

Product Description Russ Meyer\x27s cult favorite follows sadistic go\-go dancers Varla (Tura Satana), Rosie (Haji) and Billie (Lori Williams) as they break free from the nightclub where they perform and race out to the desert to stir up a little mayhem. After karate expert Varla kills an innocent man, the voluptuous trio takes his girlfriend (Susan Bernard) hostage as they attempt to wheedle a hidden fortune from a misogynistic old man (Paul Trinka) and his muscle\-bound, brain\-damaged son (Dennis Busch). Review Karate! Bodacious racks! Badass babes! Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill! has everything you could ever want from a B-movie, right down to the frantic jazz soundtrack. Its legacy endures today, but the film was not well received on its release in 1966. Back then, sexual attitudes were becoming more liberal, but many second wave feminists protested against pornography and free love. Any film by self-confessed ‘breast man’ and skin flick auteur Russ Meyer was never going to find many fans among this audience. But 50 years later, attitudes have changed and his films are enjoying something of a reappraisal among feminists. In an article for Village Voice, queer-feminist film critic B Ruby Rich spoke about her initial hated the film, dismissing it as exploitative, trashy, objectifying soft-core porn, a piece of work steeped in misogyny. Thirty years later, she famously revisited it, re-evaluated it and changed her opinion. Her polarizing experience is symptomatic of the shift in attitudes towards sexuality – a lot happened between 1966 and 1991, including the feminist sex wars of 1970s, and the resulting sexually progressive views of third-wave feminists. Faster, Pussycat! is now considered a seminal feminist work, partly due to its smouldering star, the iconic Varla (Tura Satana). She cuts an imposing figure both in terms of her looks and attitude, with her towering stature and slick kabuki eyebrows, all-black cat suit, leather gloves and boots. She can drive better than any man, she can fight, and she looks like she could take you down. The fury of her performance, Satana has said, was drawn from the real-life abuse she experienced – her past is as colorful as any movie character’s, and her rage throughout Faster, Pussycat! feels powerful, honest and cathartic. --Georgina Guthrie
X**3
Exactly what I wanted
Good quality copy. Works. Tura Satana….
T**T
Dazzling piece of exploitation cinema!
Three sensation seeking go-go dancers: the tough homicidal big bad mama Varla (the marvelous Tura Satana), the good time gal Billie (Lori Mitchell) and the moody Rosie (Haji) kidnap a teenager (Sue Bernard) after killing her boyfriend (Ray Barlow). But when they end up at an isolated ranch owned by an old crippled lech (Stuart Lancaster), who lives with his muscle bound but mentally backward son (Dennis Busch) and a quiet book reading son (Paul Trinka), they may have met their match! While not quite the wonky masterpiece of his BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, this Russ Meyer exploitation flick comes pretty close. Wickedly funny, Meyer's cartoonish undertaking is like the darker side of Frank Tashlin's Jayne Mansfield movies. Mammaries are either coming at you or female posteriors are walking away. Curiously given Meyer's reputation, there's no actual sex or nudity but profuse drams of violence. Like DeMille who seemed to enjoy showing us the pleasurable excesses of the wicked before giving them their just desserts, Meyer seems a Puritan at heart as he takes glee in these three tough babes causing havoc before the wrath of God comes down on them. But there's no doubt Meyer and his cameraman Walter Schenk have an eye for composition, the B&W images approach lyricism.The Arrow DVD via Great Britain is region 0 so it should play in all players. The transfer is a nice, crisp B&W picture. Extras include retrospective interviews with the four female leads.
S**G
Review of this dvd and not just the movie
Ok so we know the movie but what about the dvd? Well I purchased this dvd and I recommend it to everyone who has seen this movie but here are the facts the dvd comes with a cool lobby card that also on the reverse side serves as the dvd menu guide and also included is a color russ meyer mini-booklet/oderform covering some other dvd's available as far the film is concerned if your running a 4:3 standard TV expect to have the side cuts off you will notice this most on the opening title sequence where the "F" and "!" after kill kill are slightly cut off also on the cast titles all the cast first letters are cut off..its kinda annoying but miner please note I have a 16x9 samsung TV and there is no cut off of any title sequence as far as the transfer I think its great truth be told I was kinda hoping for pops and lines to give this flick an old grindhouse feel but none were present.Now for the extras on the dvd none worth mentioning just a list of Russ Meyer films and some trailers of other Meyer Films which after you watch two of the them they all tend to be the same sadly no Faster Pussycat Kill Kill trailers The dvd menu it self is top shelf live action and the famous pussycat kill played in the background
T**.
A Cult CLassic That Lives Up To Its Billing
There are B-movies and then there are Grade-A B-movies and this girls gone wilding adventure from Russ Meyer is every bit the definition of a cult classic; so much so, that rumor has it that Quentin Tarentino is going to direct a remake starring Britney Spears....but we will see.The film stars Tura Satana ("The Doll Squad"), the living definition of voluptuousness, and she delivers some of the sauciest dialogue since Mae West. Like West, Satana uses her physique to add the exclamation point to her words. The story is laden with camp and characters who are all-too familiar: the dim-witted stud, the cranky old desert dweller, and a trio of go-go dancers who follow their sadistic leader into the desert where they encounter the aforementioned cast of cliches.There are enough fast cars, double entendres and girl fights to fill two films. This is action and humor rolled into one 83-minute, classically cool trip and I can state honestly that only Tarantino's "Death Proof" has done it better.
B**E
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Russ Meyer's "Faster Pusscat Kill...Kill" is a trip into 1965, violence and sexy ladies in their go go boots and more. I love looking at a sexy Tura Santana, the shes girl your mom never wanted you to bring home or even fall in love with. You know,I would fall for her in a second and hope she wouldn't hurt me to much on a Friday night.So let me say, this is a fun trip with three bad ladies,that end up, well just let's say,"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and sometimes to much fun. A great little film from a time gone by and yes, I love to take a trip back in time 1960's and girls in their go go boots, WOW!
C**T
You either love Russ Meyer's films or you don't.
This is my favorite Meyer's flick. Darn near all the scenes are quotable, and is a great party movie to watch with those who have never seen it. Best shown with a tarp on the floor so those who lose it laughing wont spit beer and Doritos on the carpet. Classic Meyer's movie with hot babes and a bland plot. But then again, I ain't watching this movie for the plot! IMDB rates this movie at 6.6 out of 10 if you need to know.Arrived quickly without any damage.
M**L
Llegó completamente rallado
No hay ningún problema con la película, pero llegó el dvd sellado (nuevo) pero estaba suelto en la carátula y llegó completamente rallado el disco.
C**U
Un classique de série B désopilant de Russ Meyer
Quentin Tarantino, le célébrissime metteur en scène de "Pulp Fiction" et des "Huit Salopards", n'a jamais caché son admiration pour le cinéma de série B de Russ Meyer et plus particulièrement, pour "Faster, Pussycat ! Kill ! Kill !" dont il espère tourner un remake avec peut-être Britney Spears. Véritable film culte de Russ Meyer, "Faster, Pussycat" met comme d'habitude l'accent sur les décolletés plongeants de ses actrices ! Un film désopilant au caractère souvent outrancier dans le genre mais finalement "gentil" car nous étions en 1965 quand le film est sorti.
A**E
i'd like to say...
fast shipping, product as expected. the whole black and white 60's movie as well as some neat extras. i won't tell the movies story for I guess the ones deciding to buy it are already aficionados for it, but i think it's worth it. the only flaw (and this is solely referring to foreign fans like myself): i absolutely love the english original voices and i wouldn't ever exchange them, but i would have been interested in the german version of this movie, how it sounds, just out of curiosity. i know the german version sucks in comparison, i saw a clip. therefore it is a bit hm, not very sad, but hum, that there's no german DVD of this movie on market with german AND english sync. there are german versions, but unusually they don't contain the original audio. well, whatever. nothing too tragic. like I said, the american voices are awesome. i can recommend this
M**L
At last, ON DVD!!
Oh yess.. I waited this for so long, and now I got it in DVD. Wonder it isn't sold in the US. For region reason, I guess.About the DVD, it is Region free, 4:3 full frame scene, mono sound (unfortunatelly), running for about 83 mins, and have some extras: Russ's commentary, the girls's commentary, featurette 'go pussycat go', and trailer reel (faster pussycat kill kill, black snake, mudhoney, vixen, wild gals of the naked west, supervixen, beneath the valley of the ultra vixen, cherry harry and raquel, common law cabin)About the story. Yes, this is one of Russ's that have "real story". it's has logic sequence, though some conversation are irrational. It tells us about 3 gogo girls who are wild when they're not on the stage. they play rough, rude, full of violent, you can name it. Varla (Tura Satana), the leader of the pack is a "natural born killer" femme fatale. she kill for no reason, just revenge for her unlucky personality. "Baise Moi" girls type? Well, tell yourself. Billie (Lori Williams), the cuty one always hungry for man and narcisstic. the story goes about care race, killing a guy, kidnap his girlfriend, cripple old man and his dumb son. a man save the girl, the pack got furious and killing again. Like all heroes story, the climax is in duel between the villain and the hero.Thanks, Russ... at least you have "real" story. big 5 stars for Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
B**E
Found a rare film!
No problem with the product.Rather slow delivery and high postage though.
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