Louis Letizia
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2000
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I always had a fondness for anthology films but except for the Amicus/Hammer ones or others like CREEPSHOW or DEADTIME STORIES -there are still a few I'd like to see. Anthologies were either horror, sex comedies or comedies and the few American examples like CREEPSHOW, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON and FOUR ROOMS are all we have on DVD. And MGM Vault gave us THE WITCHES recently (a ghoulish example of the form -with a very uncomfortable , young and naked Clint Eastwood in an Italian made travesty) and Columbia gave us the fun THE QUEENS-along with SPIRITS OF THE DEAD , all European examples.I'd like to see he following-but don't know where the rights lie: HOW FUNNY CAN SEX BE?: this was extremely popular in theaters circa 1976 and starred Giancarlo Giannini and Laura Antonelli. CBS/FX put it out on video-but doubt they have rights to it now. SEX WITH A SMILE: along with THINK DIRTY , these were released to theaters after YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN made Marty Feldman popular. SMILE is barely mentioned in a great new book on Feldman, but it was in constant release throught the late 70s-bu dont think it ever played on HBO. There were vides from different labels-but no dvd. VIVA ITALIA!: One of the best Italian comedy anthologies this went on to garner a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination (was this a one and only?)-but never appeared on video in the States SUNDAY LOVERS: Iknow WB now owns this -but its so bad it never was ever released on vhs. With very few of MGMs 70s/80s films left to be released by WB -I doubt it will ever make it I'm sure there are others-and hope there may be a comeback of quality anthologies AS they were intended to be shown -3 or 4 short films -not jumbled together like VALENTINES DAY , CRASH and its ilk