Tess & Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered

Tess is another of Polanski's films that are very much influenced by Sharon Tate, although in this case it's a direct influence rather than a sense of violence. No that there isn't in the movie, but that's from the book, at least what I remember from reading it in high school. I didn't particularly care for it then, and I'm not sure I particularly wanted to see an almost three hour long version of it now. That said, it's a gorgeous film, and Nastassja Kinski's very good in it. I'm not sure how closely this all follows the book, as really, I've forgotten almost everything except for the basic plot.

Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered goes behind the scenes of one of the most notorious porn movies. But one thing I wanted to know is will Debbie ever actually get to Dallas. Apparently, she never did, since she disappeared before they could do that movie. It's very different from a normal documentary, but fairly similar to Inside Deep Throat, although it's a little less involved with the history of porn and the effect of the movie on the industry, as opposed to the effect of the movie on the actors in it. It's really not that impressive of a film. I love the FBI agent in the film, especially his list of of things he hates, because I'm basically there with him, as he's anti-scat, bestiality, vomit, and child porn. All of which are disgusting. I guess violent porn should also be added. It's interesting, but not a really good film. And it's more of a mystery of trying to find Bambi Woods rather than looking at the movie. It gets a little better and more interesting, but never too fascinating. Although it's crazy that one of the stars of the film actually was in Cannibal Holocaust, the most notorious of the Italian cannibal movies. That's just insane. I didn't know that at all. Pretty damn cool. He was also in Eaten Alive and Concorde: Airport '79 and No Way Out and Spider-Man. Wow.