Blue Movie (novel)
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Blue Movie is a 1970 satirical novel by Terry Southern. Terry Southern had hoped that Stanley Kubrick, with whom Southern worked on Dr. Strangelove, would adapt the work to the screen. The book is even dedicated to Kubrick (the actual dedication reads "To the great Stanley K"). Kubrick never did adapt the book to film, but eventually made his own "blue movie", Eyes Wide Shut. The book was published in 1970. As of 2005, a film version is being prepared in Germany by the United Kingdom's Vertigo Films.
[edit] Plot introduction
The plot arises from the question of why films concerned with sex are low budget efforts that turn out stylized, un-erotic, and often pornographic. The story line follows a serious large budget erotic movie with full Hollywood studio production values conceived and filmed by auteur director "B" at the top of his career. Around him swirls a full range of talent whose remarks reflect Southern's ear for film industry phraseologies.
[edit] Major themes
To address the varieties of human sexual experience, a decision is taken to make the Blue Movie "episodic". The movie in the movie is named The Faces of Love, and the carnival begins.
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