THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAYS

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American Genre Film Archive

These listings are for the standard edition Blu-rays. The limited edition and standard edition versions are identical, aside from the packaging.

Presented in partnership with Something Weird Video...

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) represents the world's largest theatrical catalog of exploitation cinema. Their home video line presents a diverse selection of movies, ranging from new preservations of classics from the vast library of Something Weird to the wildest in shot-on-video (SOV) titles. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

THE TWILIGHT YEARS

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE TWILIGHT YEARS surveys the last major era of Wishman’s career. From DEADLY WEAPONS and DOUBLE AGENT 73 (crime epics starring the iconic Chesty Morgan) to LET ME DIE A WOMAN (a semi-documentary about transgender people), AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these triumphant DIY treasures in dazzling new restorations.

directed by: Doris Wishman
starring: Various
1970-1977 / 523 min (combined) / 1.37:1, 1.85:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

Disc 1: DEADLY WEAPONS (1974) and DOUBLE AGENT 73 (1974)

  • Region Free Blu-ray

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • DEADLY WEAPONS: Commentary with Doris Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • DEADLY WEAPONS: Commentary with Bleeding Skull’s Annie Choi and Joseph A. Ziemba

  • DOUBLE AGENT 73: Commentary with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter

  • Theatrical trailers

  • Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview by artist Peggy Ahwhesh

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 2: THE AMAZING TRANSPLANT (1970) and LET ME DIE A WOMAN (1977)

  • Region Free Blu-ray

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • LET ME DIE A WOMAN: Commentary with artist and porn performer Carta Monir

  • Theatrical trailers

  • “Twilight Years” photo gallery

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 3: THE IMMORAL THREE (1975), KEYHOLES ARE FOR PEEPING (1972), and LOVE TOY (1971)

  • Region Free Blu-ray

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • THE IMMORAL THREE: Commentary with film programmer Lars Nilsen and AGFA’s Bret Berg

  • Theatrical trailers

  • English SDH subtitles

THE MOONLIGHT YEARS

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE MOONLIGHT YEARS surveys the mid-period, gutter-noir era of Wishman’s career. From BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (Wishman’s iconic crime epic) to INDECENT DESIRES (a horror-tinged sexploitation mindwarp), AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these triumphant DIY treasures in sparkling new restorations.

directed by: Doris Wishman
starring: Various
1965-1969 / 623 min (combined) / 1.37:1, 1.85:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray set

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 1: BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (1965),INDECENT DESIRES (1968), and A TASTE OF FLESH (1967)

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • A TASTE OF FLESH: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*

  • BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL: Commentary with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter

  • INDECENT DESIRES: Commentary with queer film historian Liz Purchell

  • Theatrical trailers

  • Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview by author Mike Watt

Disc 2: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MAN (1966),MY BROTHER’S WIFE (1966), and PASSION FEVER (1969)

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • PASSION FEVER: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*

  • MY BROTHER’S WIFE: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • Theatrical trailers

  • “Moonlight Years” photo gallery

Disc 3: THE SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE (1965), THE HOT MONTH OF AUGUST (1966), and TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN! (1968)

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN!: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*

  • Theatrical trailers

*Original film elements for these titles have been lost.

THE DAYLIGHT YEARS

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE DAYLIGHT YEARS surveys the early, sun-soaked nudist era of Wishman's career. From NUDE ON THE MOON (Wishman's dreamlike sci-fi triumph) to HIDEOUT IN THE SUN (a crackpot nudie-noir) AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these effervescent DIY treasures in gorgeous new restorations.

directed by: Doris Wishman
starring: Various
1960-1965 / 428 min (combined) / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray set

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 1: NUDE ON THE MOON (1961) and BLAZE STARR GOES NUDIST (1962)

  • Restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • NUDE ON THE MOON: Commentary with director Frank Henenlotter and filmmaker Anthony Snead

  • BLAZE STARR GOES NUDIST: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • Theatrical trailers

  • “Daylight Years” photo gallery

  • Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview

Disc 2: HIDEOUT IN THE SUN (1960) and GENTLEMEN PREFER NATURE GIRLS (1963)

  • HIDEOUT IN THE SUN: Preservation from Doris Wishman’s personal 16mm print

  • HIDEOUT IN THE SUN: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • GENTLEMEN PREFER NATURE GIRLS: Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative

  • Unseen Doris Wishman interview from 1974

  • Theatrical trailers

Disc 3: DIARY OF A NUDIST (1961) and THE PRINCE AND THE NATURE GIRL (1965)

  • DIARY OF A NUDIST: Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative

  • DIARY OF A NUDIST: Commentary with queer film historian Elizabeth Purchell

  • THE PRINCE AND THE NATURE GIRL: Preservation from the only existing 35mm film elements - in German with English subtitles

Choose:

American Genre Film Archive

These listings are for the standard edition Blu-rays. The limited edition and standard edition versions are identical, aside from the packaging.

Presented in partnership with Something Weird Video...

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) represents the world's largest theatrical catalog of exploitation cinema. Their home video line presents a diverse selection of movies, ranging from new preservations of classics from the vast library of Something Weird to the wildest in shot-on-video (SOV) titles. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

THE TWILIGHT YEARS

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE TWILIGHT YEARS surveys the last major era of Wishman’s career. From DEADLY WEAPONS and DOUBLE AGENT 73 (crime epics starring the iconic Chesty Morgan) to LET ME DIE A WOMAN (a semi-documentary about transgender people), AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these triumphant DIY treasures in dazzling new restorations.

directed by: Doris Wishman
starring: Various
1970-1977 / 523 min (combined) / 1.37:1, 1.85:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

Disc 1: DEADLY WEAPONS (1974) and DOUBLE AGENT 73 (1974)

  • Region Free Blu-ray

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • DEADLY WEAPONS: Commentary with Doris Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • DEADLY WEAPONS: Commentary with Bleeding Skull’s Annie Choi and Joseph A. Ziemba

  • DOUBLE AGENT 73: Commentary with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter

  • Theatrical trailers

  • Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview by artist Peggy Ahwhesh

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 2: THE AMAZING TRANSPLANT (1970) and LET ME DIE A WOMAN (1977)

  • Region Free Blu-ray

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • LET ME DIE A WOMAN: Commentary with artist and porn performer Carta Monir

  • Theatrical trailers

  • “Twilight Years” photo gallery

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 3: THE IMMORAL THREE (1975), KEYHOLES ARE FOR PEEPING (1972), and LOVE TOY (1971)

  • Region Free Blu-ray

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • THE IMMORAL THREE: Commentary with film programmer Lars Nilsen and AGFA’s Bret Berg

  • Theatrical trailers

  • English SDH subtitles

THE MOONLIGHT YEARS

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE MOONLIGHT YEARS surveys the mid-period, gutter-noir era of Wishman’s career. From BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (Wishman’s iconic crime epic) to INDECENT DESIRES (a horror-tinged sexploitation mindwarp), AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these triumphant DIY treasures in sparkling new restorations.

directed by: Doris Wishman
starring: Various
1965-1969 / 623 min (combined) / 1.37:1, 1.85:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray set

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 1: BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (1965),INDECENT DESIRES (1968), and A TASTE OF FLESH (1967)

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • A TASTE OF FLESH: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*

  • BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL: Commentary with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter

  • INDECENT DESIRES: Commentary with queer film historian Liz Purchell

  • Theatrical trailers

  • Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview by author Mike Watt

Disc 2: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MAN (1966),MY BROTHER’S WIFE (1966), and PASSION FEVER (1969)

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • PASSION FEVER: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*

  • MY BROTHER’S WIFE: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • Theatrical trailers

  • “Moonlight Years” photo gallery

Disc 3: THE SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE (1965), THE HOT MONTH OF AUGUST (1966), and TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN! (1968)

  • 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN!: Preserved from the Something Weird S-VHS master*

  • Theatrical trailers

*Original film elements for these titles have been lost.

THE DAYLIGHT YEARS

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE DAYLIGHT YEARS surveys the early, sun-soaked nudist era of Wishman's career. From NUDE ON THE MOON (Wishman's dreamlike sci-fi triumph) to HIDEOUT IN THE SUN (a crackpot nudie-noir) AGFA + Something Weird are honored to present these effervescent DIY treasures in gorgeous new restorations.

directed by: Doris Wishman
starring: Various
1960-1965 / 428 min (combined) / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray set

  • English SDH subtitles

Disc 1: NUDE ON THE MOON (1961) and BLAZE STARR GOES NUDIST (1962)

  • Restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives

  • NUDE ON THE MOON: Commentary with director Frank Henenlotter and filmmaker Anthony Snead

  • BLAZE STARR GOES NUDIST: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • Theatrical trailers

  • “Daylight Years” photo gallery

  • Booklet with writing from Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci and a vintage Doris Wishman interview

Disc 2: HIDEOUT IN THE SUN (1960) and GENTLEMEN PREFER NATURE GIRLS (1963)

  • HIDEOUT IN THE SUN: Preservation from Doris Wishman’s personal 16mm print

  • HIDEOUT IN THE SUN: Commentary with Wishman biographer Michael Bowen

  • GENTLEMEN PREFER NATURE GIRLS: Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative

  • Unseen Doris Wishman interview from 1974

  • Theatrical trailers

Disc 3: DIARY OF A NUDIST (1961) and THE PRINCE AND THE NATURE GIRL (1965)

  • DIARY OF A NUDIST: Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative

  • DIARY OF A NUDIST: Commentary with queer film historian Elizabeth Purchell

  • THE PRINCE AND THE NATURE GIRL: Preservation from the only existing 35mm film elements - in German with English subtitles