Robin Askwith

I think 'No Sex Please, We're British' is enjoyable. The critics hated the stageplay yet it played to packed theatre houses in the early 1970s. As a result of the play's success, director Cliff Owen put together an all-star comedy cast for the film. Owen worked his way up in the film industry, serving as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Cass and John Boulting. He was fresh from the success of helming 'Ooh… You Are Awful' (1972), arguably the best British tv comedy expansion for cinemas of the 1970s. Hope you like it.

You're probably aware that Sweden tore down the walls for frank experimentation of a sexual nature in cinema and the rest of Europe followed. This was in the late 1960s. Denmark was a major challenger to Sweden's dominance but it turned out the Swedes perferred a darker edge to their material than the Danes who favoured absurd comedy. Stars from both countries branched out to work in Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland, bringing cinematic eroticism to urban audiences in historic European cities. Some performers then went to America, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan in search of work.

Did you enjoy any of the movies they made in Scandinavia in the late 1960s / early 1970s that challenged censorship? B-movie icon Christina Lindberg is now well known for being one of Quentin Tarantino's favourite actresses. Tarantino pays homage to at least two of her movies within the 'Kill Bill' franchise.

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