Refinements in Love (1971)
Studio: Hollywood International Pictures
Rene Bond, Ron Darby, Anita de Moulin, Susan Harbor, William Howard, Ric Lutze, Rose Monroe, Liz Renay, George Bernard Sands
This amazing cult-mondo sex oddity from acclaimed adult film director Carlos Tobalina is a sight to behold! Cross one part "hardcore" and one part "mondo" film, throw in some unbelievable music, then mix it up with some crazy editing (the opening credits appear 45 minutes into the film) and you have REFINEMENTS IN LOVE!
A penetrating look at 1970s sexual culture, REFINEMENTS is a jaw-dropping, pants-dropping film unlike anything you've ever seen before. Narrated by cult actress Liz Renay, this film is chock full o' nudity and sex. You'll see a woman hypnotised into the ultimate sexual pleasure, the sexual benefits of talcum powder(!!!), and even director Tobalina himself giving us a glimpse of his chic 1970s California mansion while he's filming one of his famous "adult" features. Of course, you want to see this... as long as you're a grown up! This "adults only" entertainment explores the pleasures of the flesh in a most unique and titillating way! Eagle-eyed adult film fans will also notice a rare early appearance from adult film starlet, Rene Bond! (My note: she's in the Talc. scene)
Brief Review:
This is one wacky film relic. If you made a check list of all the camp ingredients you would want in a retro mondo sex movie doc, you would end up with REFINEMENTS IN LOVE.
Phony sex institute acknowledgements? Check. Thematic folk songs with pointed lyrics? Check. Movie THEME complete with string orchestra? Check. Weird credits (as in they don;t appear until 45 minutes into the movie! That must be some kind of record...) Check. Verite footage of sex movie premiere circa 1970? Check. Interview with director ludicrously superimposed on a TV as if it is being featured on the "news"? Check. Bogus sweaty doctor using unorthodox methods to cure a frigid female? Check. Talcum powder sex scene? Check. Wildly inflated claim of social importance to sexual freedom? (hint: atomic explosion as negative result). Check. Mind-stopping narration by celebrltiy? Check. Early uncredited appearance by legendary sex kitten? Check.
I could go on but you get the idea. This one is truly packed with entertainment value. Plus it is actually an interesting document of that era (besides the laughs), and last but not least, it delivers the goods skin-wise too.
A quirky Mockumentary doing all that was needed to get past the censors in the unenlightened pre-pornochic pre-Deep Throat pre-Green Door world. Absolutely fascinating and extremely funny viewed from the here and now (note the Nixon reference), though the actual sex, while often hardcore, is nothing spectacular and there are no money shots. Colours have faded but this Impulse release, in NTSC Anamorphic Widescreen, is excellent in all other regards.
File size: 1,4 GB
File name: 340 R Refinements in Love
Video: AVC, 2002 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio: AC-3, 192 Kbps (CBR), 48 KHz, 2 channels
Video extension: mkv
Video duration: 01:28:23
Video resolution: 720x400
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