The Movie: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
What Is It?: A
depraved free-for-all of sex and violence that finds Tura Satana as a go-go
dancing maniac who tours around the country in her hot rod with her pals Haji
and Lori Williams raising hell and looking for kicks. While Tura is clearly the
star of the picture, Lori Williams steals the show whenever she’s on screen,
and she gets most of the best lines. Russ Meyer proves that he was a lot more
skilled behind the camera than most give him credit for; the black and white
photography is just as striking as the cleavage he so loved to exploit. Just
don’t go looking for America down the front of Tura’s cat suit, because “You
won’t see much of it lookin’ down there, Columbus!”
Why Today?: On
this day in 1938, Tura Satana is
born.
