mclure@SRI-UNIX@sri-unix (06/22/82)
Has anyone ever seen a piece of smelly trash called THE SEVEN MINUTES? It's so absurd and disgusting as to be delightful! This is by far my favorite bad movie. I believe it is a Roger Corman production. It shows up on late night TV every now and then. It's supposedly a version of Irving Wallace's book of the same name about the evils of literary censorship. A young man rapes a woman and then is manipulated by a bunch of ultra-conservative Falwellese Reaganish stooges, lawyers, double-talkers, etc., into believing he did it because he read a book called THE SEVEN MINUTES which is about what goes on in the mind of a woman during sexual intercourse. The ensuing trial pits the young handsome hero-lawyer against this motley crew. There are so many bad things in it, I don't quite know what to mention. For one thing, it seems as if no camera shot lasts more than 3 seconds. This is very disorienting. The leader of the ultra-conservatives is a particularly obnoxious character actor who is crippled and limited to a wheel-chair. His buxom and lewd assistant "Baby-Doll" serves as a perfect comment about his hypocritical double-standard. A true camp classic.
dlr (06/22/82)
I saw the movie in question (The Seven Minutes) about ten years ago. It was a true classic (this is sarcasm). However, it would probably have to undergo severe editing to make it onto to television as there were a number of pathetic attempts at "sex scenes". For an all time BAD film try to see PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. ABC ran it early in the morning a few months ago. This movie is so unbelievably bad that it is in very high demand from distributors. This film is the yard- stick by which all other bad fims should be compared. The only film I've seen that even comes close to being this bad is a stinker called THE CREEPING TERROR. More details on request. Dave Rosik BTL Naperville ...!ihnss!ihuxv!dlr