Bilitis (1977) coming from Fun City Editions on February 22

[Monkey Ballz]

Wow, this is really disappointing. FCE is perhaps the most interesting label right now, but this film (and all of Hamilton's films) is just flaccid (ironically,) adolescent, snoozy, indulgent junk.

His stuff is like Adrian Lyne, but without the propulsive genre plot elements... so, beautiful people, beautifully shot, but boring and shallow as hell, like a Penthouse centerfold or a 1970s greeting card. I actually like "empty" films (certain Antonioni, Resnais, Robbe-Grillet, Metzger, etc.) but this is not a good example.

Louys was an interesting writer, too (and a favorite of Robert E. Howard, oddly) but this reduces the source to little more than soft-core piffle.

Still, I wouldn't discourage anyone from looking at this. The photography is lovely, and it definitely evokes a lost era.