Sunday, November 02, 2014

Movie review - "The Private Lesson" (1975) *1/2 (warning: spoilers)

Odd, pervy comedy which feels like it was made by dirty old men. In a small town, most people seem to be thinking about sex a lot. A good looking music teacher (Carroll Baker) in particular gets a lot of hearts a flutter. One of her students photographs her masturbating and uses the photos to blackmail her into an increasing series of humiliating acts for the enjoyment of himself and his mate, who had a crush on Baker: not wearing a bra, having her arm pits shaved.

it's a weird sort of movie - the teen girls discuss sex and fondle their breasts, the sensitive young man has a dirty old father and uncle (the latter has a mistress/girlfriend who gives the SYM oral sex). There's a lot of flesh on display - masturbation, oral sex and deflowering are all discussed, nudity, Baker has a sex scene with the boy, who becomes a man and goes cavorting in the fields naked with his more age appropriate girlfriend.

Baker's performance is fine, but it really is a not particularly comfortable film to watch.

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