Contains Spoilers Throughout.

This exists to record my thoughts on movies, and occasionally other stuff. Too often my thoughts on something go unthunk for a while and eventually forgotten. I figure if I invested time in something in the first place, it's worth a few more minutes to make sure I remember it.

Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)

Machete. Maidens. Unleashed!  Really good documentary about the exploitation films of the 60s and 70s in the Philippines.  I didn’t realize that they were all shot over there.  I haven’t really seen any, just clips and stories about them, but they’re always in the jungle to it makes sense.  Some of the details are pretty rough, terrible working conditions, mistreatment of the locals, but they defend it with the “those were the times” argument.  Jackie Brown seems like the only actress to make it out of the genre to do anything else of note.  And that little dude, Weng Weng!  Fucking hilarious.