Cultpix Radio Ep.17 - Stockholm Sin-drome and the Projectionist Who Saw It All

Muchos celebration at Cultpix Radio HQ as the news becomes official that Cultpix has partnered leading UK boutique cinema chain Everyman for a season of cult films this autumn. Extended shameless plug about how you can watch great films like "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), "She Freak" (1967), "Anita - Swedish Nymphet" (1973) and "Silent Night, Bloody Night" (1972) on Cult Tuesdays at Everyman cinemas in London (Broadgate), Bristol, Glasgow and York. There will also be a special late night Friday screening at the Screen on the Green in London Islington. Enjoy beautifully restored cult classics on the big screen with fellow film fans.  There will be celebrity guests introducing each film and even popping up at some of the venues. This week's theme is Stockholm Sin-drome, a look at how the home of ABBA was also a den of sin and seediness from the late sixties to the early 80s. Unlike other cities that had one particular 'naughty' area, such as London's Soho or Amsterdam's Red Light District, the sin was woven into the very fabric of society of Stockholm. Three documentaries on Cultpix explore this, though they all also took some artistic liberties: the Italian mondo film "Sweden Heaven and Hell" (1968) examines the over-sexed natives with a leery camera eye; "Rapport från Stockholm Sexträsk" (1974) roams the streets like a Nordic "Taxi Driver"; while "Where the Action is: Chat Noir" (1975) takes us inside the infamous club where Led Zeppelin partied while live sex acts took place on stage. Along with these docus we have three features, all about innocent girls/women lost in the big bad city: "Maid in Sweden" (1971) and "Anita - Swedish Nymphet" (1973) both see Christina Lindberg adrift in Stockholm, in the latter she even gets work as a stripper in the Chat Noir club. "Veck-ända in Stockholm" (1976) is a rare erotic film starring, written and directed by a female film maker. We interview Mats Kullander, former CTO of Sweden's biggest cinema chain. He started out as projectionist in Stockholm's adult cinemas Hollywood and Fenix. He recounts the time Bergman came to see "Deep Throat" (1972) and how Leena Skoog would both appear in loops on the big screen and sell tickets in the box office - topless. You can see her in the compilation film "The Wild World of Eugen Vöhrmann" (1969). More compilation madness comes in the form of "Colour Correct My Cock" (2013), from the mad geniuses at Vagrancy Film, from London, Ontario (Canada). Musical delights in this episode include "Mah-Nà Mah-Nà", made famous by the Muppets, but first played in "Sweden Heaven and Hell" (1968).  Post-interview music is from "Veck-ända i Stockholm" (1976) and we end the show with the outro track from "Maid in Sweden" (1971). 

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