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From pornographic violence to the outright bizarre to crazy gimmicks, the "Renegade Cinema of Doris Wishman," opening tomorrow at the Harvard Film Archives, offers the obscure film-lover a smorgasboard film-maker of the 60's and 70's, Wishman has been lost to the public eye for over a decade. She was purportedly found in a little lingerie shop in Miami and the Film Archive rushed her here for a retrospective...
...Wishman's films defy genre--the closest category would be to put her with the exploitation films made during the same time she worked. But her films are not just about...
They're about women as sex-slaves, sexual killers, sexual deviants, transsexuals. Unlike the cold, stupid, callous hardcore pornographic films of today, Wishman's soft-core films are low-budget portraits of odd balls which happen to involve sex. These films were originally shown in art houses and drive-ins. And I can see why. I'm sure all anyone would do while watching, is screw...