{"id":51293,"date":"2020-09-10T21:37:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T04:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51293"},"modified":"2021-01-22T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T21:39:12","slug":"finders-keepers-lovers-weepers-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51293","title":{"rendered":"Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You try any funny stuff on me, buster, and I&#8217;ll slice you up like a jigsaw puzzle.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Poster-177x270.jpg 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Poster.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs two ex-cons (Duncan McLeod and Robert Rudelson) wait until closing time to rob the safe of a topless dancing club, the club&#8217;s owner (Paul Lockwood) is lured to the home of a madam (Lavelle Roby), where he&#8217;s seduced by an Amish woman (Jan Sinclair) as well as Roby herself. Meanwhile, Lockwood&#8217;s sexually unsatisfied wife (Anne Chapman) has a guilty affair with the club&#8217;s bartender (Gordon Wescourt), and all three end up unwittingly involved in the heist back at the club.\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>Heists<\/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;piggy Russ Meyer film&#8230; probably won&#8217;t please even his diehard fans&#8221;, given that it &#8220;has none of the typical Meyer humor&#8221; and &#8220;even has a cruel edge to it.&#8221; He adds the unnecessary comment that &#8220;of course, the women have large chests; but they&#8217;re not particularly pretty &#8212; they&#8217;re the types who show up in stag films&#8221; (!!!). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/09\/06\/archives\/screen-by-russ-meyer.html\">Vincent Canby&#8217;s review for the NY Times<\/a> is a bit more delicately worded, if similarly dismissive: &#8220;Meyer&#8217;s sole preoccupation with extraordinarily well-developed female breasts, usually photographed from a low angle and while they&#8217;re in some sort of motion, is no longer particularly erotic.&#8221; (And kudos to Canby for introducing me to the new term &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/satyriasis\">satyriasis<\/a>.&#8221;) To Meyer&#8217;s credit, he perfectly captures the essence of the &#8220;male gaze&#8221; in the creatively shot and edited opening sequence of this film, which remains its artistic highlight. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cleverly filmed opening sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening3.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Finders-Keepers-Opening3-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Meyer fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062973\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/09\/06\/archives\/screen-by-russ-meyer.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You try any funny stuff on me, buster, and I&#8217;ll slice you up like a jigsaw puzzle.&#8221; Synopsis: As two ex-cons (Duncan McLeod and Robert Rudelson) wait until closing time to rob the safe of a topless dancing club, the club&#8217;s owner (Paul Lockwood) is lured to the home of a madam (Lavelle Roby), where he&#8217;s seduced by an Amish woman (Jan Sinclair) as well as Roby herself. Meanwhile, Lockwood&#8217;s sexually unsatisfied wife (Anne Chapman) has a guilty affair with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51293\"> 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-51293","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\/51293","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=51293"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65217,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51293\/revisions\/65217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}