Date : 1974
Genre: Black, Classic, Hardcore
Country: USA
Director: K.B.
Cast
Brigitte Maier - Cherry
Al Poe - Quasi
Margo - Nancy
Dudley Dare - Dr. Woodcock
Tasty Freeze - Nurse
ENG
Pornographic Blacksploitation. Quasi, a Black man with a 9 inch tongue lives alone with a pet frog. Since his girl friend left him 2 years ago he has become mute and used by everyone. While playing chess by himself on a park bench he is humiliated by a young woman. He's then sexually taken advantage of by his gay doctor whose nurse hooks him up with her nymphomaniac friend Cherry, played by Briggite Maier, who then proceeds to have her friend Nancy over for a threesome. He constantly dreams of his ex and holds his pet close to a ceramic frog as if to symbolize the meaningless of it all. He walks alone on the beach and stops to stare at a young black couple lying on a towel. The man threatens him and chases him away. He picks some flowers intending to go back to Brigitte's place but when he arrives an orgy in process. He walks along the beach and goes home only to see his ex with a white man.He visits a doctor who immediately tries to abuse him and is then invited to his white neighbor Cherry's house to fix her electricity but becomes trapped in a hateful world of perverse sexuality, leading to his destruction just as his fate had promised.
Tongue is not nearly as depressing as it is just strange and, at times, downright surreal. The film reveals in heavy metaphors, mostly about racism. However, contrary to one's expectations, the film chooses to concentrate on Quasi's own bigotry rather than portraying him as the ultimate victim. It is even hinted that his inability to speak is the metaphorical result of his intolerance.
Set to a well spirited jazz and R & B score, Tongue has a professionalism about it rarely seen in Z Rated films. The photography is sumptuous, the editing tight, and the aforementioned score moody and impressive. Director "K.P." uses the film's urban LA setting as a means to comment on the loneliness of city life and isolation, but also examines the self deprecating nature of Quasi's behavior within his setting.
As we learn more about Quasi, his character becomes less sympathetic and more pitiful. When we finally learn the full extent of his actions, the audiences sympathies are almost turned against him and he sheds and pretentions as a victim. While the film might be a difficult viewing experience for some due to its lack of narrative continuity and sometimes out of nowhere jump-cutting, Tongue is as important of a piece of American black cinema as any and remains a poignant work sure to cause some thought and controversy.
RUS
VideoQuality: SD
VideoFormat: AVI
FileExtension: avi
FileSize : 736 MB
FileSizeTotal : 736.5 MB
Total Duration: 01:17:45
Resolution: 720x480
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