Russ Meyer (1922–2004) was an American independent filmmaker and photographer best known for provocative sexploitation features such as Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Supervixens. He made bold, tightly edited low-budget films centered on voluptuous, dominant female protagonists and a distinctive high-contrast visual style.

Born 1922; died 2004 at age 82. Worked as a wartime/documentary cameraman early in his career. Final feature-length work includes Pandora Peaks (2001). Famous for 1960s–1970s independent sexploitation films emphasizing large-breasted female archetypes and desert settings.

Reviews celebrate Russ Meyer for turning small budgets into bold, hyper-stylized films centered on powerful, voluptuous female archetypes. Critics praise his economical shooting, frantic editing, stark photography and desert settings. His work is described as provocative, comic, violent and formally inventive.

For:Fans of cult and exploitation cinema, students of independent film, viewers interested in provocative visual style

 There is the quintessential shot of all cinema: Varla's face in a concentration of triumph, in the apotheosis of an adrenalin-charged competitive instinct, set in the steering wheel of her black Porsche, shot from the pedals upwards.

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 "Supervixens" is not a film, "Supervixens" is a cartoon performed by actors and actresses (mostly actresses) in flesh and blood (mostly in flesh).

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 For him, cinema is a moldable object like clay, a cut-and-paste bric-a-brac meant to dazzle the pupils and hormones yet remains anchored to provincial reality.

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 Old Russ, who died at 82, is definitely one of those men who left a mark.

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