{"id":51415,"date":"2007-06-12T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T19:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51415"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:22:09","slug":"devil-in-miss-jones-the-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51415","title":{"rendered":"Devil in Miss Jones, The (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Touch me &#8212; please!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Poster-152x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Poster-152x300.png 152w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Poster-65x128.png 65w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Poster-137x270.png 137w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Poster.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter finding herself damned to hell, suicidal spinster Justine Jones (Georgina Spelvin) returns to Earth for a final attempt at sexual fulfillment.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult Films<\/li>\n<li>Life After Death<\/li>\n<li>Mentors<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Liberation<\/li>\n<li>Suicide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;Bergman-influenced existential p. film&#8221; remains one of the best &#8220;breakthrough&#8221; adult movies from the early 1970s. Spelvin &#8212; who looks refreshingly <em>normal<\/em> (she&#8217;s &#8220;neither young nor especially pretty&#8221;) brings acting chops to her role, and makes us genuinely care for her character, not an easy feat in an adult film. Even if we don&#8217;t especially enjoy watching Miss Jones diddling herself with water and fruit, confronting a phallic snake, or sandwiching herself between two guys, we appreciate the fact that at least we&#8217;re witnessing a genuine personal transformation in progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Georgina Spelvin&#8217;s passionate, seemingly &#8220;genuine&#8221; performance as Miss Jones<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/Devil-in-Miss-Jones-Spelvin-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Unexpectedly fine production values\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. Along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51407\"><em>Deep Throat<\/em> (1972)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87029\"><em>Behind the Green Door<\/em> (1972)<\/a>, this remains an icon of early 1970s adult filmmaking. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0069969\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/65373.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Touch me &#8212; please!&#8221; Synopsis: After finding herself damned to hell, suicidal spinster Justine Jones (Georgina Spelvin) returns to Earth for a final attempt at sexual fulfillment. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Adult Films Life After Death Mentors Sexual Liberation Suicide Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;Bergman-influenced existential p. film&#8221; remains one of the best &#8220;breakthrough&#8221; adult movies from the early 1970s. Spelvin &#8212; who looks refreshingly normal (she&#8217;s &#8220;neither young nor especially pretty&#8221;) brings acting chops&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51415\"> 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-51415","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\/51415","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=51415"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87052,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51415\/revisions\/87052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}