Saturday, November 23, 2019

FAREWELL, ARTHUR MARKS...


Exploitation was your frequent field, and man, did you ever excel in it, fashioning some of the genre's finest.


As writer, producer, distributor and/or director, you applied your stunning skills to flaunt "Bucktown"; "Detroit 9000"; "J.D.'s Revenge"; "Monkey Hustle"; "Friday Foster"; "Class of '74"; "A Woman for All Men"; "Bonnie's Kids"; "Linda Lovelace for President"; "The Roomates"; "Togetherness"; "The Candy Snatchers": "The Centerfold Girls"; and "Wonder Women"; not to mention those directorial efforts for "Starsky and Hutch"; "Mannix"; "Steve Canyon"; and "Perry Mason" (seventy-six episodes in all for the latter). 


Your ultimate blend was eclectic, sometimes strange and always entertaining, and much of it played on the drive-in screen.


You were a product of the good, old days who influenced the bad, old days, keeping us spry and appreciative of what cinema can do. Thanks for all your contributions, Mr. Marks, and all those bold, irreverent memories.  

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