Genuinely shocked there doesn't seem to be a copy of this week's movie on Archive.org. It sounds like it'd be right up their street. #Monsterdon
OH FUCK HOLD UP
Jesus Franco also directed THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (1969) D: D: D: D:
We may have bitten off more than we can chew here #Monsterdon
...Other directorial credits include Vampyros Lesbos (1971), The Lustful Amazons (1974), and The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973).
This guy had a busy life in the early 70's. >_>;;;
Apparently Franco is liked well enough in Spain that he was awarded the Spanish Academy of Motion Pictures' Lifetime Achievement award in 2008. Huh.
Actually that probably explains why it's not on Archive.org, his work probably still has an enthusiastic enforcer of its copyright. #Monsterdon
"His final film Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies (2013), premiered in Barcelona just two weeks before his death"
Ed Wood-ing it up until the very end, godspeed Mr. Franco ( o_o)7 #monsterdon
@CactuarJoe Ah, for more than one reason it seems:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jesus-franco-dies-spanish-director-dead_n_3007518
"The auteur steered the 1960s Spanish horror boom, and even in the face of fascist censorship, placed sex, blood and gore at the front and center of his motion pics," Sean Fitz-Gerald wrote in a Variety.com obituary about Franco.
Getting his start defying fascism. (ง'̀-‘́)ง Godspeed indeed, Mr. Franco. (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
@moira Okay I like this guy more and more <3