![]() ![]() Having the women moan, groan and writhe in exaggerated fashion has earned him in some circles acclaim for "depicting female orgasms" on-screen, but I found Spelvin's shrieking like a water buffalo in heat to be disastrous, mere camp. Sarno uses his trademark two or three women chatting in foreground closeup technique, stresses lesbian sex, and segues clumsily to an incest payoff, all of his softcore fetishes. Darby Lloyd Rains is underutilized as author Spelvin's literary agent, who joins in the orgiastic sex on cue without convincing motivation Russell's hubby Jason is unconvincingly cast as a computer programmer (!), Rains' boyfriend Cal, who not surprisingly eventually ends up in bed with Tina during the orgy Levi Richards gets the plum assignment to rape Tina Jamie Gillis cameos, virtually silent for a change, as a male model posing for shutterbug Hamilton (and of course seduced by her) and there's Marc Stevens, clumsily inserted into the film early on in an extraneous sex scene designed to keep the XXX fans from looking at their watches. Along the way we have an impressive roster of NYC talent, mostly wasted in nothing roles. In the film proper Hamilton schemes as the puppet master, first seducing Spelvin as an old college chum come back to haunt her (despite the fact that their ages don't match, Spelvin being a good 10 years older than the rest of her costars), and then conniving to get sis Russell raped and then also seduced as her dream gal pal. Hamilton had already appeared as a lesbian lover of Spelvin's in DEVIL IN MISS JONES. ![]() It should be noted that Tina was also a superstar at the time, appearing in over 20 releases during 1973 including the terrific WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MISS September? Film begins with a dream sequence in color, which is shot with the same "pools of light against darkness" style as so many '60s Sarno epics, in which Judith Hamilton is introduced as the stock Sarno villainess ("the devil's consort"), trying to tempt Georgina into the wonders of lesbian love. 23rd St., about 4 blocks from where I live) of her even more repressed sister, Tina Russell. Made in the wake of star Georgina Spelvin's phenomenal success in Gerard Damiano's DEVIL IN MISS JONES, this film casts her as a repressed old maid, living in the Manhattan apartment (oddly enough on W. SLEEPY HEAD is an eye-opener because the natural XXX conclusion to many of Joe's gimmicks points up in bold relief their shortcomings. His name is tossed around in the same sentences with pantheon greats like Sirk and Fassbinder, and all sorts of revisionist scholarship takes him way too seriously. In recent years (starting in the '90s via video reissues) Sarno has been rescued from complete obscurity to an unfortunate pendulum swing of currently overrated status. It's interesting to see the adaptation to the times (and exigencies of the marketplace) but as evidenced by the complete lack of any credits on screen this is not a successful experiment. Always use in a supervised and baby safe environment.All the motifs and fetishes of Joe Sarno's innumerable softcore movies appear in SLEEPY HEAD, but with hardcore sex footage included. Beautifully soft and comfy, it can be used anywhere around the house or when away from home, helping to achieve a sense of familiarity for your baby. 30991 Sleepyhead Deluxe Plus Pod Pristine White 130 130 GBP OutOfStock /Home & Sleep/First Beds /Home & Sleep/Nursery Essentials /Maternity Clothes/New Mum Survival Kit /Maternity Clothes/Third Trimester /Gifts/Mum-to-be Gifts /Gifts/Gifts & Toys /Christmas/Mum-to-be Gifts Help your new baby get the rest they need with the Sleepyhead Deluxe Plus Pod. Wooden Letters - Buy 3+ Letters Get a Half Price Wooden Plaque.Gift Boxes - Buy One Get One Half Price.Buy One Get One Half Price on Boyfriend T-Shirts. ![]()
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