There is little doubt that Joe Sarno was the most gifted and most brilliant director of the sexploitation era. 'Marcy' is another feather in his cap. The man knows how to build sexual tension while showing nothing more than a soft R rated flick of present day would show.
'Marcy' tells the story of the fluidity of sexuality, Yes. But more than that, it's about loneliness and yearning for a time that was, and for a time that could. And how men and women balance these yearnings against their life, the people around them, and their expectations from them. It's beautifully shot but the score could have been better. Some of the women have acted well, or Sarno gets them to magically act well perhaps. And the typical big, grant Joe Sarno finale is on the cards too.
He backs out a little at the end however which is something Sarno occasionally did, perhaps driven by sense of the morality he grew up in, perhaps because he figured the world wasn't ready for his big one yet. That' the only reason I never rate his movies a perfect 10. Perhaps another quality of a genius is that he/she is always in the making.
'Marcy' tells the story of the fluidity of sexuality, Yes. But more than that, it's about loneliness and yearning for a time that was, and for a time that could. And how men and women balance these yearnings against their life, the people around them, and their expectations from them. It's beautifully shot but the score could have been better. Some of the women have acted well, or Sarno gets them to magically act well perhaps. And the typical big, grant Joe Sarno finale is on the cards too.
He backs out a little at the end however which is something Sarno occasionally did, perhaps driven by sense of the morality he grew up in, perhaps because he figured the world wasn't ready for his big one yet. That' the only reason I never rate his movies a perfect 10. Perhaps another quality of a genius is that he/she is always in the making.