It's
time for caps and clips of
a Jess Franco movie
sometimes called Golden
Temple Amazons and at
other times referred to as
Amazons in the Temple of
Gold. No matter: we
got a temple and we got
gold but most important
for all of us of the
Funhouse, we got
Amazons. I dunno,
maybe two dozen of em,
topless. All but two
are background
scenery. As Jess
Franco movies go this one
is less icky than most; a
few people die and there
is the usual cinematic
portrayal of sadism of the
Medieval sort, but this
time he does not revel in
the pain. The
dialogue is laughable, the
worst I have heard since I
struggled through half of
the original Expendables
(good grief that movie was
horrible at a level that
redefined the word).
And the action - if'n
that's what you wanna call
it - is oh so silly. What
brings up to the table,
however, are the nekkid
ladies. And as is always
the case, Jess delivered,
big time.
As the principal actress,
Analia Ivars, spends the
entire movie wearing an
upper garment that appears
constructed of four fox
tails hanging loosely from
a collar. If you are
a fan of side boob this
movie is for you; and
often enough the
individual tails swing to
the side and there for all
to see is usually one but
sometimes two breasts for
all to see. Lovely
breasts, too, for this
movie was made when Analia
was in her prime
time. There are
eight scenes - the cap and
clip numbers match so that
each delivers the same
goods - many outdoors but
a few inside the temple of
gold. My favorite
caps are those in #7 - it
is constructed from a
couple of slow pans from
face to hootie.
Analia would go on to star
- if that is the correct
phraseology - in several
other Jess Franco movies;
those include two films
shot 12 years later (Lust
for Frankenstein and
Mari-Cookie) when the
bloom had come off this
particular rose. In
Golden Temple she was cute
as a button and ever so
attractively built.
Alicia Principe plays the
wife of a treasure
hunter. At the first
sign of water she strips
down and jumps in.
Alicia is a slim, lovely
lass; she is the only one
to go full frontal.
Gotta love that
babe. Hers is one of
a couple of scenes in
which a hippopotamus plays
the heavy, not just in
absolute tonnage but also
in menacing
presence.
Apparently, Jess was of
the opiniont that hippos
are predators. A
second scene has Alicia
wake up nekkid next to
everyone else in her
party. She is
topless for a minute
before her hubbie takes
off his poncho and gives
it to her to wear.
The bastard.
Eva Leon is a Jess Franco
staple. Every movie
of his has a woman of some
advanced vintage look and
act the part of a
sadist. SS matron or
women's prison warden or,
in this case, office
manager to the head
Amazon, there is always
such a character at the
center of a Franco
movie. Eva is none
too attractive,
particularly from
behind. I mean,
really you are cast in the
part of a person who
struts around in a thong
and you do nothing to tone
up those glutes??
The horror, the
horror. Eva is in
two scenes. She
wrestles and loses to
Analia in a prearranged
contest and then she gets
all bad-ass (as if the
thong view were not
enough) on Alicia and her
hubby. In both
cases, the golden vest she
wears flies open early and
often to reveal upper
goodies. Again, I am
not a fan but there you
go.
Finally Francoise
Blanchard plays a topless
spokeswoman for the head
Amazon. She tells
Analia's parents to scoot
because they have stolen
gold from the temple
and... well you know the
drill: dad is a prick,
picks a fight, dies, takes
his idiot wife with him
and that leaves Analia's
character to grow up in
the forest, which looks
like it should be Africa
although I was pretty
certain the Amazons were
said to live in Asia
Minor. But who am I
to quibble?
Francoise is a classic
beauty. The movie
would have benefitted
greatly had she spent much
more time on the screen,
clad as she was.
There is also a clip of
topless Amazons riding
around on horseback.
All other Amazons were
blond but in this clip
there's a redhead or
two. Go
figure.
Today:
part 2. Clips and caps
of the other women
besides Analia Ivars
solo
