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SIGHTING: NYTimes "Eurotrash Roundup"
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In the *New York Times*' 1/28/08 Arts section ("Critics Choice: New DVDs")
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/movies/homevideo/29dvd.html?ref=arts
(...)
Still active at 71, and averaging three or four films a year, Mr. Franco
stands as the elder statesman of Eurosleaze. He often appears in his own
films as a voyeuristic surrogate for the audience: in "Eugenie de Sade," for
example, he is a Clare Quiltyish figure who dogs the protagonist, a Humbert
Humbertesque novelist (Paul Muller), as he tours Europe in the company of
his adoring teenage stepdaughter (Soledad Miranda), committing sordid sex
crimes, all filmed with a blessed lack of convincing detail.
(...)
Best,
Juan
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Juan Martinez
-- http://fulmerford.com
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/movies/homevideo/29dvd.html?ref=arts
(...)
Still active at 71, and averaging three or four films a year, Mr. Franco
stands as the elder statesman of Eurosleaze. He often appears in his own
films as a voyeuristic surrogate for the audience: in "Eugenie de Sade," for
example, he is a Clare Quiltyish figure who dogs the protagonist, a Humbert
Humbertesque novelist (Paul Muller), as he tours Europe in the company of
his adoring teenage stepdaughter (Soledad Miranda), committing sordid sex
crimes, all filmed with a blessed lack of convincing detail.
(...)
Best,
Juan
--
Juan Martinez
-- http://fulmerford.com
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