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Post by Del Boy on Sept 29, 2020 18:12:11 GMT
Interesting find Art. As for those films mentioned above it might of been a way to get punters into cinemas but it was a contemporary problem of those times. The cinema was competing with the new fangled colour tv on top of the demise of British cinema production. This decade with its spin offs and bawdy comedy flicks might bave been often low brow but I believe they were quite successful. Got to say I like them and I like that they're made in Britian for predominately the British market. That unique identity all the British films had is pretty much non existent now.
I suppose the 60s was the pinnacle of British cinema in terms of production and cinema viewing.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 29, 2020 21:24:30 GMT
Odd really because those 70's sex comedies are harmless enough if you take them for what they are, seaside postcard stuff, whereas Britain made an awful lot films in the 90's & 00's about violent crims which I'd consider less healthy. You can make a film as violent or foul mouthed as you like but anything a bit saucy would be considered out of date. Why does violence never go out of fashion?
Why is a drama about Dennis Nielsen, who murdered, dismembered & even ate people ok but a sex comedy not?
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Post by Del Boy on Sept 29, 2020 21:34:37 GMT
Spot on Art. Give me A Confessions film anyday
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Post by Bojan Scores on Sept 29, 2020 22:30:19 GMT
Just seen Valerie Leon and Margaret Nolan in their undies in ‘No Sex Please We’re British’. I take back everything I said 🤣
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 30, 2020 16:04:30 GMT
I'm not a fan of farces but I thought 'No Sex Please We're British' was good by Brit sex comedy standards when I saw it a bit ago on tptv. Directed by Cliff Owen who did 'Ooh You Are Awful', 'Steptoe And Son','The Wrong Arm Of The Law', the two Morecambe & Wise films & one of my favourites 'A Prize Of Arms'.
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Post by Where's The Money on Oct 2, 2020 11:29:01 GMT
Odd really because those 70's sex comedies are harmless enough if you take them for what they are, seaside postcard stuff, whereas Britain made an awful lot films in the 90's & 00's about violent crims which I'd consider less healthy. You can make a film as violent or foul mouthed as you like but anything a bit saucy would be considered out of date. Why does violence never go out of fashion?
Why is a drama about Dennis Nielsen, who murdered, dismembered & even ate people ok but a sex comedy not? Spot on Arthur. My thoughts entirely. There is so much violence in films these days, almost under the pretence it is cool. Not to me. Dull as dishwater. Give me a Confessions film any day of the week.
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 2, 2020 11:57:25 GMT
I'm not a fan of farces but I thought 'No Sex Please We're British' was good by Brit sex comedy standards when I saw it a bit ago on tptv. Directed by Cliff Owen who did 'Ooh You Are Awful', 'Steptoe And Son','The Wrong Arm Of The Law', the two Morecambe & Wise films & one of my favourites 'A Prize Of Arms'.
If they are genuinely funny farces are a good watch and there's nothing wrong with a sex comedy for the same reason, if it's just smutty then i find them dull. The early Carry On's I like, the later ones descended into too much smut for me. Agree on the violence point, I mean those Saw films, who wants to watch a film about horrible torture and they have even been shown on TV. It is difficult to understand why they are acceptable but non-violent sex isn't. One is a horrible criminal activity the other is rather essential to life. Well that's what I learnt in biology anyway.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 4, 2021 15:19:59 GMT
33 Confessions novels for sale on ebay, all but one of them according to the description. Hard to believe so many different titles were published-
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