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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Roxanna (1970)
A second helping of 70's erotica courtesy of the experimental styling's of Nick Millard (Here known as Nick Phillips)
Millard takes his cutting edge attitude to porn and really gives the viewer something to think about. Roxanna is a film as downbeat as any i can recall.
Roxanna, as played by Louise Thompson, is a tormented soul whose sexual escapades lead to her downfall. From her first encounter with the gorgeous Uschi Digard to the insatiable Lynn Harris, taking in a transvestite and hairy bloke along the way, the film stares deep into Roxanna's consciousness with many cut away sequences as we learn she is in fact naked, staring at the blank walls of an asylum.
Amidst all the sex there's the ugly truth about depression and Roxanna's fragile state of mind. Come the end (You won't have, it's not that kind of porn) the sole thought in my mind was sympathy as she undertook the inevitable, razor blade between her fingers. |
Nice to see Nick Millard in the Labs, Dem. He's one of my fave exploitation auteurs - 'Criminally Insane' and the like really made a big impression on me. I love how he adapted to the shot-on-video camcorder age by making utterly threadbare epics bereft of anything remotely like a conventional aesthetic - but so, so obviously overflowing with the inimitable seepage of his own psyche - in his arid suburban house, with a cast made up of friends and family. I was going to save the following review for later, but, since you've got the Millard thing going, here it rolls -