Young Playthings / Siv, Anne & Sven (2 Disc Edition) (Klubb Super 8)

DOUBLE EDITION WITH THE JOSEPH SARNO CLASSICS YOUNG PLAYTHINGS (1972) AND SIV, ANNE & SVEN (1971) - BOTH RECORDED IN STOCKHOLM. YOUNG PLAYTHINGS: Christina Lindberg plays erotic role-playing games in Joe Sarno's finally rediscovered kinky masterpiece about antique toys, sex games, fairy tales and rocking horses with built-in dildos! Gunilla (Christina Lindberg) and her friend Nora (Eva Portnoff) move in together, and plan a threesome with Nora's boyfriend. Downstairs lives Britt, who makes a living by renovating antique toys. Strange things happen in Britt's apartment: on a stage, naked white-faced women and men act out erotic fairy tales, which Britt's absent sister has fantasized together. Soon Gunilla and Nora are sucked into the bizarre games, which become increasingly perverse... Long before The Fairy Godmother , Joe Sarno directed dark, philosophical sexploitation films in the US and Sweden, earning him the epithet “The Ingmar Bergman of ^42nd Street”. The ambitious Young Playthings was the subject of a long and in-depth essay in the groundbreaking book Re/Search: Incredibly Strange Films . The film was considered lost for many years, until Klubb Super 8 found an almost complete 16mm working print, as well as a lot of unused film material in Joe Sarno’s basement storage room in Hägersten. About 10 minutes of the film were missing, these have been lifted from a VHS recording from the Playboy Channel in the 80s, refreshed and incorporated into the film in some places. Apart from Christina Lindberg, the other actors were amateurs. "Completely unique film, one of the most successful hybrids of softcore porn and art. It deserves a much wider cult following than it has obtained. Seriously, this'll appeal to intellectual film buffs as well as grindhouse addicts." Timothy Farrell --- BONUS MOVIE: SIV, ANNE & SVEN: "The first film of its kind...FROM STOCKHOLM" Even more sex, guilt and lesbianism signed by Joe Sarno! In dreamy pastel colors, the relationship between fashion photographer Siv, favorite model Sven and Siv's shy but sexy assistant Ann is depicted. "The movie is genuinely erotic, with Sarno filming many of the sex scenes without any music or sounds save for the heavy panting of turned-on breath." Mr. X