Mau Mau Sex Sex
2000, NR, 80 min. Directed by Ted Bonnit.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Tue., Feb. 12, 2002
Profiled in this documentary are David Friedman and Dan Sonney, legendary old-time purveyors of cinematic sleaze and exploitation. These producers ñ individually and together ñ produced what were called nudie cuties, which later gave way to the S&M roughies. During the Sixties, they moved on to grindhouse fare and produced some of the best work of maestro Herschell Gordon Lewis. The documentary provides volumes of movie lore and a fascinating look at how the benign understanding of their straight-arrow families assisted them in mastering their life's work.
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