{"id":41583,"date":"2018-12-10T09:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41583"},"modified":"2020-12-18T17:42:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T00:42:27","slug":"is-there-sex-after-death-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41583","title":{"rendered":"Is There Sex After Death? (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t the orgasm what we&#8217;re all looking for?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Is-There-Sex-After-Death-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Is-There-Sex-After-Death-Poster-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Is-There-Sex-After-Death-Poster-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Is-There-Sex-After-Death-Poster-71x128.jpg 71w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Is-There-Sex-After-Death-Poster.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA doctor of sexology (Alan Abel) drives around New York City in his Sexmobile, investigating various people&#8217;s perspectives on sex.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRenowned hoaxster <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Abel\">Alan Abel<\/a> helmed this satirical pastiche about the impact of the sexual revolution, deftly mixing seemingly-real &#8220;man on the street&#8221; interviews with more obviously fictional skits. Indeed, throughout the film we&#8217;re kept on our toes about exactly how much is scripted versus authentic: his visit to a nudist colony, for instance, appears real, but how likely is it that the individuals were engaged in a game of &#8220;Simon Says&#8221; other than for the film crew&#8217;s benefit? Naturally, some sections of this film &#8212; i.e., the final &#8220;Sex Olympics&#8221; &#8212; are more amusing then others: some (i.e., the breast enhancement exercises) fall completely flat, while some (i.e., the opening skit asking a variety of individuals about the ideal penis length) are stupidly juvenile, some (i.e., the discussion about dwarfs&#8217; sex lives) are outright offensive, and some (i.e., the topless string quartet) are randomly quirky. This flick is certainly not must-see viewing, but will be a curiosity for those who remember Abel&#8217;s cultural impact. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> I didn&#8217;t know about Abel before catching this film, and was intrigued to learn more about his infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Society_for_Indecency_to_Naked_Animals\">Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA)<\/a> movement, as well as writing his own obituary for his faked death.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some amusing sketches interspersed throughout<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ITSAD-Director.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ITSAD-Director.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ITSAD-Director.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ITSAD-Director-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ITSAD-Director-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look by those who are curious. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0125263\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/10\/25\/archives\/the-screen-is-there-sex-after-deathfilm-documents-quest-for-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6462&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/is-there-sex-after-death\/review\/132610\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t the orgasm what we&#8217;re all looking for?&#8221; Synopsis: A doctor of sexology (Alan Abel) drives around New York City in his Sexmobile, investigating various people&#8217;s perspectives on sex. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Satires and Spoofs Sexuality Review: Renowned hoaxster Alan Abel helmed this satirical pastiche about the impact of the sexual revolution, deftly mixing seemingly-real &#8220;man on the street&#8221; interviews with more obviously fictional skits. Indeed, throughout the film we&#8217;re kept on our toes about exactly how much&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41583\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41583"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58413,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41583\/revisions\/58413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}