#836: MEYER, Russ: Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
MEYER, Russ (United States)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls [1970]
Spine #836
Blu-ray
109 minutes
The Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny and excerpts from a 1970 account in the UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film’s set.
Commentary
From 2006 featuring actors Read, Myers, Page, Lazar and Gavin.
Interview 1
With filmmaker John Waters.
Episode
From 1988 of The Incredibly Strange Film Show on director Meyer.
Q&A
About the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, Lazar, and Read: and actors Gurian, Napier, Blodgett, and Williams, with host Michael Dare.
Interview 2
With cast members from 2005.
Five documentaries
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls [1970]
Spine #836
Blu-ray
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, 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 cinema's great outsider artists.
109 minutes
Color
Monaural
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Monaural
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writers
Story by Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer.
Screenplay by Ebert.
Meyer was 48 when he directed Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
The Film
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny and excerpts from a 1970 account in the UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film’s set.
Commentary
From 2006 featuring actors Read, Myers, Page, Lazar and Gavin.
Interview 1
With filmmaker John Waters.
Episode
From 1988 of The Incredibly Strange Film Show on director Meyer.
Q&A
About the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, Lazar, and Read: and actors Gurian, Napier, Blodgett, and Williams, with host Michael Dare.
Interview 2
With cast members from 2005.
Five documentaries
From 2006 about the making of the film, featuring the case and crew:
- Above, Beneath, & Beyond the Valley
- Look On Up at the Bottom
- The Best of “Beyond”
- Sex Drugs Music & Murder
- Casey & Roxanne
Screen tests
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