If there's one real reason to see the movie, it's Lindberg's performance. She handles the entire movie without speaking a word, using only her face and body language, and for most of the movie's running time she doesn't even get to use her whole face, making it doubly impressive. At one point there is a shot where the camera circles her as she watches a karate demonstration, and because of the eyepatch we only gradually see how fascinated she is. Like the hypnotically lovely Soledad Miranda of, … more
As far as transgression cinema of the 70's is concerned, Thriller: A Cruel Picture (aka They Call Her One Eye) is probably one of the more disturbing if not one of the most influential films of the decade. The film, made purely to cover up the financial failure of the director's fist film, is the quintessential exploitation film featuring stark nudity, prostitution, drug addiction, graphic violence, and unsettling hardcore pornography. The plot is fairly simple revolving … more
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