{"id":51256,"date":"2020-09-09T22:56:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51256"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:14:43","slug":"mud-honey-rope-of-flesh-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51256","title":{"rendered":"Mud Honey \/ Rope of Flesh (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I always wondered if you was any kind of a man at all.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Poster-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Poster-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Poster-78x128.jpg 78w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Poster-164x270.jpg 164w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Poster.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ex-con (John Furlong) takes a job working for an aging farmer (Stu Lancaster) whose niece (Antoinette Cristiani) is married to a sadistic, alcoholic psychopath (Hal Hopper). As Furlong realizes he&#8217;s falling for Cristiani, he tries to distract himself by going to visit two local prostitutes (Rena Horton and Lorna Maitland) and their madam (Princess Livingston) &#8212; but Hopper&#8217;s rage and jealousy know no bounds, and when a local preacher (Frank Bolger) and his wife (Lee Ballard) treat Hopper like a &#8220;poor sinner&#8221;, he takes this designation and runs with it.\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>Deep South<\/li>\n<li>Domestic Abuse<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Russ Meyer Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;tawdry tale&#8221; may be director &#8220;Russ Meyer&#8217;s best film&#8221; &#8212; a dubious designation I can&#8217;t agree with, given that <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45979\"><em>Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!<\/em> (1965)<\/a> remains his most memorably oddball flick. Peary describes <em>Mud Honey<\/em> &#8212; what exactly does this (or the alternate title, <em>Rope of Flesh<\/em>) refer to? &#8212; as being &#8220;set in a small town in Missouri that&#8217;s full of stupid but shrewd, sweaty, hypocritical men and stupid, big-breasted women&#8221; (an unfair assessment, given that Cristiani is overly loyal rather than stupid), where &#8220;everyone is driven by lust, hatred and greed&#8221; (again, not entirely accurate &#8212; what about Cristiani and Lancaster?). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-1024x671.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-1536x1007.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster-412x270.png 412w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Cristiani-Lancaster.png 1573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his review, Peary reveals a major spoiler that doesn&#8217;t occur until the last 15 minutes of the film (unusual for him), thus making it hard for me to quote too much more of his assessment. However, I&#8217;ll cite and agree with his statement that this &#8220;sleazy fake morality play is surprisingly well made&#8221;, with &#8220;Meyer&#8217;s camera work&#8230; fairly creative&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-1024x646.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-1536x969.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2-428x270.png 428w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Camerawork2.png 1615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>the acting &#8220;satisfactory&#8221;, and the dialogue &#8220;flavorful&#8221;; we really are made to &#8220;believe that the characters live in this hellish version of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46335\">Tobacco Road<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; a place we&#8217;re oh-so-eager to say goodbye to once the dramatic, violent denouement comes to an end. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Viewers will surely notice the distinctive presence of cackling <a href=\"https:\/\/lydiarghgrace.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/12\/princesslivingston\/\">&#8220;Princess Livingston&#8221;<\/a> (what a name!), whose red-wigged, middle-aged dancing in Meyer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51198\"><em>Beyond the Valley of the Dolls<\/em> (1970)<\/a> stands out in a veritable sea of surreal, bombarding imagery. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston-1024x699.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston-1024x699.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston-128x87.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston-396x270.png 396w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Livingston.png 1511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strong direction and cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2-446x270.png 446w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still2.png 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3-1024x627.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3-441x270.png 441w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mud-Honey-Still3.png 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo &#8212; though naturally, Russ Meyer fans will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059477\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1217&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I always wondered if you was any kind of a man at all.&#8221; Synopsis: An ex-con (John Furlong) takes a job working for an aging farmer (Stu Lancaster) whose niece (Antoinette Cristiani) is married to a sadistic, alcoholic psychopath (Hal Hopper). As Furlong realizes he&#8217;s falling for Cristiani, he tries to distract himself by going to visit two local prostitutes (Rena Horton and Lorna Maitland) and their madam (Princess Livingston) &#8212; but Hopper&#8217;s rage and jealousy know no bounds, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51256\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51256","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=51256"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88451,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51256\/revisions\/88451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}