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femme fatales

August 27th 2008 06:07

A femme fatale is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetypal character of literature and art. Her ability to entrance and hypnotize her male victim was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural, hence the most prosaic femme fatale today is still described as having a power akin to an enchantress, vampire, female monster or demon. The ideas involved are closely tied to fears of the female witch.

The phrase is French for "deadly woman". A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure. Typically, she is exceptionally well-endowed with these qualities. In some situations she uses lying or coercion rather than charm. She may also be (or imply to be) a victim, caught in a situation from which she cannot escape. Her characteristic weapon, if needed, is frequently poison, which also serves as a metaphor for her charms.

Although typically villainous, femme fatales have also appeared as anti-heroines in some stories, and some even repent and become heroines by the end of the tale. In social life, the femme fatale tortures her lover in an asymmetrical relationship, denying confirmation of her affection. She usually drives him to the point of obsession and exhaustion so that he is incapable of making rational decisions.

Sourced and cited from wikipedia.com. Need I say any more? Below is my personal selection of femme fatales and images of celebrities and underground models in femme fatale poses and get-ups. Feel aroused, sense the danger … meee-ooowwwww!

I wouldn't mind being done over by any of these women, build my gallows high, I say! But watch out, I may just get off on a double indemnity! But seriously folks, whose gun would I have under my pillow and whose boots by the side of my bed? I can't answer that one, for fear of incriminating myself even further ... Although there is something dangerous about that corset! Hmmm, all of 'em, all at once! Guilty as charged officer.

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movie posters V - exploitation!

August 22nd 2008 00:21

I’m back with my favourite post material: movie posters. But this time I’ve streamlined the selection (to be precise I’ve ruffled the edges). Yes, I’m a dirty rough trade pervert at the best of times, despite my professed love of the clean and smooth aesthetic. As much as I like my slick and polished cineaste graphic design, I also get my groove on to the low riders, the grunge design concept of grindhouse flicks.

To be brutally honest, the art work for the B-grade (and admittedly to a lesser degree the Z-grade) movies is often far more provocative and striking than the mainstream dross, especially during the heyday of the exploitation movies; the late 60s and through that particularly fantastic decade of cinema, the 1970s. The just don’t make ‘em like they used to!

Filmmakers were pushing the boundaries of good taste and the envelope of common decency, producing some of the most outrageously decadent and thoroughly reprehensible movies ever made. The movie posters would attempt to reflect this to lure the dirty mac brigade in off the sidewalk and into a decrepit auditorium to watch some cheesy schlock horror or a sleazy flesh fest.

Now, apart from the odd maverick who attempts to rear their head a little higher than the rest to make something tough and uncompromising (and might just have it lopped off!), most so-called “exploitation” movies are safe enough to take your grandmother along to … providing she’s got her tongue pierced and is wearing a leather girdle under her petticoat.

So here are some tarnished golden oldies to get you all hot under the collar and sticky over.

Fury of the Succubus aka Satan's Mistress

You gotta love those titles! Tight Skirts Loose Pleasures! Sexual Apocalypse! Vicious Lips! Ha! Bring it on! My "clean" favourite winners here are the Fury of the Succubus poster and the (High Priestess of) Sexual Witchcraft. But I also really dig the Spanish flick El Caminante (aka Traveller), there's something boldy unapologetic about that illustration. The Virgin Witch poster has a deep sensual eyesore allure too, but at the end of a long hard night you can't go past Russ Meyer's buxom babe, heh heh.

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