PRODUCT INFORMATION
VERANO SALVAGE aka Savage Summer (1980) is an erotic exploration of an illicit threesome at the beach besieged by violence, and is a notable representation of Vadillo’s typical blend of sexually confrontational storytelling and traditional melodrama. Ostensibly following a woman (Ana Martín) on her journey of sexual discovery, but rife with homoerotic imagery, VERANO SALVAGE is an outlier in hypersexualized Mexican genre filmmaking where men’s bodies are the focus of objectification. JOHNNY CHICANO (1981) updates the tropes of classical Hollywood melodrama to sweaty, working class, early ‘80s Mexico. Poor young land worker Johnny (Fernando Allende) falls in love with the daughter of his wealthy American employer (Verónica Castro), setting into play chaos in his family and community, which ultimately leads to violence. MUERTA EN EL PLAYA aka Death on the Beach (1991) returns to a sunny beach setting with this homoerotic tale of a serial killer. David, a disturbed young man who has been molested by his teacher, begins murdering all those around him who he sees as responsible for his trauma, while trying to overcome his own homosexual desires.
FEATURES:
2-disc Region Free Blu-ray Set
Newly scanned & restored in 2K from their 35mm original camera negatives
Presented in their original Spanish language soundtracks with newly translated English subtitles
"Wearing David’s Skin" (10 min) - an interview with “Death on the Beach” actor Andrés Bonfiglio
"A Beautiful Chapter" (15 min) - an interview with “Savage Summer” actor Orlando Urdaneta
8-page booklet with an essay by writer, programmer and filmmaker Juan Barquin
Reversible sleeve artwork
Newly translated English subtitles
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