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Article: A FEW CHIPPIES OFF THE OLD BLOCK FROM EXPLOITATION MOVIE HEYDEY.(L.A. LIFE) (movie review)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- June 15, 1996
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Byline: Stephen Holden The New York Times
There's nothing like a vintage exploitation movie to resurrect the fashion eyesores and stale political rhetoric of a bygone era with what in retrospect seems like a vengeful sense of parody. In Jack Hill's 1975 film ``Switchblade Sisters,'' ``Blackboard Jungle'' meets ``Foxy Brown'' meets ``Charlie's Angels'' on the streets of a graffiti-spattered Anycity, U.S.A.
The movie, whose director was in fact responsible for the blaxploitation films ``Foxy Brown'' and ``Coffy,'' was a flop when first released 21 years ago but has become a cult favorite, blessed by Quentin Tarantino. It focuses on the Jezebels, a bunch ...