Chang Style Novice
09-22-2004, 09:14 AM
LOS ANGELES - Russ Meyer, producer-director who helped spawn the "skin flick" with such films as "Faster, *****cat! Kill! Kill!" and later gained a measure of critical respect, has died. He was 82.
Meyer died Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills, according to his company, RM Films International Inc. Spokeswoman Janice Cowart said Meyer had suffered from dementia and died of complications of pneumonia.
Meyer's films were considered pornographic in their time but are less shocking by today's standards, with their focus on violence and large-busted women but little graphic sex.
Altogether he produced, directed, financed, wrote, edited and shot at least 23 films, including his debut, "The Immoral Mr. Teas," in 1959 and the 1968 film "Vixen," whose success earned him notice from major studios. (http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/09/22/ap/entertainment/d858ne1g0.txt)
Breast In Peace
Meyer died Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills, according to his company, RM Films International Inc. Spokeswoman Janice Cowart said Meyer had suffered from dementia and died of complications of pneumonia.
Meyer's films were considered pornographic in their time but are less shocking by today's standards, with their focus on violence and large-busted women but little graphic sex.
Altogether he produced, directed, financed, wrote, edited and shot at least 23 films, including his debut, "The Immoral Mr. Teas," in 1959 and the 1968 film "Vixen," whose success earned him notice from major studios. (http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/09/22/ap/entertainment/d858ne1g0.txt)
Breast In Peace