The Lickerish Quartet

Type :

School essay

Pages :

3 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

10/05/2007

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Film studies

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Summary :

Introduction
The Lickerish Quartet and the rest of Metzger's body of work
The narrative of The Lickerish Quartet
Interaction between the high and low
The third transgression
Conclusion

Abstract

The play between high and low culture has become an important subject in film studies and criticism. In particular, the subject has proved a relevant context for the exploration of exploitation films, and vice versa. In looking at exploitation film, critics and theorists have paid much attention to the films of Radley Metzger, who addresses the interaction of high and low culture in a most interesting and tangible manner. Looking at an article such as Elena Gorfinkel's "Radley Metzger's 'Elegant Arousal': Taste, Aesthetic Distinction and Sexploitation," one can see the possibilities in placing Metzger's films in this particular area of cultural studies. In general, all of his films comment on high and low culture in one way or another: he makes "art films" that play(ed) in grindhouses. Many of the critics and theorists who study exploitation films view this fact alone as a transgression of high and low culture. But Metzger's The lickerish quartet (1970) takes this transgression much farther.