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Remembering Lina Romay
Michael_Elliott17 May 2015
Words for Lina (2012)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Film critic Jean-Pierre Bouyxou is interviewed about his feelings on Lina Romay just a few days after the actress passed away. Obviously emotional, Bouyxou is pretty much just talking as the thoughts come to his head. He talks about watching them two together, how they made each other feel and how it was obvious that the two of them were made for each other. He also talks about a certain secret film that Franco shot with her and Bouyxou discusses how Franco would direct her in this rather erotic sequence. Fans of Romay and Franco are certainly going to enjoy this featurette because it gives one a behind-the-scenes look at how these two were towards one another. To say the film is touching would be an understatement because Bouyxou really does come across very sincere as he discusses the two and there's no doubt that their fans are going to enjoy the stories.
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8/10
Heartfelt tribute
Woodyanders2 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Film critic and actor Jean-Pierre Bouyxou reminisces about his frequent co-star Lina Romay shortly after she died. While a tad too effusive, Bouyxou nonetheless comes across as quite touchingly sincere in his thoughts and feelings about Lina Romay: He describes Romay affectionately as a "Parisian guttersnipe," talks about how he last saw Romay with her husband Jess Franco at a career retrospective of Franco's work, notes that Romay was a funny and vibrant woman with an anarchist sensibility who cared more about making films than having a career, and relates a priceless anecdote about Franco shooting a scene of a nude Romay doing lascivious things to a statue of Apollo. Bouyxou's comments about how Franco and Romay were inseparable as a couple are especially poignant. Recommended viewing for Lina Romay fans.
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