"Quiet Days in Clichy" (not rated, 1 hour, 40 minutes DVD, Blu-ray) Danish artist Jens Jorgen Thorsen s explicit 1970 French New Wave-style comedic drama, based on Henry Miller s semi-autobiographical novella, is notorious for its sexuality, not for its fine filmmaking. It concerns an American writer and his French friend as they share an apartment in the Parisian district of Clichy and enjoy numerous sexual adventures. Originally declared obscene in the U.S., the film was eventually was cleared, then mysteriously disappeared. This is a restored version assembled from a recently discovered original 35mm negative. With Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda; music by Country Joe McDonald, Ben Webster, Lasse Lunderskov and Andy Sundstrom.
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