After watching two of Seijun Suzuki's titles from the 70's, (both also reviewed)I decided to turn it into a trio of viewings,by playing a "new" title from fellow auteur Jose Ramon Larraz. Checking his credits, I was intrigued to find a Larraz Comedy from the decade,with well-written reviews for the flick,leading to me asking for more than just our daily bread.
View on the film:
Departing from the country manor houses his works traditionally are set in, co-writer/(with Sergio Garrone) director Jose Ramon Larraz is joined by cinematographer Roberto Girometti,and continues to build upon his distinctive eye for sleaze, following Alfonso losing his innocence with a periscope that Larraz slips into peeping two-shots of Alfonso getting a glimpse of Veronica & Amiga (played with a eye-catching raunchiness by Barbara Rey and Laura Gemser) between the sheets,causing Alfonso to have sensual, surreal dreams (a major recurring theme in Larraz's credits.)
Staying largely on the "soft" side, Larraz throws hard curve-balls with random insets spliced in,which try to steam things up,but are so out of place they come off as distracting.
Revealing later he secretly got very close behind his parents backs with the maids who worked at the family home, the screenplay by Garrone and Larraz bake saucy laughs by going in a somewhat autobiographical direction, via Alfonso's stuffy parents being kept in the dark of his desire to get in the middle of bi nurses/friends Amiga and Veronica (trios being the major recurring motif in Larraz's works) for a private trio, as his family are busy eating their daily bread.
View on the film:
Departing from the country manor houses his works traditionally are set in, co-writer/(with Sergio Garrone) director Jose Ramon Larraz is joined by cinematographer Roberto Girometti,and continues to build upon his distinctive eye for sleaze, following Alfonso losing his innocence with a periscope that Larraz slips into peeping two-shots of Alfonso getting a glimpse of Veronica & Amiga (played with a eye-catching raunchiness by Barbara Rey and Laura Gemser) between the sheets,causing Alfonso to have sensual, surreal dreams (a major recurring theme in Larraz's credits.)
Staying largely on the "soft" side, Larraz throws hard curve-balls with random insets spliced in,which try to steam things up,but are so out of place they come off as distracting.
Revealing later he secretly got very close behind his parents backs with the maids who worked at the family home, the screenplay by Garrone and Larraz bake saucy laughs by going in a somewhat autobiographical direction, via Alfonso's stuffy parents being kept in the dark of his desire to get in the middle of bi nurses/friends Amiga and Veronica (trios being the major recurring motif in Larraz's works) for a private trio, as his family are busy eating their daily bread.