| This film opens with
Lina Romay masturbating with shaving cream and a straight razor.
After that it gets explicit. If you are still reading, you are
either a pervert or a fan of 1970's sexploitation. Perhaps they
are one and the same. I must admit that I am a recent
connoisseur of this bizarre film genre. Last year, I started
seeking out these types of films... Examples include: "Beyond the
Valley of the Dolls"; "Maladolescenza"; "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS";
"Justine de Sade"; "The Story of O"; "Barbed Wire Angels".
The most famous of such films are probably the "Emmanuelle" series
starring Sylvia Kristel. That series seemed to transcend the
genre and has since become 'mainstream'. The fact is that these films rarely
approach anything resembling a meaningful story. They are just
silly excuses for audiences to gawk at big boobs and bigger bushes.
However, there is something to this genre. These films are so
silly that they often merit the label, "So bad that they are actually
good". They can be funny. They can be erotic. They
can be experimental. They can be taboo. I like films that
push the limits of our sexual taboos. I find it fascinating to
see what some directors can think of in the sexual realm.
"Rolls Royce Baby" stars Lina Romay, in all her glory, as a sexual
addict who glides from one scene to the next having sex with seemingly
random faceless men. Sometimes she hitchhikes with truckers.
Sometimes she is chauffeured around in a Rolls Royce. Sometimes
she even does it on a bed?!?! But no matter where we see her...
she is having sex in some form.
I can't say the film breaks too much new ground. It falls
short of outright pornography, although it definitely approaches the
limit by showing blow jobs and masturbatory close ups.
Sexploitation has seen better examples by far. This film
should only be viewed by Lina Romay fans and true fans of the genre.
"Rolls Royce Baby" is mildly erotic but lacks any semblance of a plot,
and thus cannot be considered a real cinematic effort. The only
real praise I can bestow is that the film looks magnificent when you
consider the age and budget. The
examples I listed above are all better bets. |
