Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab – Kama Sutra
As is the case with music, I’m a lover of 1960s/1970s film. Recently at a trip to my local beloved video store (an even rarer and more treasured breed than record stores these days) I saw the blu-ray edition of Jess Franco’s 1970 film, She Killed In Ecstasy, and didn’t hesitate to pick it up. The film, starring ill-fated beauty Miranda Soledad, is a revenge flick, very much like The Bride Wore Black (which would seem to have had a bit of inspiration on Kill Bill), where a wife takes revenge on the doctor’s who disgraced her husband’s experimental human embryo research, ultimately driving him insane. The film is notable for a number of reasons, especially the location, being filmed primarily at the Edificio Xanadu in Calpe, Spain, a truly stunning architectural achievement by Ricardo Bofill and for it’s extra groovy soundtrack. An added surprise with the new Blu-Ray release is that the collection of music that Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab created for the film is included, after being out of print for roughly 20 years. “Kama Sutra” plays throughout the film, but is best used right from the very start with the opening credits. A nice psychedelic addition (both the soundtrack and the film) to the collection of any lover of this period of time.