Should you see it? If you've never seen a human birth live or on film.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds."
Friday, June 6, 2014
Mom and Dad (1945)
How bad is it? It's a 1940's sexual education film.
Should you see it? If you've never seen a human birth live or on film.
This film is more interesting in how it came to be than in itself. After the 1930's Hays Code was enforced, it was impossible to show nudity in American films, but people found ways around it, such as "educational" films. Producer Kroger Babb had this film made to be shown in roadhouses (legitimate movie theaters wouldn't have it). It was directed by William Beaudine, who directed more than 100 B westerns and ended his career directing schlock horror films; how he got roped into this is a mystery (presumably, he needed money). It's a very standard sex-ed film. Others of its type are "Mysteries of Womanhood" and "Painless Childbirth," but if you want to see a birth on film, I recommend Stan Brakhage's 1960's art film "Window Water Baby Moving" showing his daughter's water birth. H.G. Lewis' "Sin, Suffer and Repent" from the 1960's is apparently along the same lines, though I haven't seen it.
Should you see it? If you've never seen a human birth live or on film.
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