Saturday, July 09, 2011

Fathom this . . .

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  • Above, Raquel Welch filming Maurice Binder’s ‘Freudian’ credits for Fathom (1967). “Note how low the background set is,” observes filmmaker Nathan Schiff. “It was clear the camera would not be going anywhere above her pubic area.” (Photo source: Sunset GunShots.)

        Seeing this in the theatre when it came out, my ten-year-old libido was awakened by my first screen crush:



  • 5 Comments:

    Anonymous Peter Nellhaus said...

    “It was clear the camera would not be going anywhere above her pubic area.”

    Or to quote from a famous title, I am a Camera.

    2:59 PM EST  
    Blogger Greg said...

    What a great opening credit sequence! I loved it! Never seen this.

    11:17 PM EST  
    Blogger Flickhead said...

    Good god, man! Rent it asap!!

    2:56 AM EST  
    Anonymous Stephen said...

    This was on tv in the UK a few weeks ago. Richard Briers who's in it is best known here as the star of the hugely popular sitcom 'The Good Life' and it was strange seeing him in this movie.

    8:14 AM EST  
    Blogger StuartOhQueue said...

    Reminds me of the opening to "Barbarella." I have wonderful early memories of Welch in "One Million Years B.C." I'd smack that with a club...

    12:10 PM EST  

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