Biographer McDonough examines the life and career of "sexploitation" film king Russ Meyer, the creator of such "classics" as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!".
Critic Reviews
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
The unbridled Russ Meyer... is given a thorough, pulsing autopsy.
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly Legs McNeil
A fun, twisted romp through the life of one of America's most celebrated, sordid -- and ultimately sad -- filmmakers.
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Favorable
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Library Journal Barry X. Miller
Wonderfully brisk and dead-on. [15 Jun 2005 , p.72]
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Favorable
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San Francisco Chronicle Nathaniel Rich
Entertaining, if overstuffed.
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Favorable
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The Independent Tom Dewe Mathews
It is the descriptions of the flagrant crassness, the very vulgarity of Meyer's movies, rather than any discourse on film aesthetics, that make McDonough's book so refreshing and exuberantly entertaining.
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Favorable
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The Observer Lucy Ellman and Todd McEwen
A very funny, brave book about an artist who deserves to be remembered and enjoyed.
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Mixed
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The New York Times Book Review Ron Powers
Rudimentary forays into critical analysis evaporate in the pervading horndog heat.
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Mixed
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Houston Chronicle Brad Tyer
McDonough is pretty much left hanging out to dry as far as making the case for his subject as an important filmmaker.
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Mixed
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Booklist Mike Tribby
Seductive and repulsive. [1 Jun 2005, p. 1738]
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Unfavorable
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Daily Telegraph Philip Hensher
McDonough will put off many potential readers by his eager salivation over Meyer's lurid work.
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