Magna Corporation
Directed by Joseph Cates
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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Record spinner Juliet Prowse is harassed by obscene phone calls. At first she suspects a police detective with an obsession with sexual deviancy, but when when the phone calls continue he is ruled out. Meanwhile, she gets to know mild mannered coworker Sal Mineo, who is taking care of his mentally unstable sister. Their dark past is revealed in flashback and Mineo's true intentions revealed during a fanatical dance scene with Prowse. This disturbing film is explicit even by today's standards. It is bolstered by NYC locations and some experimental editing techniques, but the director indulges in lingering shots of Prowse and Mineo in various states of undress, undermining what could have been a poignant story on the decaying sexual morals of the day as exhibited in the sleazy sex shops on 42nd street or the uninhibited dancing of the teens.
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