DORIS DECEMBER

Now that Halloween is behind us and we’re all fat from Thanksgiving, I thought it was high time to turn my attention to some of the all-time great directors of the silver screen.  Each month for the next few months, I will be spotlighting a different director and trying to run through as much of their filmography as I can.  Fortunately for me, this will be kind of easy as home video specialists like AGFA and Severin have been knocking it out of the park lately with their director box sets.

Each director featured will in some way encompass the motto of The Video Vacuum, which has always been:  Quantity Over Quality.  These are directors who were grinding out picture after picture, year after year, and while not all of them were gems, they were all unmistakably the product of a unique, talented (or sometimes refreshingly untalented) mind.  It’s that kind of stuff that gets you inducted into The Video Vacuum Hall of Fame.

This December, we will be focusing our attention on all things Doris Wishman.  AGFA has recently released an incredible three volume series covering most of her impressive (and sometimes not-so impressive) body of work.  I will try to watch and review as many of these films as possible before the New Year and I hope you all come along for the ride.  

As when I went through the Al Adamson box set awhile back, if I have already reviewed a movie featured in the collection, I will either A) Just re-post my old review (especially if I have already reviewed it in the last year or two) or B) Post my old review alongside a brand new write-up (especially if I reviewed it way back when I had my old LiveJournal site).  

What do, you say?  Let’s dive into Doris December!