Loosely adapted from the John Willie comic strip, The Adventures of Sweet Gwendolyn, this weird but endearing conflation of period adventure film, S&M fantasy and goofball comedy manages to cram about ten different genres into its first act alone, then continues to switch gears for a wild ride that threw many viewers in the '80s expecting another Raiders of the Lost Ark rip-off. Severin Films (Blu-ray & DVD) (US R0 HD/NTSC), Nucleus (DVD) (UK R0 PAL) / WS (2.35:1) (16:9) / DD5.1, Accord Parental (France R0 PAL) / WS (2.35:1) (16:9)Īfter the international success of his glossy, kinky softcore classics like Story of O, Emmanuelle and Lady Chatterly's Lover, director Just Jaeckin did a surprising about-face for his final film to date, Gwendoline. Starring Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Rougerie "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Color, 1984, 104 mins. including 4 previously unpublished photographs of the artist! The biographical introduction has been expanded to include much new information about J.W. Along with the black and white illustrations are an equal number of full-color pages many of which are previously unpublished. Also included in this expanded edition are 36 black and white reproductions of drawings and paintings (circa 1935-50), most from original artwork and all but 2 have never been published before. It contains 368 pages, which includes a wealth of previously unpublished and uncollected work by the artist. This revised edition was published on December 9, 1999, the birthday of `John Willie`, as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the first edition. It was translated into French, German and Italian, and was also made into a movie, THE PERILS OF GWENDOLINE (1984, directed by Just Jaeckin). This is the Second Edition (Revised & Enlarged) of a work that was originally published in 1974 (144 pages, cloth) and sold over 26,000 copies in the US alone.
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