#flesh for frankenstein 1973

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Happy birthday arthouse film icon, Warhol Superstar and Trash star Joe Dallesandro!

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Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier on the set of "Flesh for Frankenstein" at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, 1973.

Photos by Andy Warhol

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Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro in Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

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i’m the kind of person who would have loved the medieval cycles of mystery plays. did you know that in the york cycle, the staging of the crucifixion of christ fell to the guild of nailmakers— and his scourging to the butchers?

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2023 In Review - Top 5 Movies

The Servant (1963)

It's safe to say I lost my fucking mind over this movie. I've watched it no less than five times, I've read the source novel, I've annotated academic articles about it, read the British Film Institute volume, looked over Dirk Bogarde's biography passages pertaining to it, and listened to some great podcast episodes discussing its themes.

My best friend watched it with me and said it was Lana Del Reycore, which is something I haven't been able to get out of my head since. It's so slutty and and wild and gorgeously shot. Every scene just gives me chills (I mean, just check out the hand placement over the shadow in the GIF above. Does it get hornier?). That's not even getting into Bogarde's acting. So gloriously unhinged. You never know quite what he's thinking, but you believe he's thinking it with your whole body (Does that make sense? Probably not). It's confounding and wonderful and never ceases to mesmerize me.

2. Saltburn (2023)

I went absolutely fucking feral over this movie. The most accurate review I can give of it is: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Emerald Fennell said one of her key inspirations was The Servant (1963) and when I learned that, my neural pathways rewired themselves because, of fucking course. Oliver Quick is the spiritual successor to Dirk Bogarde's Hugo Barrett. A character as compelling as he is diabolically fucked up. Someone you can't help but wish would ruin your life.

That's not even getting into the gorgeous cinematography, the perfect soundtrack, or the paradigm-shifting sex scenes that have taken up full-time residence in my brain. I'm this movie's bitch.

3. Wild Things (1998)

2023 really became the year of trashy erotic thrillers for me and I'm owning it 100%. This movie is ridiculously sexy, gay, and beyond - beyond - absurd. Just watch it. And listen to the Horror Queers podcast about it. And the Bechdel Cast podcast after that.

4. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

It's an x-rated Young Frankenstein with Udo fucking Kier and lots of full frontal male nudity. Is any more information needed? Another one where the Horror Queers podcast is absolutely mandatory post-screening.

5. Past Lives (2023)

Needless to say, this film departs wildly from the 4 films above it... or does it? In its own restrained way, this film is slutty as fuck. No one knows longing like these two. There, I said it.

... But to put it in more respectful terms, this film captures the feeling of having to choose a life you love over a person you love, which is something I've had to do multiple times. It's always heartbreaking. I rarely shed a tear at movies, but this one made me ugly cry. A lot.

Honorable Mention: Showgirls (1995)

You really thought I was gonna end this list on a downer? Not this year. I fucking love this movie and will not be made ashamed. Kyle MacLachlan's hair alone is enough to make this a camp classic. It's on a level of absurd that surpasses all logic, and that is what makes it so brilliant. A great double-bill with Wild Things. Don't forget to check out the Horror Queers & Bechdel Cast pods after viewing. They provide the chocolate syrup & cherries on top.

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First of all, Paul Morrissey is a fucking brutally honest hero that should live forever. Second, he didn’t like Andy Warhol yet had to go through decades of Warhol’s name plastered in front of his movies as if it was Warhol who made them; when in truth, “Andy had nothing going on in his head, could barely speak, wore a stupid wig, was an autistic albino, and only occasionally dropped by during editing.” His words. But you get the idea of whom Paul Morrissey is. Fiercely independent, hands on, workaholic, all around awesome artist in a time where sex was rampant and on display and music carried with it a superior religion and statement. None of the actors in Flesh for Frankenstein were professional- on purpose. They looked good in front of the camera or they had personalities that Paul liked. In this raw sense, F4F is a masterpiece. That every last detail was written, directed, edited by Morrissey is amazing. That the film delivered buckets of blood, practical effects, nudity, sex, AND was hilarious at the same time, transcends art. Is it mocking the source material? I don’t think so. I think of it as a skilled musician taking a sample of someone else’s music and manipulating it into something entirely different. I could write about my first experience with F4F all day, and still not even make it to how great of a job they did with the 3D- (it’s now my favorite 3D movie). If you are a trash, cult, grindhouse aficionado, if you own more than four John Waters films and you appreciate the unplanned and even experimental, just buy the Vinegar Syndrome edition. You’re going to love it on every level. 5/5

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Claudio Gizzi FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Monique van Vooren, and Andy Warhol on the set of Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

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On December 6, 1985 Flesh For Frankenstein debuted in Uruguay.

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Srdjan Zelenovic and Joe Dallesandro on the set of "Flesh for Frankenstein" at Cinecittà studios in Rome, 1973.

Photos by Andy Warhol

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Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

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FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN

Italy/France

1973

Directed by Paul Morrissey

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Flesh for Frankenstein | 1973

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Hello! Fellow Frankenstein freak here! I have to ask, what's your favorite Frankenstein movie you've seen? Not necessarily the best one, but your favorite one. I made myself watch about 25 last year for reasons (that's as many as I could watch in one week for free, dating from 1910 to the early 2000s) and they're all so bizarre. I love talking about them so much, I love watching peoples faces when I tell them that one time Sting played Frankenstein, and in that same movie The Creature and his buddy are targeted by the Circus Mafia. Or how at least one version of Victor Frankenstein has an alligator pit. Or how Kenneth Branagh made Robert De Niro be birthed out of instapot and then they spend like 30 seconds slipping in Mysterious Science Goop before the plot continues.

TLDR; I don't know anyone else who is as obsessed with this stuff as I am and would love to hear your thoughts lmao

damn, my biggest problem is that I've watched so many of them few years ago, that I mostly don't remember anything :")

but I definitely have some that I still think about constantly!! maybe the first one and the most special in my eyes is "Frankenstein: The True Story" (1973), because in this movie Victor REALLY cared about the Creature and TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY. he taught him things, he spent time with him – and when the Creature started to decay and lose temper, yeah, he decided to lock him, but Victor was going to lock himself as well so the Creature wouldn't be dying alone. and they even had a hug!! (still everything ended up terribly, but it was interesting to see this responsible version of Victor, not canonical book version, but also not usual movie mad scientist either).

well, speaking of classics and mad scientists – I love first two movies of UNIVERSAL's franchise, rewatch them from time to time. And within the Hammer's franchise I like the third (if I remember right) movie – "The Evil of Frankenstein", even though it mostly is called the worst of them all lmao. I just think it was funny and not annoying like the other. and I also LOVE the first several minutes of the first movie – "The Curse of Frankenstein" with the young Victor played by Melvyn Hayes, because OH HE WAS DEFINITELY SERVING. for me this young Victor was the closest to the book from all of the versions of him.

(I even did a funny edit of him once, here, lmao)

the most controversial version but I can't NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT – it's "Flesh for Frankenstein" of course (not even speaking about the plot, but god how I hate color correction in most of the 70's movies, these colors usually make me sick almost physically).

but well, uh, how the hell I was surprised when Udo Kier's Frankenstein turned out to look SO DAMN CLOSE to like I always draw him (I mean just give him another nose shape and he will look exactly how I imagine Victor) :") just hello??? DAMN

also want to mention "Terror of Frankenstein" (1977) movie, because they have an interesting design of the Creature here (finally black lips yaaay!) and sweet sweet Clerval (I hate that most of the movies are throwing him and Justine out of the plot :(( )

AND ALSO!! not movies, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE these adaptations – Frankenstein: the Metal Opera, 2014 (you can find its official record for free on youtube) and Frankenstein, the Royal Ballet, 2017!! I, personally, enjoyed them both very much

well, these ones are some of the movies I think the most about, I guess :")

really thank you for your question!!