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Close your eyes. And step into my dungeon...
Can you hear the screams?
The WAILS of ecstasy!
The CRACK of the whip!
The SQUEAL of the rack!
Welcome to my playground...

You may think you know the story of De Sade's JUSTINE. But not like this one. Because this is Jac Avila's JUSTINE: A shockingly erotic experience more sadistic than De Sade himself.

Meet innocent Justine: Beaten, bloody and naked she's locked in the stocks after 50 lashes and the abuse of many men. Now, she awaits execution for a crime she did not commit. Or, did she?

Come along with Justine on her deviant journey, as she escapes from prison with a band of thieves, only to be passed into the clutches of various depraved men, who torture and enslave her in bouts of sex and thrilling scandals at the hands of perverted aristocracy. Until Justine is finally sold into the torture playground of the brutal and sadistic Rodin, who further violates her by inflicting hideous torture upon torture alongside his resigned daughter and reluctant but sex-crazed female servant. Ultimately, everyone becomes a pawn in this sick and twisted game of cruelty, culminating in the ultimate savage sacrifice.

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Finally, the release our fans have been waiting for is HERE! Working out the technical issues in our store took longer than expected, but they are being resolved. We're ready to start selling downloads. The DVDs will be ready soon. There still some things to be done to set that up. In the next few days we'll be e-mailing our supporters, those who selected downloads, with the codes to download their copies and we'll be mailing the DVDs to our supporters. We're also going to be fulfilling the perks. It's all being done from the US, by the part of our team that is now residing up north. That means AMY. She'll be doing this all by herself but the arrival of packages takes shorter time.

 
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Woooooohooooooo!!! Can't wait to see it!!!
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JUSTINE reigns supreme. We are getting some very intense feedback in FB messages, comments, and so on, very much like this one by Tony at FB: Thank you for resolving the technical issues. The three whipping scenes are fierce!! Enjoyed Amy performing the storytelling of plot. Thought there were be more nudity as the Red Feline days, but with two new actresses, I understand. Are there any upcoming productions planned?

We feel great because JUSTINE is reaching out, going places, winning an audience, and making Jac wonder what's next. No one at Pachamama Films is thinking about what's next, really. There are plans, of course, at least 3 scripts are on their way to pre production, but not now, maybe in a couple of weeks. We're immersed in the release of JUSTINE and getting Pygmalion ready as well. Both films have festivals ahead.

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D. Santorum So this evening, immediately after my post below on the upside-down suspension scene I'd found, I stat down and started watching Justine. I've only watched the first scene so far. It's a long and brutal public flogging scene starring (who else?) Amy. It is clearly modeled, to some extent, on the similar scene in Dead But Dreaming. Only this one may been even more powerful. What really makes this scene is Amy's reactions. Her screams, the look on her face, and most of all - the way she throws her head back crying out to the heavens above - is just fantastic. Not to mention incredibly hot. Guys, this is an absolutely awesome performance! Going back to the movie now…

This comment is, to me, our first short review of JUSTINE. The first impression of the first scene of the movie. We're curious to know where our reviewer will go as he watches the film. When Jac showed the script to Amy and she read the opening sequence in the story, she knew the weight of the film was on her bare shoulders. Jac said to her I intend to blow everybody's mind with the first scene. I think he accomplished that.

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A Canadian Reine Margot wrote: The film is priced at 29.90 for downloads, 29.99 plus shipping for DVDs. Not 40. When I open the Vermeer Works link, the download price that is shown in Canadian dollars is $39.13. OK, so in my previous post, I rounded it off to $40, overstating the price by 87 cents (CAD). The exact price has now been clarified.

Well, if we are going to see it that way then JUSTINE goes for: Fr. 32.52 (Swiss Francs) 29,90 € (Euros) £25.76 (pounds) or £26.04, depending on the exchange rate, RM123.70 (Malaysian) R$ 96,51 (Brazilian) Bs. 205,48 (Bolivian) ¥3,035.00 (Japanese Yen) C$ 39.64 (Canadian), (287,26 kr) (Sweden) And this is only what I see when we get the payments. Of course when you pay 3,035 for something... well, it sounds kind of high, but it's actually 29.90 USD. really cheap for Japan and at Bs 205.48, too expensive for Bolivia, where you can get a pirated DVD for 3 bs. We don't sell our DVDs in Bolivia. We show our films at theaters where people pay the high price of 30 bs, less than 5 US. There was a time, in the 80s, when Jac waited anxiously for his trips to Montreal, where on Tuesdays he could see a movie for 2.50 Canadian, which was ONE American Dollar. So, you can imagine that Jac did not leave the multiplex all day, maybe only to have lunch and dinner.

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JUSTINE is out and a lot of people has now seen it and more people see it every day. We hope this trend will continue and perhaps JUSTINE will match Maleficarum's rate of success. The question that is coming up frequently is What's Next? We'll be answering that after a big meeting of the minds sometime in the middle of this month. In the meantime all attention is on JUSTINE.


If you haven't yet, perhaps now it the time for YOU to see JUSTINE and make up your mind about it.

JUSTINE is now AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADS
https://movies.vermeerworks.com/Justine/p/76327

Get your DVDs HERE
http://bit.ly/2cuULCC​
 
That was amazing! Do it again! :popcorn::very_hot:
 
Hagbard said:
That was amazing! Do it again! :popcorn::very_hot:
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JUSTINE is going places. People are watching it and forming their opinions. Not everyone will actually tell us what they think. Most people prefer to keep that to themselves, not everyone wants to be a critic. Most people are just happy to enjoy the movie and that's that. Maybe someone will make his or her feelings known in an email, like this one from Spain: Thank you indeed, Amy, for your kind and fast sending of the code to download Justine, as you are so busy and working hard for all of us. Let me say that I admire very much your very good performance at every film you made. You are always improving even if that become difficult as you do better and better again. May I ask you what are you favorite performance? I bought several of your films and will continue buying the new ones. Congrats and best regards. There is a consensus concerning Amy's acting in this and all the other films she's in. She is an amazing actress and she delivers. In JUSTINE Amy is just tremendous, of course.

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Meanwhile, our dear friend and horror writer Dean saw JUSTINE and before writing his review, he made public his reaction: From Jac Avila and Amy Hesketh, the creators of the extreme Inquisitional historical horror of MALEFICARUM, comes a new film based on DeSade's famous novel, JUSTINE. Unique and challenging transformative "Sadistic Surrealism" that would have made Luis Buñuel and Salvidore Dali envious. Highly recommended! I'm curious to read his up and coming review.

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D. Santorum For fans of whipping scenes still wondering about Justine: In an earlier post I mentioned that the movie opens with a public flogging of Amy. I'll say again that it is outstanding. In addition, there is a lot of whipping in an extended dungeon scene starring Jac and the three female stars. We've noted Jac's lazy limp-wristed style of whipping in earlier productions, and unfortunately it's present again here. There is actually some great GIMPage in this scene (in particular, Amy suffering on the rack), but honestly I wish most of the mediocre whipping had been left out. It's more distracting than anything else.

I'm not into defending any of our actors and their performances, but I do make some comments. I saw JUSTINE and my personal impression is that during Jac's scenes in the dungeon he's clearly playing Rodin as a man who enjoys his women. He says "I torture you my creatures, when I have nothing better to do". In other words, for fun. He doesn't mean to punish them so severely that he'll loose them in one session. He's not executing them. He is playing with them in ways that might be painful, but not deadly, not like when they are whipped bloody.

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D. Santorum But then... but then... Near the end of the movie, there is a second extended flogging scene. First Bea, followed by Mila. Their wrists are chained overhead to stone columns. The scene takes place outdoors, in the same courtyard-like area where Amy was flogged. And here Amy is locked in some stocks on one corner, forced to watch as the other two gals suffer. And so begins another intense and fucking awesome whipping scene, accompanied by music that combines a haunting drone with an Erik Satie melody - a wonderful touch that adds to the atmosphere. Yes, I would have preferred that both gals be completely nude. And it's true that by the end of the whipping of each girl, the copious fake bloody whip marks are a bit annoying. So why is the scene so great? It's all in the reactions of Bea and Mila while they undergo their whipping. Given that Bea is new at this sort of thing, her reactions are surprisingly wonderful and realistic. She really, really, gets into it! There are even some close-up shots of her face where there appear REAL TEARS streaming down her cheeks.

When Amy received the edited version of the film for color correction, she saw the movie for the first time, all of it. When she got to the whipping scene of Bea and Mila, she was so impressed she had to send a message to Jac, who at the time was in the middle of the wild Rain Forest, shooting a documentary. She said to him: The whipping scene with Bea and Mila is awesome! I love it!. I happen to think that yes, it is "fucking awesome".

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D. Santorum Then it's Mila's turn to suffer. And my oh my, has she come a long way. In Maleficarum, I remember finding her reactions to being whipped rather unconvincing. She was too stoic at times and when she cried out, it seemed too obvious that she was making herself cry out, rather than it being an involuntary reaction to the sting of the whip. But in this scene, she really comes into her own. She squeals and screams very convincingly. And as a bonus for a particular type of viewer, she jerks against the chains overhead, making her body dance and her boobs bounce delightfully. It is incredibly erotic. I've watched her in this scene three times now, and I'm willing to call it one of the best whipping scene performances EVER.

Mila was the last to go to the pillar that day... or I should say that week. The courtyard scenes were shot in 4 or 5 days straight. The last one to be put there was Mila. She was assisting during the previous shooting with Amy, who suffered the whip for a couple of days and she was waiting her turn during Bea's ordeals. So, when her turn came she was ready. In her case, Jac's instructions were very specific, she had to be different from Bea, who just performed brilliantly. So Mila did her thing and it came out great.

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D. Santorum I wonder if the three female stars of the movie had some kind of rivalry or competition going; perhaps an unspoken on; where each was determined to rise above the other two and give the finest performance of suffering under the whip. All three work hard as hell and do a fantastic job. But as we all know, only one person can win the gold. The gold goes to Mila.

I believe that both Mila and Bea take their cues from Amy, who is always the first to go through torture in Jac's films. During Amy's whipping scene, she would ask Jac to let her get into her situation. She would concentrate until tears were filling her eyes and then she would say: I'm ready. Jac then would say Action! and the scene would begin. When Bea's turn came, there was a moment where Bea said to Jac to wait a bit, that's when the shot of her close ups were going to be shot. She concentrated and then said: We have to do it now, right away. And so it was done. Those amazing close ups of Bea with real tears streaming down her face moved everyone in the set.

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A Canadian D. Santorum: Thanks for providing the analysis of the whipping scenes in Justine. I remain on the fence about this film. But I'm open to the possibility that it might be better than what is suggested in the lame-o trailer. I still don't know that I'm convinced that it's worth $39 and change (CAD). In my case, I'll continue to monitor the situation as the reviews and analysis come in (and hope for improvements in the exchange rate).

So much monitoring is a way of not doing something. There's nothing that anyone will say that will make someone's doubts be erased. Doubts will always be there. I remember the same arguments being used for previous films, including Maleficarum. To clear things up a bit: JUSTINE is not a "porn" movie. There's full nudity, partial nudity and Jac does not do nudity at all. NO MALE nudity anywhere. There's no display of male genitalia at all. There are some weird moments that may be considered surreal, some even funny. There is some dialogue, all in English by the way, and there's also a pirate song, and old pirate song from France. There's interesting music, including Erik Satie. The cinematography is great, the colors are very cinematic. There are very interesting characters taken straight from De Sade's story. Ah, yes, there's a story, not a pretext for the torture scenes. As a movie, it is an excellent movie and some may consider it very erotic as well. It is what it is and people will love it or hate it, as always.

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D. Santorum A Canadian: I'm glad you appreciate what I wrote regarding the whipping scenes in Justine. And I know what you mean about the movie's trailer - it kind of disappointed me as well, and led me to think I'd be disappointed in the movie. Truth be told, I didn't find the movie as a whole to be the major achievement that Dead But Dreaming and Olalla (or for that matter, Maleficarum) were. Nevertheless, the two major whipping scenes are two of the most powerful scenes Jac and Amy have given us to date. They are sure to become classics.

Every film is its own achievement. Dead But Dreaming and Olalla are both great movies that told their stories. Maleficarum too. Some people consider Barbazul to be Amy's best film. Sirwiñakuy had staying power on the big screen, a big accomplishment for a first time director (Amy). Le Marquis de la Croix has been getting more attention lately. And then there's Martyr or the Death of St Eulalia, a film that was the subject of academic discussions, a thesis was written about it and a yet unpublished book, yes, actually a whole book written about Martyr. Each film is different and JUSTINE in its first few days after its release is causing a stir. For people who had some specific expectations about a film, the outcome might not meet those expectations, for people who did not, it might be different. Each film has something that makes it unforgettable. For some, the whipping scenes in JUSTINE are already a classic. For D Santorum they are the best EVER. And so it goes.

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Thank you very much for the good wishes for my birthday. As it happens, Jac and I share the same birth date, October 7, with many years difference, of course, he's older, obviously. So, every year we have an spiritual party, wherever we are.

Thank you again.
 
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JUSTINE is now like a comet in the sky that gains strength and gathers acolytes as she crosses the sky. Or like a snowball that rolls down the mountain, growing until it becomes an avalanche. Maybe JUSTINE is not an avalanche... yet, but the film is growing in how it attracts an audience. There are comments coming our way too from people who saw the film, like this one in a FB message: I agree with several others on the forum regarding the whipping scenes...AWESOME! Enjoyed your narrative of Justine

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Our good friend and well known writer Dean has more to say about JUSTINE: DeSade's famous novel, JUSTINE has been adapted by various filmmakers over the years, but now, in my opinion, Jac Avila has surpassed all others by his writing and direction of JUSTINE, with award-winning writer-director Amy Hesketh (Olalla) in the title role. My complete review will be coming, soon. In the meantime, I recommend that you see JUSTINE for yourself. Someone needed to give DeSade's groundbreaking work the respect it deserves, and to give modern viewers a feel of the revolutionary philosophical ideas DeSade explored. Jac Avila has now done that, and more.

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Ralphus Margot wrote: So much monitoring is a way of not doing something. There's nothing that anyone will say that will make someone's doubts be erased. Doubts will always be there. I remember the same arguments being used for previous films, including Maleficarum. Have to agree with Margot here. You were saying the same thing about Maleficarum 5 years ago. If I recall, someone even offered to buy the movie for you and you turned him down. Did you EVER get around to watching that movie? My guess is no. That one was actually good, worth a purchase. But it's heavy on torture and light on rape, so honestly it's not quite the kind of movie you would probably go for. I haven't seen this new one, but apparently it does have at least one rape scene, although it looks like mainly another torture movie. It really depends on what you like. If the trailer didn't do it for you, I honestly doubt a positive review by myself or others will convince you to open up your wallet.

Maleficarum was light on rape, sure, but the rape scene is very intense. In Dead But Dreaming there's an extremely dramatic, turn your eyes away, disturbing gang rape scene, the most extreme ever done by Amy. In OLALLA the rape scene is kind of creepy, when Uncle Felipe rapes Olalla as a way of punishing her for eating up her boyfriend. In JUSTINE there's some rape as well. I won't go into details. As you all know, rape is not the main ingredient in any of our films. If there's one kink that rules our films, it is whipping, from way before Maleficarum all the way to JUSTINE and beyond. In JUSTINE there are three rape scenes, none as intense as the one in Dead But Dreaming.

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A Canadian Reine Margot wrote: So much monitoring is a way of not doing something. There's nothing that anyone will say that will make someone's doubts be erased. I sure hope Reine Margot is wrong. Some of us have spent years reviewing films for this forum. I would hate to think it's all been a complete waste of time.

To review a film, one must first watch it. To make a million comments about a film without ever seeing it, it is not a review, not even an opinion. I personally have a rule of thumb, if I'm interested in a film I avoid reading reviews until I see it. I don't want to have my viewing experience tainted by good or bad reviews. Once I watch the film, then I read the reviews to compare my experience with that of others. When I'm not really interested in a film I read reviews and maybe those reviews will pick my interest. If I'm totally uninterested in a film, if I don't really care, I just don't care. I don't read reviews, I don't pay attention to it, I don't even have an opinion, ... and that's that. Maybe I'm not interested in a film, and maybe I never see that film, and maybe I'm missing something good. I would never know, in any case. I believe, strongly, that JUSTINE is a film that has to be seen by anyone who is interested in the subject. Period.

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A Canadian Reine Margot also wrote: To clear things up a bit: JUSTINE is not a "porn" movie. That might explain Ralphus' technical issues. I think he has a filter that automatically blocks any film of a non-pornographic nature. big grin

Hopefully the technical issues encountered by Ralphus have been resolved. While it is true that all the new technology we have access to has made the experience of watching a film easier and the quality better, far better than the times of VHS, it hasn't come with some issues that we, as a whole, are coming to grips with. Just think of it for a second. When we started with the Red Feline experience, the transfer of our VHS tapes to digital image had the max size of 720 pixels, but it was not recommended because the computer would crash, so the rate used then was 340 pixels. We now have HD and the rate is 2k, going to 4K!, that brings problems into our lives. We need better computers, better hard disks, better everything. 15 years ago we had to copy each and every film to a VHS before shipping. That meant having VHS machines running constantly to fulfill orders. Now, the films are stored in a server and people have access to them with one click of the mouse. Jac doesn't have to go to Canal street in NY to buy boxes of VHS tapes, and VHS covers to then copy the films and ship them to our costumers all over the world. Yes, everything changed and continues to change. So, we have to put up with glitches and systems and pixels and clouds and all of that. But once we get through it we can sit back and watch a movie in great form, on large screens, with very high quality. I'm sure most of our costumers got their initial kicks watching a terror movie like White Zombie in a b&w, 19 inch, fuzzy tv screen in the middle of the night. (BTW, we're in constant contact with people having issues with their downloads)

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JUSTINE continues gathering strength and the reviews are coming out! One review is out and I know of at least three official reviews coming up in a few days, out in the big world of cinema, advance word from one is that, well, JUSTINE is unique and transforming and Jac Avila would be the envy of Buñuel and Dali. Now, those are big words. There are also official invitations to film festivals on their way and there are a few reviews being prepared right here, in this sacrosanct forum. JUSTINE rules!

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The first review was published last night in (re)Search My Trash


It's a really good review and I quote: Those who have followed the terrible duo of Jac Avila and Amy Hesketh through the years will probably readily agree that it was only a question of time until they'd try their hands on Marquis De Sade's Justine - and now that they do, they certainly don't disappoint, as they deliver a wild and violent, perverted and also grossly erotic film ... that though falls short of being just a sleazefest for the torture porn crowd, thanks to a very elegant directorial effort, an original narrative approach, and even some black humour.


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A Canadian Ralphus: What's the word: Did you ever sort out your technical issues with Justine? Contrary to Reine Margot's beliefs, I am anxious to read the official Ralphus Review that I hope is forthcoming. Ralphus Sort of but not really. They told me I did everything right the first time and allowed me to burn another disc, so I repeated the process and got the same results...the disk didn't burn. So I just watched the movie on my computer through FluxPlayer. I'll live. I don't know how I got recruited to review the movie. Joek0 is eager to review the movie himself, and I think he should write the official review the movie for the site. I wouldn't want to take away his thunder. He's a bigger fan of the Pachamama movies than I am, plus he's already reviewed three of them. I think he would do a better job than I would, anyway.

I do not doubt that every single person in this forum is/was waiting for the official review from our esteemed Ralphus, so I guess it will be a great disappointment not to have his take on this movie. The official review now falls on the shoulders of Joek0. We now wait.

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A Canadian Reine Margot wrote: To make a million comments about a film without ever seeing it, it is not a review, not even an opinion Interesting. In the case of Justine, I can only think of one person on this forum who made "millions" of comments prior to having seen the completed film. wink Snarky comebacks aside, I don't really follow Margot's line of argument. What's the point of Pachamama or anyone else releasing a trailer for a film unless the company wants to get people talking and forming opinions? If she were to really think about it, I sincerely doubt Margot actually believes what she posted.

I'm the spokesperson of the group in certain places like this one, where I discuss our plans, projects, releases and so on. I promote. I love when people talk about our projects and I look forward to hear their opinions on the subject, even opinions about the trailer. I also enjoy hearing opinions about the ideas, plans, pre production of the movies and so on. I don't have issues with anything at all. Even trolling is good for me. Fine.

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Renzo Novatore Regarding "Justine", it seems to me like the producers of this (and the other films they've done pre-"Justine") are torn between producing fetish-related content for a limited, niche audience, and producing "respectable" independent productions that appeal to a wider audience. "Maleficarum" was a "fetish film" IMO, and a pretty good decent one at that. Some aspects were done better than others but overall it was a strong effort, in my opinion (and I'm a viewer who is not usually into long extended "endurance-style" torture scenes, like the kind Paingate and some other companies do, not my cup o' tea). Other than that, the only films by the people who did "Maleficarum" I've seen are "Le Marquis De La Croix" which was similar to "Maleficarum" in that 90 percent of it was an extended exposition of bondage & torture, and "Barbazul", which I thought was pretty mainstream/story-driven and would probably disappoint viewers who were expecting a lot of BDSM and/or fetish-related elements. I haven't seen anything pre-Maleficarum. Anyway, that's just my perspective on the matter. Personally I'd rather see more films that run along the lines of Maleficarum and de la Croix (with some new faces casted), but I see how the producers could find that to be a very limiting endeavor...just cranking out fetish films with the same basic template. It seems like hardly the kind of filmography that would enjoy acclaim from film critics and a wide audience.

Neither Amy, nor Jac agonize about what kind of films they want to make. They both have their own particular interests. It's very easy to see what kind of films Amy wants to direct and what kind of films Jac enjoys directing. They don't lack ideas and the word "respectable" does not come into play. None of the films they have produced so far can be considered "respectable" if by that definition we mean "accessible" to all audiences. What pushes either one to go on with any film idea is if the conditions are met. Ideally, all the conditions SHOULD be there, but more often than not, they are not all there, but when the very basic conditions are within reach, the project gets the go ahead. Maleficarum had the big push from Ralphus himself, for instance. Le Marquis de la Croix had everything going for it in a Roger Corman kind of way, everything was there, the set, the cast, the crew, so why not? For Olalla finding the location closed the deal and for Dead But Dreaming, having part of the budget was very important. For JUSTINE everything came together nicely but more time and money would've been nice. Ideas are important, of course, and right now Jac is toying with some of them. We'll see what happens.

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Bill K. I haven't gotten my Justine DVD yet so how can I judge it on clips and still pictures of scenes? In Maleficarum I was waiting for the spit roast and Bats event which I graded a B+, but I surprised myself because I found the dungeon tortures erotic too, so I gave an "A" for the entire movie. I know there's no Bats in Justine so I hope the torture scenes are as erotic as Maleficarum's which is why I bought it. I have a different take on supporting Red Feline movies because what other film production company wants to produce Maleficarum Bats kind of movies? If Maleficarum wasn't created and successful and supported here and at theatres in South America there wouldn't be any D.B.D., Olalla or now Justine and I wouldn't even be an active member here, much less interested in buying any Red Felines movies.

Maleficarum turned out to be more of a success than we thought possible, when compared to all other productions. JUSTINE is having some initial success, if we add to it the IndieGoGo campaign, then I can say that JUSTINE's rate of success is excellent. This doesn't mean that we're not still limited, as far as future productions. We're a small company, with very limited resources, making movies with high production values and very little cash. When I mention to people in the business about how much our budgets are, they think we're just crazy. Other production companies can't make movies with the values we have in ours for less than a few hundred thousand dollars. 250 G, seems to be the lowest they can go. We never go over 25G, and in the case of most films, never over 6G. Jac is the producer, of course, and he basically knows how to make every cent work like if it was 100 bucks. Dead But Dreaming has so much in it, that no one believes that it didn't cost at least half a million. Really. So... Jac is toying with the idea of producing Maleficarum II where he envisions two BATS scenes and a lot of dungeon torture as only the inquisition can bring about, but he already has problems with this idea. His basic concerns are: the money, the cast, the locations, the props, the crew... everything. A voice in his head tells him write it, they will come. And that's where he is now.

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Joek0 BillK: There is a roasted rack scene in Justine. That should be a scene that will light your fire so to speak. I am currently writing my review of Justine and hope to have it up soon.

Yes, there's a roasting rack scene in JUSTINE and I'm looking forward to read all those reviews. I'm sure Amy and Jac will get a kick out of them. While JUSTINE rolls, we remember that around this time last year Amy was at the FERATUM FILM FESTIVAL with OLALLA and we were about to start shooting JUSTINE. Just one year ago! And three years ago, on this date, Amy was in Las Vegas with Barbazul! Time flies, doesn't it? Film after film after film. That seems to be the way we roll. And I'm not even talking about the two up and coming releases, Pygmalion and one that I'm going to keep as a little surprise for now. I can't help it but to be amazed at how many films we made since the days, six years ago, when we started the production of MALEFICARUM! I bow my head to the producers.

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Quoom And before anyone is asking: Yes, this scene is inspired by the wonderful Camille in the Inquisition movie.

I often wonder what would've happen if Camille had stayed on all these years. Her last film with Jac was Martyr Or The Death of St Eulalia. She didn't really meant it that way. She planned to do some more work, but her life in France took a different direction and it became harder and harder for her to plan to work with us. I know a lot of people miss her, people like our dear friend Quoom, with whom she had extensive exchanges. Jac is planning a movie with her and Vero, playing two nasty sisters. If that happens, it will be a film shot in NYC at the end of 2017. Some bondage in that one, mostly consensual, but some GIMP scenes with nice victims of three evil but loving people. She might take part in the TV series Jac is planning for next year, so, we'll see.

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One last thought for this post. JUSTINE has an audience, we know it. Maleficarum has an audience. Are they the same audience? Cinema is not what it used to be, when there was a large audience for serious, challenging films, like those that came in the 70's. We have atomized audiences now, what is known as niches. A film like JUSTINE and/or Maleficarum is possible with a low budget with that niche audience in mind. So, the thought is, do we have a large enough audience that will make it possible to make a film like Maleficarum or JUSTINE. The one that comes to mind is, of course, Maleficarum II. The issue to put to rest first, of course, is that of funds. We already have a couple of offers from previous donors who have made their intention to back that movie known to us. That is good to know. We'll have to see how JUSTINE does out there before Jac an Amy make any kind of decision for the future. That doesn't stop Jac from writing the script and coming up with possible scenarios for that story. One of them is a bed of nails with a nice stove underneath to keep the naked ladies warm.

 
Jac Avila's JUSTINE Review
By C Dean Andersson​

Director Jac Avila has created a definitive film version of the Marquis DeSade's JUSTINE. The film, based on DeSade's famous novel about the misfortunes of virtue, is in my opinion true to the book's spirit and content in a way no other version has ever been.

If, hearing this is a film of DeSade's JUSTINE, you expect "sadistic" scenes of beautiful women subjected to whippings and other torturous ordeals, Avila's JUSTINE pulls no punches and will fulfill your expectations. But you can also approach this movie hungry for a refreshing tour de force of artistic filmmaking and have your desires fulfilled.

Avila opens JUSTINE with a startling close-up of Justine's face, beautiful and innocent, but with a haunted look in her eyes that suggests she has already been through more horrors than we can imagine and knows the worst is probably yet to come. Amy Hesketh achieves this effect by looking straight at you in a certain way that has to be experienced to be understood.

 
Margot,
I'm a lurker on Bring Out the Gimp - mostly because I don't like the 1990s message board system - and I've seen how you have been the target of the slings and arrows and snark of the regulars latley. Their beef seems to be that "Justine" doesn't cater to their individual fetishes. Too much blood. Too little blood. Not enough torture. Too much talking. Blah, blah, blah. They are mostly upset over the switch from the low budget niche films of Red Feline to the bigger budget, more mainstream films of Pachamama.
They remind me of fans of cult bands that feel betrayed when the band achieves success and starts to explore new styles instead of churning out the same limited audience stuff as before.
I found it particularly funny, that, after criticizing "Justine", they heaped praise on the latest bit of cheapness from Teraz Films. Don't get me wrong, I like Nowicki's films, not only for their fetish quality, but also for the surrealness: the bizarre dialog, ridiculous plots, the wooden performances of his "actresses"...but to find this superior to the work of Jac and Amy seems absurd.
Anyway, I just wanted to take a moment to tell you, Jac, Amy and company to ignore those folk who make up only a tiny percentage of the potential audience and continue to follow your muses.
Naraku
 
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