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Pioneer Adult Filmmaker Russ Meyer Dies
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| Sept.22, 2004
| ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 09/22/2004 7:30:13 AM PDT by Lockbar
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Russ Meyer, who helped spawn the "skin flick" with such films as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and "Vixen," has died. He was 82.
Meyer died Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills, according to his company, RM Films International Inc. Spokeswoman Janice Cowart said Meyer had suffered from dementia and died of complications of pneumonia.
Meyer's films were considered pornographic in their time but are less shocking by today's standards, with their focus on violence and large-busted women but little graphic sex.
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To: Lockbar
Russ has passed into the Valley of the Super Vixons!
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posted on
09/22/2004 8:50:53 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Borges
Jonathan Demme, who always uses Meyers favorite actor Charles Napier in his movies Oh, so that's who that is! Yeah, he was good in "Silence of the Lambs".
42
posted on
09/22/2004 9:18:01 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Herein endeth the lesson.)
To: Lockbar
MEOWWWW!
43
posted on
09/22/2004 9:21:36 AM PDT
by
Conservomax
(There are no solutions, only trade-offs.)
To: Lockbar
Thanks for the mammaries, Russ!
44
posted on
09/22/2004 9:50:05 AM PDT
by
MikalM
To: martin_fierro
"I'm gonna snap my fingers and jump for joy
I've got a clean bill of health from Doctor McCoy!"
45
posted on
09/22/2004 9:54:49 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism)
To: RandallFlagg
46
posted on
09/22/2004 10:18:22 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Herein endeth the lesson.)
To: cjshapi
"A light has gone out of the world" ping.
47
posted on
09/22/2004 11:59:20 AM PDT
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: Junior
"Frankly what goes on below the waist is not that entertaining."
So much running thru my mind....so little of it fit for print!
48
posted on
09/22/2004 12:08:29 PM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: cjshapi
"Frankly what goes on below the waist is not that entertaining." Depends on who you're with.
49
posted on
09/22/2004 12:16:02 PM PDT
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: lelio
Z-Man reminds me of that "Cojo" guy on Entertainment Tonight.
50
posted on
09/22/2004 12:17:16 PM PDT
by
RightWingAtheist
(<A HREF=http://www.michaelmoore.com>disingenuous filmmaker</A>)
To: weegee
Ping. I read Harry Knowles' tribute.
51
posted on
09/22/2004 12:19:22 PM PDT
by
RightWingAtheist
(<A HREF=http://www.michaelmoore.com>disingenuous filmmaker</A>)
To: Lockbar
I saw two of his movies in college. Both were incredibly violent. Watching a man stomp a woman bloody in a bathtub and then electrocute her was not something I needed to see. I walked out of the flick and many students left soon after I did.
Violence against women isn't funny, entertaining, sexy, or clever.
52
posted on
09/22/2004 12:30:22 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
To: Lockbar
Today I will fly my Viagra pennant on my car's antenna at half-mast.There's no such thing as ANYTHING at half mast when on Viagra.
53
posted on
09/22/2004 12:31:21 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Lockbar
Oh, no! The man who created the Ubervixen is no more! Sad times for tough hot broads everywhere.
I think I'm gonna change my screen name to Tura Satana, in his honor.
54
posted on
09/22/2004 12:31:58 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Junior
That was my first thought. Nothing worse than thinking about your grocery shopping list in the middle of it because your partner is sooo uninspiring.
55
posted on
09/22/2004 12:33:15 PM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: Bacon Man; Hap
He once told me there was no such thing as a sex scene that couldnt be improved by cutaways to Demolition Derby or rocket launches.
A philosophy we can all support, I think.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:33:51 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Lockbar
Will he be laid to rest in the Hollywood Hills?
To: dfwgator
BTVOFTD was so bad, it was good. That is the only Meyer film I can recall seeing. I'm sure Showtime will drag some out of retirement now the Russ has passed away.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:38:38 PM PDT
by
oyez
(¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
To: Xenalyte
He once told me there was no such thing as a sex scene that couldnt be improved by cutaways to Demolition Derby or rocket launches. What about trains entering tunnels?
SD
To: SoothingDave
Those too, especially if the train runs into a crate of dynamite and explodes!
60
posted on
09/22/2004 12:45:03 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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