(1969) Venus in Furs/ Paroxismus
DUBBED
PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERY
Co-written and directed by Jesús Franco, according to imdb (as far as I know), this is the fourth of eight movies actress Maria Rohm and Jesús Franco collaborated together. It has a jazz trumpeter, Jimmy narrating his traumatic experience as soon as he discovered a dead body washed ashore along the deserted beach after he uncovered his trumpet he buried in the sand. And he just stands there gazing at the body of a young woman, that he recognizes her as Wanda Reed, narrating from the first time he saw her. That the young woman was someone he intended and wanted to meet earlier while he was playing at a club, except that she was intercepted and approached by three people, a millionaire playboy (Klaus Kinski), an art dealer named Kapp and a fashion photographer, Olga. The three would then lead her down to a dungeon of some sort, is where they killed her. And they did this just as Jimmy had finished playing and went out to look for her. Jimmy neither report the crime nor does he do anything about it. And because it happened when he was playing in Istanbul, as he attempts to get away from that life to a new life in Rio, and has a new girlfriend, he made a rapport with while he was playing trumpet, as she is the club's singer her name is Rita. And by a strange coincidence, he sees what he thinks is Wanda Reed walking back into his life again, wearing a fur coat "Venus in Furs"- hence the title. As she comes back to go after the three people who contributed into murdering her, at the same time spending time with the trumpeter.
Jesus Franco directing a very strange movie with gothic overtones that requires some thought.
Co-written and directed by Jesús Franco, according to imdb (as far as I know), this is the fourth of eight movies actress Maria Rohm and Jesús Franco collaborated together. It has a jazz trumpeter, Jimmy narrating his traumatic experience as soon as he discovered a dead body washed ashore along the deserted beach after he uncovered his trumpet he buried in the sand. And he just stands there gazing at the body of a young woman, that he recognizes her as Wanda Reed, narrating from the first time he saw her. That the young woman was someone he intended and wanted to meet earlier while he was playing at a club, except that she was intercepted and approached by three people, a millionaire playboy (Klaus Kinski), an art dealer named Kapp and a fashion photographer, Olga. The three would then lead her down to a dungeon of some sort, is where they killed her. And they did this just as Jimmy had finished playing and went out to look for her. Jimmy neither report the crime nor does he do anything about it. And because it happened when he was playing in Istanbul, as he attempts to get away from that life to a new life in Rio, and has a new girlfriend, he made a rapport with while he was playing trumpet, as she is the club's singer her name is Rita. And by a strange coincidence, he sees what he thinks is Wanda Reed walking back into his life again, wearing a fur coat "Venus in Furs"- hence the title. As she comes back to go after the three people who contributed into murdering her, at the same time spending time with the trumpeter.
Jesus Franco directing a very strange movie with gothic overtones that requires some thought.