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(aka "Megavixens" or "Over, Under and Up!" or "Russ Meyer's Up" or "Up! Smokey" )
directed by Russ Meyer
USA 1976
Russ Meyer's Up! is ultimately one of the more overlooked films in Meyer's career. It is a surrealistic showcase of Meyer at his rebellious best, challenging society and going against the prevailing tide of adults only cinema. He gives the audience an ample portion of sex and visual spectacle while lines like "the black sperm of revenge" lilt from Kitten's lips, furthering the overall bizarreness of the work. If Supervixens! was an explosion of the Meyer style, Up! is a full exploration of those newly widened parameters, displaying Meyer unencumbered by any boundary. |
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Theatrical Release: October, 1976
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DVD Review: Arrow Films (The Russ Meyer Collection) - Region 0 - PAL
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Runtime | 1:20:09 | |
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1.33:1 Aspect Ratio |
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Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
Subtitles | None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Arrow Films Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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As Meyer himself notes, there
really isn't much of a point to discussing the meandering and
ultimately bizarre plot to "Up!", but ostensibly it's a murder
mystery where a buxom undercover female police officer
infiltrates a small town to investigate the murder of a man who
turns out to be Hitler, having escaped his bunker in '44. Roger
Ebert's script (the second of their three collaborations--four
if you count the unshot Sex Pistols film "Who Killed Bambi?")
also included numerous excursions into sexual encounters and
moments of extreme violence. The film is also noteworthy for
being the big screen debut of cult icon Kitten Natividad, who
spends the her entire screen time nude as the Greek Chorus,
periodically reminding us of the goings on in the film. Overall
I'd have to say that this is my favorite film in the set. The sound on this release was
just fine, with the Dolby Digital 2.0 sounding clear and about
as good as the tracks come. Unfortunately there are no subtitles
on the release. |
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