The Canterbury Tales 1972  NC-17, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Franco Citti, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini, J.P. Van Dyne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Adrian Street, O.T., Derek Deadman, George Bethell Datch, Nicolas Smith, Dan Thomas
Following "The Decameron" (1971), Pier Paolo Pasolini is back with his second bawdy classic. Several of Chaucer's tales, including those of the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Cook, the Merchant, the Miller, the Summoner, and the Reeve are told with both humor and drama. The stories reveal 14th-Century English culture–including sexual, social, and political life.
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Jack the Ripper 1976  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert Fux, Lina(2) Romay, Andreas Mannkopff, Ursula von Wiese, Otto Dornbierer, Regine Elsener, Hans Gaugler, Olga Gebhard
Klaus Kinski takes on the role of a doctor who is also Jack the Ripper by night. This is a bloody, gory version as he dismembers London prostitutes–with bad dubbing to boot. Still, one of Franco's better efforts. Does that tell you anything about his other horror films?
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| 1. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
2. Jack the Ripper (1976)
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