Saturday, June 25, 2011

Quiet Days in Clichy (1970)

Directed by Jens Jorgen Thorsen
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Blue Underground)

If you are looking for "art porn", then you've found it. An American writer and his French pal pick up women in Paris cafes and have sex with them at their apartment. Country Joe McDonald sings songs with dirty lyrics. Text occasionally appears on screen, sort of like in the old Batman TV show. It's a rambling, pointless excuse to show naked bodies of worn-down women and hairy men. Only the backdrop of Paris in the late 60s gives it any redeeming value, even Ben Webster is wasted.

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