玛丽玛丽血玛丽[电影解说]

简介： 墨西哥超现实吸血鬼片，导演JuanLópezMoctezuma是JODOROWSKY大师的好友，曾经参与杨大师多部经典CULT片的拍摄工作。　　Abeautifullartist(CristinaFerrare)moonlightsasavampirewhileinMexico,killingloversofbothsex.Itseemsthattheonlypersonwhohasanychanceofstoppingherreignofterrorisherfather(JohnCarradine),who'salsoavampire.ModelandfutureTVhostChristinaFerrareisalesbianvampirewhosevictimsaredyingtoquenchherthirstforblood.Mexicanauthoritiesandherfather(JohnCarradine)trytocomebetweenFerrareandhernexttarget'sneckinthishorrifyingshockfest.　　JuanLopezMoctezuma'sMARY,MARY,BLOODYMARY(1975)isoneofthosemoviesyouwatchand,aftermentallycatalogingallthethingswrongwithit,realizehowcoolitreallyis...mostlybecauseofallthethingsyouthoughtwerewrongwithit.CristinaFerrareissuchaPamprinheadacheofanactress,asstiffasacelluloidcollar,andyetshedoescreateoneofcinema'smostinterestingvampires.Inmanyways,Marycouldn'tbeworseatwhatshedoes-whiletheearlymurderofamaninterestedinmorethanherpaintingsgoesoffsmoothly(MissThingslylyslidingahairpinoutofherchignonduringfemalesuperiorsexandusingittolayopenhisjugular),hernextvictim(afisherman,whomshehasattemptedtodrug)nearlyfendsheroffuntilshetakeshimdowninoneofthemostungainlyvampireattacksofalltime.　　Elsewhere,Maryprovesherselfacompletechickenshitinmomentsoftension,aswhenshebreaksdowninbigboo-bootearswhenconfrontedonacountryroadbyamysteriousfigurecladinblack.She'slachrymose,emotionallywithdrawn,sexuallydisengagedandherartsucks...whataperfectportraitofanUglyAmericanaspreadingthewhiteman'spoisonsouthoftheborder.It'sinthiscontextthatthecheapnessoftheproduction,theharsh70sdecor,thecold,perfunctoryperformancesandthewall-to-wallMuzakscoreactuallybegintoseemlikegroundedartisticchoicesandhavealottodowithwhyIkeepcomingbacktothisone.　　MARY,MARY,BLOODYMARYendsinasurprisinglycynicalbloodbathofultraviolencethatleavesonlythepathetictitlecharacterstanding...orinrealityonherkneessuckingthelifeoutoftheonepersonwhoseloveshehadreliedontopointhertosomekindofnormalcy.Notenoughvampiremoviesuseawkwardnessandincompetenceascharactertraitstodefinetheirbloodsuckersandthat'stoobad.GeorgeRomerohadsimilarideasforMARTIN(1976)ayearlaterbutportrayingvampiresasjustfolksisdefinitelythehorrorroadnottaken.