MAU MAU SEX SEX
Ted Bonnitt's affable documentary chronicles the careers of retired
sexploitation movie partners Dan Sonney and David F. Friedman, who gave us such
softcore quasi-classics as The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill (1966),
Thar She Blows! (1969), Bummer! (1972), and The Erotic
Adventures of Zorro (1972). Moving from naive '50s "nudies" -- bare
bottoms, bosoms, and volleyballs in nudist camps -- to, in the early '60s, they
made countless movies, many of them still available from Something Weird Video.
Some are sick, some funny, some mildly sexy. All are extremely low-budget.
Friedman boasts that he put more time and effort into his ad campaigns and
previews than into the scripts. No one will dispute that. Were audiences
disappointed when the Friedman/Sonney movies proved less "sexsational" than the
come-ons had promised? The unapologetic duo laughed all the way to their money
launderers. At the Cable Car.
Issue Date: October 26 - November 1, 2001
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