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The Nude Vampire (1970)

The impression one gets from Jean Rollin’s early films is that he wrote no screenplay, but worked instead from hastily-scribbled, vaguely-realized ideas in a notebook. This adds to both their charm and their incoherency. Rape of the Vampire (1968), his … Continue reading

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Rape of the Vampire (1968)

Jean Rollin (1938-2010) did not direct films; he directed dreams. And they were no one’s dreams but his. Prolific from the 60’s until his death, he was also an obsessively personal filmmaker, and a smotheringly intense fetishist, like Luis Buñuel … Continue reading

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Blood and Roses (1960)

Roger Vadim was one of the most sensationalistic directors of his day; beginning with the risqué And God Created Woman… (1956), which introduced the world to Brigitte Bardot, each of his films was an event, and, along with his personal … Continue reading

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