· · This is taken from the Japanese Unrated Limited Edition DVD of Kill Bill. It contains extra scenes that were cut from the original and is completely in. The Tomatometer rating – based on the published opinions of hundreds of film and television critics – is a trusted measurement of movie and TV. Last week, while browsing some Karate books, I found a really interesting book. It is in English, and on the front page it says (with big bold letters): “The 100.
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Movie Review (1. It's been 2. 6 years since I last reviewed a Russ Meyer movie ("Vixen"). In 1. 96. 9, I wrote the screenplay for Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" ("simultaneously the best and worst movie ever made" - Michael Dare, Film Threat magazine). In the years since, I have passed on reviewing other Meyer films; there was an obvious conflict of interest. But now, with the re- release of Meyer's "Faster, Pussycat!
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Advertisement. What is it about Meyer that spurs critics to this hyperbole? I think it is an intensely personal reaction to the visceral power of Meyer's unusual images. Take away all the jokes, the elaborate camera angles, the violence, the action and the sex, and what remains is the quintessential Russ Meyer image: a towering woman with enormous breasts, who dominates all the men around her, demands sexual satisfaction and casts off men in the same way that, in mainstream sexual fantasies, men cast aside women. Meyer's extraordinary women are of course fascinating to those with breast fetishes, but look a little longer and you will notice that the breasts are not always presented as centers of desire. Instead, they're weapons used to intimidate men. Tura Satana, who plays the lead in "Faster, Pussycat," is extraordinary in appearance: Her makeup, with its slashes of Kabuki- style eyebrows, looks terrifying. Her black costume seems suited to a motorcycle gang.
She never smiles. And her abundant cleavage seems as firmly locked in place as a Ninja Turtle's breastplate. One cannot think of her as fondleable. What deep recesses of the psyche do these images address? The feminist and lesbian film critic B. Ruby Rich, writing at length on "Pussycat" in a recent Village Voice, said she dismissed "Pussycat" 2. Seeing it again during its revival at New York's Film Forum, she had a different reaction, viewing it now as female fantasy, its images of "empowerment" fascinating to her.
Meyer, from the beginning of his career and almost without exception, has filmed only situations in which women wreak their will upon men. Advertisement. He does so within a frenetic style of quick- cutting, exuberant action, pop and comic- book imagery, and dialogue that seems phoned in from another universe.
Consider, for example, the dinner table scene in "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" - the most bizarre meal I have ever seen on film, with the single exception of "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover." The events leading up to the meal: Tura Satana, as the black- clad dominatrix, is racing her Porsche in the desert against cars driven by her female lover (Haji) and another go- go dancer (Lori Williams). They kidnap a young girl (Susan Bernard), after Satana breaks the back of her boyfriend with one swift karate move. They stop for gas. The talkative attendant (Mickey Foxx) chatters away about "seeing America first," his eyes glued to Satana's cleavage. You won't find it down there, Columbus!" she sneers.
He tells them that an old man, who lives in the desert with his two sons, has a hoard of money hidden on his property. One of the sons, who is named Vegetable (Dennis Busch), is muscle- bound but dim- witted, and they see him carrying his father to their pickup truck. Following the truck to an isolated desert shack, they concoct a story to explain their prisoner, and the lustful old coot (Stuart Lancaster) orders lots of fried chicken prepared. The coot and his sons sit down at dinner with the women (all dressed in bulging bikinis, halter tops, etc.), and when the go- go dancer says something Satana doesn't like, the dominatrix simply stands up and belts her. How does the father respond? With a tolerant chuckle: "Women! They let 'em vote, smoke and drive - even put 'em in pants!
And what happens? A Democrat for president!" Later, the coot orders his muscular son to assault Satana, who discourages him with her karate skills, and then tries to crush him against a wall with her Porsche. The victim uses his strength to hold off the car.
Meyer uses quick cuts between the victim, the spinning wheels and a stiletto heel jamming down on the gas pedal. For him, Satana digging her car's rear wheels into the sand is the female equivalent of impotence. Advertisement. I remember seeing "Pussycat" in 1. I was amazed. I had simply never seen characters like this before, in the movies or (needless to say) anywhere else. After inventing the skin flick with "The Immoral Mr. Teas" (1. 95. 9), Meyer had, by the mid- 1. In films such as "Lorna," "Mud Honey," "Faster, Pussycat," "Common Law Cabin" and "Good Morning .
Goodbye" branched out into the wider exploitation market dominated by American- International Pictures. Of all his early films, "Faster, Pussycat" has found the widest audience. It has had huge grosses recently in Germany and France, has had a punk rock band named after it and is now in general re- release around America. What attracts audiences is not sex and not really violence, either, but a Pop Art fantasy image of powerful women, filmed with high energy and exaggerated in a way that seems bizarre and unnatural, until you realize Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jean- Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal play more or less the same characters. Without the bras, of course.
The 1. 00 Deadliest Karate Moves"Last week, while browsing some Karate books, I found a really interesting book. It is in English, and on the front page it says (with big bold letters): “The 1. Deadliest Karate Moves”.
Dude… I just had to read a little! I won’t do a review though. It’s seriously not necessary, and you will understand why in a second.
But let me quote a little. If you are a sensitive person, you might want to skip this. First, let’s look at some of the techniques the author thinks are especially good for self- defense.
I have not made anything up. This is straight from the book: 1. Side Kick to Throat.
Damage; crushed throat, broken Adam’s apple. Result: attacker will die unless given immediate medical attention. Side Kick to Jaw.
Damage: broken jaw, loss of consciousness. Result: attacker will be knocked out for several minutes, require medical attention. Side Kick to Heart. Damage: crushed or cracked chest, broken sternum, possibly stopped heart. Result: attacker will be unable to breathe for several minutes; may die. Side Kick to Back of Head. Damage: broken neck, loss of consciousness.
Result: attacker will be knocked out, usually permanently crippled; may die. Roundhouse to Temple (toes directly contact temple)Damage: cracked skull, nerve damage, blood stoppage to brain.
Result: attacker will be knocked out, may go into a fit or delirium. Knee Drop to Heart. Damage: heart will be stopped, rib cage crushed, lungs punctured. Result: attacker will usually die unless given immediate medi- cal help.
Stomp to Heart. Damage: stopped heart, cracked or crushed chest, punctured lungs. Result: attacker will usually die unless given immediate medical attention. Stomp to Throat. Damage: crushed throat. Result: attacker will usually die unless given immediate medical attention.
Okay, now you get the idea. Hilarious! But, a Karate book wouldn’t be complete without some street fighting applications, right? Right. Well, the book has loads of those!
I quote (this is exactly what the book says): Situation One: You are standing by your car ready to get in when an attacker with a crowbar tries to kill you. Response: You have several courses of action. You may turn quickly and snap a FRONT KICK into his throat. Situation Two: You are getting into your car with your wife when two thugs attack you with a crowbar, trying to kill you.
Response: You both react with kicks; the man with a SIDE KICK to the face; the woman with a BACK KICK to the groin. You then finish them off with STOMPS to the throat and neck. Situation Four: A woman is walking down the street when a would- be rapist grabs her. Response: She reacts with a ROUNDHOUSE to the groin. She continues to turn and thrusts a HEEL KICK to the throat, kicking him down where she finishes him off with a STOMP to the head.
Situation Six: You are at the cash wash when two men jump you and manage to grab you. One gets you into a bear hug. Response: You react to the one in front of you with a SNAP KICK to the groin. Then you do a REAR LIFT KICK to the groin of the man holding you. The come around with an ELBOW SMASH to his face, knocking him down.
You finish him with a STOMP to the face, with the other one you use a SHUTO to the throat [picture of you kneeling down and executing the unconscious attacker with a SHUTO to the throat]. Okay, that’s enough. Are you feeling sick? Or are you rolling around the floor laughing? I was, when I read this the first time. And mind you, you haven’t even seen the illustrations yet (everyone wears Speedos)!
By the way, very important fact (as stated in the book): the author is a 5th degree black belt, and holds a Dr. Well…Here’s what I think: This is not Karate. Sure, the techniques might be similar to Karate techniques.
The Japanese terminology used here and there (shuto etc.) might be similar to Karate. The book might be similar to a real Karate book and the author’s degree might be similar to a Karate degree…. But the rest is just…Killing.
In fact, if you ask me, the book should really be titled “The 1. Best Moves For Killing Somebody”! Don’t you agree? Mr.
Miyagi would be very disappointed in you…And besides, when is (for example) “#2. Side Kick to Back of Head” ever self- defense? Watch Klute Youtube there. To me, Karate is nothing but pure self- defense. And hey, if you are standing behind somebody, and somehow manage to whip up a side kick (in your tight jeans), to the back of somebody’s head, that’s not really self- defense.
I mean, c’mon, how is the back of somebody a threat? Just run the heck away?!(If you really must attack people violently from behind, why not just kick them between the legs? Or simply trip them over? Or choke them? Or bend their arm the wrong way? Or sweep their legs away?
All of those, combined (!), are waaaaay easier (and more humane!) than doing a side kick to the back of the head. Just sayin’.)And yo… do we even have to mention the rest of the techniques? Stompto the head, heart, throat, face…That’s not anywhere near Karate. In fact, it’s etara. K. The opposite of Karate. Yet… I must admit something. I have seen those exact moves in demonstrations here in Okinawa, the birtplace of Karate.
No, I am not kidding. There is ONE certain big organization (no names mentioned) that always finishes their Karate (self- defense, remember?) demonstrations with violent stomps to the head, throat and groin of the downed attacker. Apparently, they think this is Karate – the “peaceful way of the empty hand”. Well, I think it’s disgusting – the “violent way of the empty head”. To put it another way, my own Okinawan Karate and Kobudo teacher (holder of the hanshi 1. Japlish”): “Karate and Kobudo is not for killing.
Because after the fight, you can be friends.”He truly believes that Karate and Kobudo (Kobudo is the art of using those deadly, sharp weapons, remember?) is used to help people who have ‘swayed off’ the path of peace. The idea is that you just use a little force, simply to bring them back to the ‘right’ path again, and then you can continue to walk it……together. Personally, I think that is a great philosophy. And that, to me, is what Karate should be all about.___PS.
And if you ever feel the need to read a REAL Karate book, just read this.