Through the Looking Glass (film)
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Through The Looking Glass is a 1976
adult film with avante-garde, experimental elements directed by Jonas Middleton and released by Sam Lake's Mature Pictures Corp.
film production company.
The film stars Catherine Erhardt (better known for her role in Al Adamson
's 1977 comedy Cinderella 2000) who is credited as "Catherine Burgess" after the character she plays in the film and Jamie Gillis
. The film also features an original musical score by Harry Manfredini
and Arlon Ober who both became famous for composing the music to countless horror films in the 1980s and 1990s.
Through The Looking Glass discusses incest and the traumatic effects it has on those who have experienced it. The film presents sexual content in an artistic as opposed to erotic manner. The film also includes scenes of violence and sexual violence, which are rarely depicted in films.
The film was also cut into an R-rated version without hardcore sex scenes and played in American and European art houses. On its original run at New York's infamous World Theater (where Gerard Damiano
's "Deep Throat"
premiered), the theater screened a Warner Bros. cartoon before the feature film. It achieved some small notoriety in the New York papers at the time because it featured an underage soap opera actress in a small, non-sex role.
Through The Looking Glass is one of the few controversial films with hardcore sex from the 1970s to remain uncut on DVD. The film is currently under release from VCX
as well as Video-X-Pix.
1976 in film
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film...
adult film with avante-garde, experimental elements directed by Jonas Middleton and released by Sam Lake's Mature Pictures Corp.
Mature Pictures Corp.
Mature Pictures Corp was a New York based film distribution company that specialized in sexploitation and hardcore pornographic films. It is reported to have been owned by Sam Lake. Sometimes called Maturpix, the company became the videotape releasing company Quality-X-Pix in the late 70s....
film production company.
The film stars Catherine Erhardt (better known for her role in Al Adamson
Al Adamson
Al Adamson was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself...
's 1977 comedy Cinderella 2000) who is credited as "Catherine Burgess" after the character she plays in the film and Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis was an American pornographic actor, director and member of the AVN Hall of Fame....
. The film also features an original musical score by Harry Manfredini
Harry Manfredini
Harry Manfredini is an American film composer and jazz-soloist, who has scored more than one hundred films, most notably perhaps being the Friday the 13th film series. He has had years of classical training, as well as twenty years in the popular music scene...
and Arlon Ober who both became famous for composing the music to countless horror films in the 1980s and 1990s.
Through The Looking Glass discusses incest and the traumatic effects it has on those who have experienced it. The film presents sexual content in an artistic as opposed to erotic manner. The film also includes scenes of violence and sexual violence, which are rarely depicted in films.
The film was also cut into an R-rated version without hardcore sex scenes and played in American and European art houses. On its original run at New York's infamous World Theater (where Gerard Damiano
Gerard Damiano
Gerard Damiano was an American director of adult films and producer, writer and director of the 1972 cult classic Deep Throat .-Biography:...
's "Deep Throat"
Deep Throat (film)
Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film written and directed by Gerard Damiano and produced by Louis Peraino and starring Linda Lovelace ....
premiered), the theater screened a Warner Bros. cartoon before the feature film. It achieved some small notoriety in the New York papers at the time because it featured an underage soap opera actress in a small, non-sex role.
Through The Looking Glass is one of the few controversial films with hardcore sex from the 1970s to remain uncut on DVD. The film is currently under release from VCX
VCX
Variable charge X-linked protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VCX gene.-Further reading:...
as well as Video-X-Pix.