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Les Trottoirs De Bangkok
''Les Trottoirs de Bangkok'' ( en, The Sidewalks of Bangkok, italic=yes, also known as ''Bangkok Interdit'') is a 1984 French erotic thriller film directed by Jean Rollin. The film was inspired by the 1932 Boris Karloff film ''The Mask of Fu Manchu''. The film was released in France on 24 October 1984 by Cyrile Distribution. Hubert Toyot worked as a cameraman in this film. In contrast to Rollin's usual themes of vampires, dream-like atmosphere and crumbling châteaus, ''Les Trottoirs des Bangkok'' mixes themes of adventure, crime and mystery with comic book dialogue, while still featuring naked women and sex, which his films were known for. Plot Rick, a French secret service agent, is shot and killed. His friend Jacques retrieves Rick's camera, which contains shots of a young woman named Eva. The secret service concludes that she possesses the item Rick was killed for, a deadly substance that would kill an entire city if released. The secret service fly back to Bangkok to search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 193815 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre. Overview Rollins' career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short films and his achievements with his first four vampire classics '' Le viol du vampire'' (1968), ''La vampire nue'' (1970), '' Le frisson des vampires'' (1970), and '' Requiem pour un vampire'' (1971). Rollin's subsequent notable works include ''La rose de fer'' (1973), '' Lèvres de sang'' (1975), ''Les raisins de la mort'' (1978), ''Fascination'' (1979), and '' La morte vivante'' (1982). His films are noted for their exquisite, if mostly static, cinematography, off-kilter plot progression, poetic dialogue, playful surrealism and recurrent use of well-constructed female lead characters. Outlandish dénouements and abstruse visual symbols were trademarks. Belied by high production values and precise craftsmanship, his films were made with littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |