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Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this often-hilarious documentary, Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather Of Gore! Featuring interviews with cast, crew, and critics such as director John Waters, drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, and Herschell Gordon Lewis himself, The Godfather Of Gore traces Lewis' start in the innocent bare-naked world of "Nudie Cuties" before he shocked the world with Blood Feast, the first-ever gore film! Lewis then continued to assault audiences with such audacious shockers as She-Devils on Wheels, Blast-Off Girls, Just for the Hell of It, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Gruesome Twosome, The Gore Gore Girls, and the incredible Wizard of Gore! Experience a decade of motion-picture madness with tons of clips, rare outtakes, and testimony from the people who were there as Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather Of Gore leaves you laughing and screaming at some of the most amazing movies to ever play American movie theaters! (official distributor synopsis)
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The guys, of whom the most frequently mentioned is eighty years old, recall how in the 1960s they weren’t being bold when they showed more swinging breasts and exposed brain matter than was usual in American cinema. The cards are laid on the table from the beginning: yes, we made terrible crap, but it was fun and we were the first to do it. More than the course of filming, with a few exceptions regarding the making of particular gore scenes, the witnesses focus on the nature and (in)capabilities of their collaborators (quote: “of all the Playmates involved, she was the most wooden”). The juicy shots quickly lose their appeal and, unfortunately, none of those present is able to speak engagingly enough to add some zest to the stories from filming. The real experts couldn’t get a word in (only John Waters offers a few valuable remarks). On the one hand, this laid-back, fannish approach is likable, with the camera unabashedly entering Lewis’s home. On the other hand, you won’t learn much from it.
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