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The Films Of Doris Wishman: The Moonlight Years [3 X Blu-rays]
 

The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965)    Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)    The Hot Month of August (1966)

Another Day, Another Man (1966)    My Brother's Wife (1966)    A Taste of Flesh (1967)

Indecent Desires (1968)    Too Much Too Often! (1968)    Passion Fever (1969)

 

NOTE: The Films of Doris Wishman: The Twilight Years is reviewed on Blu-ray HERE

 

 

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE MOONLIGHT YEARS surveys the mid-period, gutter-noir era of Wishman’s career. From BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (Wishman’s iconic crime epic) to INDECENT DESIRES (a horror-tinged sexploitation mindwarp), AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these triumphant DIY treasures in sparkling new restorations.

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Theatrical Release: July 21st, 1965 - October 29th, 1969

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The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965): 1:06:20.726  

Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965): 1:04:34.620
The Hot Month of August (1966): 1:15:21.350
Another Day, Another Man (1966): 1:10:50.663
My Brother's Wife (1966): 1:10:30.684
A Taste of Flesh (1967): 1:04:34.620
Indecent Desires (1968): 1:04:34.620
Too Much Too Often! (1968): 1:11:39.670
Passion Fever (1969): 0:51:46.895

Video

The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 48,185,961,473 bytes

Feature: 16,413,373,824 bytes

Video Bitrate: 31.93 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 49,369,750,295 bytes

Feature: 16,193,385,216 bytes

Video Bitrate: 33.43 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

The Hot Month of August (1966):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 48,185,961,473 bytes

Feature: 18,610,404,096 bytes

Video Bitrate: 32.93 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Another Day, Another Man (1966):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 47,919,482,266 bytes

Feature: 17,536,187,136 bytes

Video Bitrate: 33.00 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

My Brother's Wife (1966):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 47,919,482,266 bytes

Feature: 17,661,911,808 bytes

Video Bitrate: 33.40 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

A Taste of Flesh (1967):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 49,369,750,295 bytes

Feature: 13,284,311,808 bytes

Video Bitrate: 24.63 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Indecent Desires (1968):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 49,369,750,295 bytes

Feature: 17,891,986,176 bytes

Video Bitrate: 31.93 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Too Much Too Often! (1968):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 48,185,961,473 bytes

Feature: 11,606,330,112 bytes

Video Bitrate: 21.59 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Passion Fever (1969):

1.37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 47,919,482,266 bytes

Feature: 9,591,792,384 bytes

Video Bitrate: 24.70 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

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Audio

DTS-HD Master Audio English  640 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / 24-bit)
Commentaries:

Dolby Digital Audio English 384 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps / DN -27dB

Subtitles English (SDH), None
Features Release Information:
Studio:
AGFA

 

Edition Details:

Disc 1: BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (1965),INDECENT DESIRES (1968), and A TASTE OF FLESH (1967)

• A TASTE OF FLESH: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*
• BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL: Commentary with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
• INDECENT DESIRES: Commentary with queer film historian Liz Purchell
• Theatrical trailers
 

Disc 2: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MAN (1966),MY BROTHER’S WIFE (1966), and PASSION FEVER (1969)
• PASSION FEVER: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*
• MY BROTHER’S WIFE: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen
• Theatrical trailers
• “Moonlight Years” photo gallery
 

Disc 3:

THE SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE (1965), THE HOT MONTH OF AUGUST (1966), and TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN! (1968)
• TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN!: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*
• Theatrical trailers
*Original film elements for these titles have been lost.

 

Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview by author Mike Watt


Blu-ray Release Date: September 27th, 2022

Transparent Blu-ray Case inside

Chapters 5 - 8

 

 

Comments:

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: AGFA Blu-ray (September 2022): AGFA have transferred another handful of Doris Wishman films to three dual-layered Blu-rays. We reviewed the first release; The Films of Doris Wishman: The Twilight Years on Blu-ray HERE. Six of the films, The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965) Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) The Hot Month of August (1966), Another Day, Another Man (1966). My Brother's Wife (1966), and Indecent Desires (1968) are cited as being from "2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives". Three films, A Taste of Flesh, Passion Fever and Too Much Too Often! are "Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master." with the comment that 'original film elements for these titles have been lost'. The latter can show a "SWV" watermark in the bottom right corner (see samples below). The image quality of these three are significantly below the image quality of the other six that are impressive in 1080P with occasional frame-specific damage (see samples below.) But these aberrations seem relatively infrequent. Quality varies but most look surprisingly strong with adept contrast. There are in the 1.37:1 aspect ratio, all in monochrome, with high bitrates. Detail is pleasing, with textures apparent.

NOTE: Doris Wishman is credited as co-director of the Greek production Hot Month of August because she re-edited the movie for the U.S. market, adding several soft-core sex scenes without the knowledge or participation of director Sokrates Kapsaskis. The version in this release was the only version of the film ever released in the US. This probably looks the best in the package.

Another Greek film Pyretos - was purchased by Wishman although she supposedly lost the dialogue translation. Once again she re-edited, adding nudity as well as new (DUB'ed) dialogue. This is part of the 'Moonlight Years' set as Passion Fever

On their Blu-ray, AGFA use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. They all seem to have obvious post-DUBing and no credited scores aside from Hot Month of August music is credited to Stavros Xarhakos (worked on the soundtrack of Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite.) The sound may be a notch lower than the HD video, but simply a function of the low-budget productions. It's all audible. AGFA offer optional English subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

The AGFA Blu-ray offer commentaries with Doris Wishman biographer Michael Bowen (Embodiment and Realization: The Many Film-Bodies of Doris Wishman) on My Brother's Wife. On Bad Girls Go to Hell is a commentary by filmmaker Frank Henenlotter. He also did the commentary on the recently reviewed The Curios Dr. Humpp and I really enjoy his insights. There is also a commentary for Indecent Desires by queer film historian Elizabeth Purchell. I recall her well-researched commentary on the Vinegar Syndrome's Blu-ray of Reform School Girls. There are also theatrical trailers for most of the films (with the final screen showing the title stating "(Adults Only") and a “Moonlight Years” photo gallery. The package has a liner notes booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview by author Mike Watt.

Doris Wishman's films here in this package have aspects of BDSM, fetishism, assault, abuse, alcoholism, objectification, stolen innocence etc. and we can see the same actors, same sets (occasionally Doris Wishman's apartment), heavy eye-make-up and bulky lingerie throughout. They are easily categorized as sexploitation and soft-to-harder pornography of which Wishman is considered to be a pioneer. Antiobscenity laws prohibited the showing of many of her films for decades. So AGFA's The Films of Doris Wishman: The Moonlight Years triple Blu-ray set is a continuation of the first package; The Films of Doris Wishman: The Twilight Years on Blu-ray although these are earlier films - where she is often credit as "Louis Silverman". I imagine these being popular at bachelor stags at some point and they retain historical significance as a kind of genre time-capsule. They can engender a kitschy-ness and the set is recommended to a minute niche - who, like The Twilight Years set, probably already know who they are. I can't imagine anyone doing a more complete set - and these do have the commentaries as worthwhile supplements. 

Gary Tooze

 


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Examples of Lower video quality: A Taste of Flesh, Passion Fever and Too Much Too Often!

 

NOTE: the "SWV" watermark in the bottom right corner.

 

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