Having picked up a triptic of nudist films from ‘Kino Lobor’ in collaboration with ‘Something Weird’ video…I was kind of hoping for something a little out of the ordinary with these releases…But at least with the first film ‘Nudist Life’ It seems it really wasnt to be.
There really isnt a whole lot to say about this one, the films trying to be a faux documentary that opens by explaining why globally ‘nudism’ isnt a new thing OR a big deal, with the second half set entirely in a Floridian Nudist Camp as we focus on some women (and men) ((but mainly women) engaging in several bouncy camp activities such as swimming, basketball, vollyball and hanging out at the beach. All the while with a warm and cheery narration explaining the activities on screen or adding fake context to justify all the nudity that we’re seeing…
The films made up of about a third to a half of archive footage dating back to the 1920s of other cultures where going topless is considered the norm, intercut with a third to a half of newly shot footage of several stunning models (and some very aged baldy men for ‘balance’) wandering around a woodland for an hour or so…
Thats the movie. thats LITERALLY all there is…there isnt really a script, its basically a 72 minute montage of scenes of women doing sports in the nip. and I can tell you, *I* was dissapointed, as I was hoping there’d actually be some kind of a story! or at least…something more than just random shots of bums and boobs for 70 minutes.
The directions mixed to poor, its intercut with VERY old and VERY badly damaged footage from the previous 40 years or so. I wouldnt say this was the most competent work in the world in terms of how it was shot, and it seems to be VERY haphazardly edited to boot.
Add to that, that it appears the full film has been lost (on film) and as such, the Kino version seems to cut between a crisp 1080p 2k scanned copy of the surviving reels, and a digitally captured ‘Nth’ generation VHS copy of the film ‘Something Weird’ made in the 90s to preserve it. That looks to be in 210p resolution and in places is basically unwatchable.
Theres a sequence near the end of the film thats been sourced from the surviving VHS of a group swimming in a lake, and Its basically just a jumble of pixels…I have NO idea whats happening in that scene.
Inoffensive, but definitely not worth actively hunting down. If you wanted an example of the ‘Nudist’/’Nudie Cuties’ era of adult film making to show to someone to give them an idea of what to expect. This is pretty much as good as any…But it is FAR from the best, and FAR from being something worth investing 70+ minutes into.
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