Expose Me Lovely _sitkaman repost.txt
This was the 1002nd post made to abdec. It was posted by Uncle Remus on August 20, 2006.
I have included Uncle Remus's NFO file.
Produced in 1976. English. Run time of 1:30:39. DVD size of 3938.9184 MB.
This is a Video X Pix NTSC DVD.
This DVD has been processed through PgcEdit to remove any PUO's and to rebuild the time maps.
This DVD includes a trailer for "Babylon Blue"
Posted March 22, 2015 by sitkaman.
IAFD Data
http://www.iafd.com/title.asp?title=Expose+Me+Lovely&year=1976
Expose Me Lovely (1976)
Also Known As: Expose Me, Lovely
Distributor: Video-X-Pix
Compilation: No
Director: Armand Weston
Minutes: 91
All-Girl: No
All-Male: No
Actresses
Annie Sprinkle (as Annie Sprinkles) [BJOnly]
Cecilia Gardner [LezOnly]
Yolanda Savalas (as Iminu) [IR]
Jennifer Welles
Jody Maxwell
Sunshine
NonSex Performers
Catherine Burgess (as Cary Lacy)
Actors
Bobby Astyr [BJOnly]
Eve Adams [BJOnly]
Ras Kean
Rod Dumont (as Rod DuMont)
NonSex Performers
Hurant
Ian Morley
Sol Weiner
Todd Pembrooke
Armand Weston (as Tony Garzo)
Comments
Scene Breakdowns
Scene 1. Sunshine, Ras Kean
Scene 2. Bobby Astyr, Eve Adams
Scene 3. Catherine Burgess, Ras Kean
Scene 4. Jody Maxwell, Ras Kean
Scene 5. Annie Sprinkle, Cecilia Gardner, Yolanda Savalas, Ras Kean, Rod Dumont
Scene 6. Jennifer Welles, Ras Kean
Review by classix comment on Jan 5, 2008, on Adult DVD Talk
http://www.adultdvdtalk.com/review/expose-me-lovely
Initial Thoughts
Armand Weston made some of the most important and subversive hardcore works to emerge from New York's underground filmmaking scene, and Expose Me Lovely is his only film to actually showcase NYC c. 1976. Exquisite!
The Film
Ras Kean is Frosty Knight, a hard boiled P.I. who is something of a Phillip Marlow type. He is visited by Jennifer Welles who asks him to find her long estranged brother so that he can be told of his father's terminal illness. Frosty takes on the case but becomes immediately suspicious of Welle's true motives as it seems her long lost brother has disappeared off the face of the earth. As his investigation progresses, Frosty slowly begins to realize that he might be playing the patsy in a plot much more sinister than he could have imagined.
Armand Weston, who helmed the equally excellent Personals, Defiance of Good, and The Taking of Christina, creates just as compelling of a film with Expose Me Lovely. Instead of tackling the topics of loneliness, religion, and rural despair as he did so impressively in the aforementioned films, here Weston makes a startling and frank attack at politics and moral standards. Even thirty years later, the issues brought up in this film are extremely relevant.
Also, Weston purposefully refrains from taking a side on the issues he discusses, instead allowing the the film to flow naturally and its charters and audience to arrive at their own conclusions. In fact, it would seem that in some ways Weston is accusing both sides of the issue of wrongdoing. The ending of the film calls into question the actions of the presumed victim, making him just as malicious as the one he feels is responsible for his problems. The issues discussed are also rarely touched upon in explicit of Hollywood cinema and Weston is to be commended for bringing them up so brazenly and shockling as he does here.
Expose Me Lovely also happens to feature some of the finest hand held photography I've seen in any film, not to mention fascinating set design, wonderfully lurid lighting, and outstanding use of real Manhattan locations which add to the films cinema verite approach.
Weston's direction is sharp and he beautifully juxtaposes the filmmaking and characterization styles of both film noir masterpieces with American Avant Garde filmmaking of the 1970s. Welles and Kean, neither of whom were known as great actors, do a fine job in their complex roles. The supporting cast is strong and carry the film as much as the leads.
While Expose Me Lovely is not as compelling as Weston's earlier works, it nevertheless stands as one of the strongest examples of mid 70s underground hardcore filmmaking.
The Extras
There is a trailer, but not one for this film.
A/V Quality
Expose Me Lovely is presented in open matte 1.33:1. The film was supposed to be matted to 1.85:1 so the cropping is off. In fact, I rather like the film open matte as the image is far more revealed. But 1.85:1 was still how it was intended to be seen and its a shame that it is not presented that way. Black levels are rather poor and the video-x-pix bug turns up often but when watched cropped to the right aspect ration, the bug is cropped out so it's not that bad. While not a terrible transfer, it's still less than what this film should get.
Cuts Warning
Uncut!
Final Thoughts
A secondary Weston film (which means it's still better than 90% of everything else made at the time) gets a third rate DVD treatment.
Posted on VEF by TheBare on Feb 2, 2014
Starring
* Jennifer Welles .... Shelly Knight
* Eve Adams .., Lori/Keith Spencer
* Bobby Astyr .... Chi Chi
* Rod Dumont .... Paul
* Catherine Erhardt (as Cary Lacy) .... Karen Spencer
* Iminu .... Vicky
* Ras Kean ....Frosty Knight, Private Eye
* Jody Maxwell .... Terry Lawford
* Ian Morley ... Gordon Hathaway
* Todd Pembrooke .... Ed Curran
* Annie Sprinkle (as Annie Sprinkles) .... Robin
* Sunshine .... Nancy
* Armand Weston .... Corpse
* Celia Garner ... Dawn
* J.J. Jones ... Nurse
* David Miles ... Medic
* Jim Castelli ... Cop
* Sol Weiner .... Cop
Both Jim Castelli and Sol Weiner are identified in the film's credits as "Cop". Castelli is the cop in the ambulance while Weiner is the cop chasing Frosty (later on in the film)
Review :
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EXPOSE ME, LOVELY is a porn movie version of the 1941 film,LADY IN THE LAKE in which Ras Kean plays private eye Harry "Frosty" Knight,a NYC private eye in the tradition of Sam Spade, Phillip Marlowe and Mike Hammer,who must find a missing young man who is heir to a fortune from his politician father, but Kean finds out soon enough that the missing person case is more than that,since he finds himself framed for murder. Of course being a 70's porn film, the plot is secondary to the explicit sex scenes, but director Armond Weston who also wrote the script, directs both the plot which has many scenes from the point of view of the private eye(just like LADY IN THE LAKE) with flashbacks and the many sex scenes in a very artsy film noir manner that makes this film in my opinion,an almost perfect adult film for couples and not only for horny males. If you expect a wall to wall sex film or a Johnny Wadd type film, you'll be disappointed but if you want some good plotting with decent acting(except for Kean) with your sex,then this film is right up your alley. The best sex scene is Kean with porn legend Jennifer Welles(the original MILF) whose scene also reveals the answer to the mystery. Other porn stars in the film are Annie Sprinkles, Jody Maxwell(the Singing Fellatrix), Catherine Burgess( here as Cary Lacy), Bobby Astyr and 70's transsexual star Eve Adams. In my opinion, this is Weston's best XXX 70's film and don't believe the bad review given by the first reviewer on this board, who obviously likes the kind of wall to wall raunchy XXX sex films that are being made today. Do yourself a favor and take a chance in seeing this porn classic from the Golden Age of Porn.
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