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Radley MetzgerRadley Metzger was one of the great independent filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s, Metzger imported and distributed foreign films for the American market, mostly erotic melodramas. He soon moved into making his own films and produced a series of atmospheric softcore erotic films such as Therese and Isabelle and The Lickerish Quartet. Richard Corliss wrote in 1972, "Metzger -- first as a distributor and then, concurrently, as a director -- did for sex films in the Sixties what Playboy had done for sex magazines in the Fifties. His movies were classier, more literate, better-made, and blessed with women who looked as if they could communicate desire without carrying disease. Although there was less explicit sex per frame in his films than in those of his competitors, they usually had an erotic atmosphere that made a single raised eyebrow more highly charged than an entire William Mishkin gang bang."In the 1970s, Metzger joined the trend toward more explicit hardcore, yet his films remained remarkably stylish, urbane and witty. The Score presented a dark, bisexual take on the "wife swapping" craze. The Image (1973; aka The Punishment of Anne; based on a novel by Alain Robbe-Grillet) explored the emotional dynamics of a sadomasochistic threesome. Metzger's best-known film, The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976), adapted Pygmalion as erotic farce among the jet set. In recent years, Metzger has undergone a much-deserved revival among both film buffs and porn buffs, and First Run Features is currently reissuing several titles on VHS and DVD in remastered, restored editions.
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