Bacchanale, Full Uncut (1970)

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Description: Follows a young woman as she travels through the strange, surreal passages reminiscent of Dante's Inferno.
Review:
Bacchanale was originally made by the Amero brothers to be a softcore film. However the changing marketplace at the time caused the Amero brothers to shoot hardcore inserts that were put into Bacchanale to make it into a hardcore film. The inserts were shot with Harry Reems, Jason Russell, and Tina Russell. They did a good job of blending the inserts with the original footage. An astute viewer looking for the differences will find them, especially Reems who is rather noticeable as the stunt cock for the actor who did the non-sex portions. However they did a far better job than other films did such as Saturday Night Special, where the inserts stick out like a sore thumb.

The film has Ruth (Uta Erickson), who's dream self leaves her body for a haunting nightmare about her late brother Gordon (Dick Bennett). In true dream fashion, the film winds and twists going from semi-real to very unreal situations in a seemly nonsensical tale. While at first Bacchanale seems not to tell a story due to the odd dream sequences, it actually manages to tell a story as it goes along.

To add to the feel of the film, most of it was shot in what appears to have originally been black and white and then, as with some films shot before color, the film stock appears to have been tinted in various colors depending on the scene. The scenes are presented with brown, blue, red, purple, yellow, and green tint. There are some scenes that were shot on standard color stock.

Bacchanale is far from what a viewer looking to get off would enjoy. The large portions of dream sequences between the hardcore inserts along with the dark subject matter presented within the film are unlikely to erotically stimulate a viewer. The Amero brothers did include a softcore homosexual scene toward the end of the film. It is odd that they didn't shoot hardcore inserts to go along with that scene though. Bacchanale is an odd choice for a title for the film as it isn't an orgy film nor does it seem to have anything to do with the myths of Dionysus that I am aware of.

Bacchanale is more of an experience than a standard viewing experience. If you are willing to give the film a chance, you will be well rewarded.

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