Dressing for Pleasure

Name: Dressing for Pleasure
Director: John Samson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977-01-01
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Pamela Rooke, Malcolm McLaren, Helen Wellington-Lloyd

1977 · 24 min · ★ 7.7 · Documentary

Documentary about fetish clothing scene in 70s Britain.

Directed by John Samson

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A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.