining his stuff was, sight & sound.

By: magullo

magullo — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:06:09 -0800

As far as I know, the only man who ever filmed a woman fucking a mountain (Vixen? Supervixen?) RIP and thanks!

By: Peter H

Peter H — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:31:15 -0800

He will be greatly tits, er, missed. Jokes aside, I really enjoy every Meyer film I ever see, there is a great unique and timeless persona behind all of them. And it is true that many women love these films, and I've been to some women's home with Myer movies on the televisions during parties. Best to you, sir. I'm sure heaven for you will be, well, the envy of all of us!