cinema history class: supervixens (1975)

The session: "Spring! When a Young Man's Thoughts Turn to Russ Meyer"
This month we pay tribute to director Russ Meyer

As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL.

Week 4: Supervixens (1975)
Directed by Russ Meyer

My Impressions Going In:

I may have been vaguely aware of the film's existence. But I'm not sure.

Plot:

A mild-mannered gas station attendant goes from sexual romp to sexual romp while trying to escape the evil cop who framed him for his wife's murder.

Reaction and Other Folderol:

After Vixen! the prior week, I was coming in to Supervixens (no, it's not a sequel) with low expectations.  And, like the predecessor, SV isn't a good movie. But it's not as bad.

The biggest problem with SV is the disjointed nature of the plot. Clint's adventures with various women seem more like separate episodes than parts of a coherent whole. And the dialogue itself is often silly.

That said, there's a way that the film can be enjoyable if you put your brain on neutral. And most of the credit for that goes to Charles Napier who did a great job as the psychotic cop, Harry Sledge. He may have been a two-dimensional cartoon character, but he was so damn demented that it was fun to watch him. That said, Charles Pitt (Clint) also deserves some credit. Clint was the only really likeable character in the film, and gave the whole project a bit of feeling.

As with his other movies, Meyer seems to throw in odd bits of schtick that make no real sense. For example, Clint's boss is named Martin Bormann, and a running theme in the movie is that he seems to actually be the Martin Bormann. It seems like some kind of elaborate inside joke.* Some might fault the movie for this, but I actually find it amusing.

Ratings

Me: 6

Bob-O: 7.5 

Dave: 8.5

Ethan: 8

Joe: 10

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*Or maybe it was a not-so-elaborate inside joke. Maybe Meyer simply thought "Gee, wouldn't it be funny if one of the characters is an actual Nazi war criminal? And maybe we just kind of reference it matter-of-factly."