![]() The promise of kinky sex, even with vomiting, incest and torture, sounds so much more respectable if it has subtitles and a dialogue in Greek, French and English. "How many films," he asks, "satisfy both your voyeuristic and artistic tastes?" He goes on to mention the awards Singapore Sling has won in its native Greece. Our film was fittingly introduced by a masked man with a heavy European accent. At the time of writing, The Filmhouse in Edinburgh runs seasons of 'psychotronic' film one of the many sub-genres at the midnight masses of secretive cinephiles. Late nighters may be rubbish or they may be the last bastion of artists that are out of synch with popular and critical tastes. ![]() Or films openly shocking like Pink Flamingoes. Such was the birth of films that include The Rocky Horror Show and Eraserhead. What happens to good films made totally against the grain? What if Botticelli's Venus was painted urinating into an acolyte's mouth? In cinema, such works can find their way to late night screenings, safely past the bedtime of anyone who might object or find them too 'off-beat'. Reviewed by Chris_Docker 8 / 10 A rare and worthwhile item (as long as you can stomach it)
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