Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
(2001) dir. Ray Greene
viewed: 07/30/06
This film was a Netflix find, but not a good one. The subject matter is very interesting to me, the exploitation films of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The film has some good interviewees including Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, and Doris Wishman among them, but the narration by writer/director Ray Greene is extremely annoying, trying to interperate all the social significance and ramifications of these films, but in sprawling and poorly organized fashion. It was really disappointing, actually because there is interesting stuff here. But the film is poorly made and tedious.
