Brian's review
Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film
by Jimmy Mcdonough
Brian's review
Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film by Jimmy Mcdonough
Brian's review
rating:
recommended for: any Russ Meyer fan
Wow. I'm blown away. In the end of reading this biography, you both hate and love Russ Meyer equally, which I'm sure is the reaction Russ would have wanted. I love Russ Meyer for his works, but as a person you come to find out he's a tyrant. A control freak, a prick, jealous all the time making sure his movie set had "no challengers" to his rule, obsessive/compulsive as he got older, this 400-page biography is filled with crazy stories and crazy drama. The guy was a grenade going off all the time.
The ironic part of it is how he becomes in the last years of his life a character in his movies: the weak impotent bastard being taken advantage by controlling/violent women. And his childhood explains ALOT on how he became the man he is now known as. Great biography.
And I hate, hate HATE how his movies are still expensive as hell, even on Ebay. Damn you money grubbing motherfuckers. I won't buy them until you bring the price down to something feasible!
The ironic part of it is how he becomes in the last years of his life a character in his movies: the weak impotent bastard being taken advantage by controlling/violent women. And his childhood explains ALOT on how he became the man he is now known as. Great biography.
And I hate, hate HATE how his movies are still expensive as hell, even on Ebay. Damn you money grubbing motherfuckers. I won't buy them until you bring the price down to something feasible!
