It seems to be on the way, Jess Franco's next big movie: Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies, starring the one and only Antonio Mayans! The trailer is interesting, and so the screenshots - I'm not sure if it's behind the scenes or something that actually belongs in the movie itself. But it has a lot of nudity, stylish camera angles and the ever amazing, fantastic, spellbinding Uncle Jess smoking. That's what I need to get interested in a film.
What I've heard the distribution rights has been bought but a couple of companies, it will be English-friendly and it will be released this year on DVD (and it might even get a theatrical release in some territories). We should be grateful for each strange production Uncle Jess is churning out. He's one of the few people that actually lives film, that loves film more than life itself.
It takes time to appreciate the genius of Franco. For me it took a while. A couple of years ago I wrote a text about finding the key to Jess Franco, and here's an excerpt (I've edited it a bit):
For me the key was A Virgin Among the Living Dead, Franco's 1973 masterpiece. I've seen other Franco-movies before that one (of course!) and some was great and some was not so great. He was just another director in a big wide world of eurocult.
But with Virgin I understood that Jess Franco means art, it means trash, it means passion. With trash I mean that sometime his work is sloppy (it is, most of you'll agree - but that what happens when you work with very small budgets and little time). For Franco it seems to be more important to make a movie, make as many movies as possible, than just make one perfect movie.I'm with him on this, because making movies is a drug, it's magic. It's something you deep inside never wants to be without. Uncle Jess could make a few movies every a month, lacking perfectionism, but adding a lot of passion.
I personally can't wait to see what Franco has in store for us. I'm sure it will divide his fans, as usual, but I'm very sure everyone will agree that there's no Jesus like Jesús Franco.
"I personally can't wait to see what Franco has in store for us. I'm sure it will divide his fans, as usual, but I'm very sure everyone will agree that there's no Jesus like Jesús Franco."
Strange looking trailer......wouldn´t call me a fan but I like some of his stuff, but I have seen far too little.
One day I hope that Sasha Grey or Tori Black will work with him before it´s too late.....he looks old and frail in that trailer.
Posted by: Megatron | February 20, 2013 at 00:08