Phyllis Davis
Series
Criterion collection volume 836
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.
"In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 836
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
It follows three young female rockers going Hollywood in hell-bent sixties style under the spell of a flamboyant producer, whose decadent bashes showcase Meyer's trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of the movies' great outsider artists.