Russ Meyer

From xyclopedia - the history of pornography and sexual expression

Russ Meyer was known as the King of Nudies and the Barnum of Boobs. Though a multi-millionaire who could have retired young and comfortable, Meyer continued working because of the turn-on he got when he shot a good scene with one of his big-breasted and aggressive female stars.

Said Meyer, "I'm obsessed with female breasts... They do a lot for me. They titillate me, turn me on, excite me, rejuvenate me." But Meyer was not the type of guy who reduced women to their breasts. "I've had more than my share of ass," says Meyer, "and they were all great looking broads."

Russ believed that his best film is 1970's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, written by frustrated movie maker turned film critic Roger Ebert. The story details the rise of a female rock group against the sleazy background of Hollywood. Everyone sleeps with everyone else in all sorts of kinky ways. Rotsler writes that Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is an "atrocious film with all the faults of a Russ Meyer picture and little of his usual virtues."