Monday, May 20, 2024

Movie review - "Popatopolis" (2009) ****

 Gloriously entertaining look at Jim Wynorski, the prolific, enthusiastic film fan turned director whose love for movies, breasts and... that's it, makes him a compelling protagaonist.

It's focused on him making The Witches of Breastwick in three days, so the film has a strong structure. 

It also has a dazzling cast  - in adddition to Wynorski is Julie Smith, super smart,  a trained actress, who likes Wynorski but also clashes with him; Wynorski's bewildered mother (he's a dutiful son); Stormy Daniels (the one and only), again super smart, slightly bewildered making soft core porn.

In addition to interviews there's also scenes of Wynorski directing - the sex scenes ("we want to see her face not yours" he snaps at the male lead), feeding lines to Julie Smith which annoys her.

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