Stamp Giveaway Series 2, # 30

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UN anniversaries (Paraguay 2 souvenir sheets, Manama gold souvenir sheet, Bolivia 2 souvenir sheets, one with PhilexFrance handstamps)

 

“A Crack for Two” is a Jess Franco pornographic film from1982, 1983 or 1984 (various release years given on Internet). Narration at the very start credits a head of state for being the first to force messengers to carry his secret messages in their backsides. I have no idea if the information is correct. The spies in the movie are much luckier, using microfilm rather than parchment documents. This quiz does not indicate I approve of such films but as a volunteer for the Internet Movie Database, I feel all publicly released films should have their information available for discussion. 

 

The winner of the competition will be the sender of the first entry to name the head of state at or before 10 AM on August 27, 2022, eastern US time. If no winning entry is received, the first sender of the name of a head of state prior to 1850 (since parchments specified) will receive the prize. The head of state must be given in complete form, with any numeric and title! My decision of a winner will be final. The competition is open to all who wish to enter. Good luck to those who choose to participate!

 

Will  

Well.  I have not found the answer.  I'm a little concerned about what's going to follow me around on the internet after trying to do a little research (but it was about stamps, I swear!)

 

Just to get an answer in, though, I see it was a Spanish production, so I will go with the Spanish head of state of the time, King Juan Carlos.

There are some copies circulating on the web, unfortunately the sound is cut at the beginning, fortunately we can hear all the sexual agitation of the rest of the film !

 

UNA RAJITA PARA DOS (1982)

Credited to «Lulu La Verne» UNA RAJITA PARA DOS (rough translation: A PUSSY FOR TWO) is Jess Franco’s most disgusting film. Nevertheless, it is not an uninteresting dip into the sordid waters of scatological hardcore.

Everyone is a spy in this film, including Jess Franco himself as a hotel clerk-voyeur. The most amusing character is a happy-go-lucky spy nicknamed «The Queen» (Franco regular Antonio Mayans). His spyware includes the kind of audio pick-up that James Bond might have used in one of his classic adventures, enjoying the sounds of the various erotic adventures in adjacent hotel rooms. Tommy  Proculi aka Antonio Mayans practices audio voyeurism as a gay Russian spy named «The Queen»…..
The setting is the Flamingo Hotel located on the exotic Costa del Sol. Linda is a female spy who is attempting to recover some stolen microfilm secreted in the rectum of a male agent (Johnny Poyales aka Jose Llamas).  Her team includes such 1980s Franco players as Maria del Carmen Nieto (MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Emilio Linder (DIAMONDS OF KILAMANJARO). The Queen is also on the trail of the microfilm.Lina Romay, who co-directed with Franco, and Mayans look like they had a lot of fun making this very minor hardcore which is mostly made up of grind footage, money shots and gynecological close-ups featuring the most disgusting images Franco even filmed, detailing the insertions and extractions of the microfilm into a spy’s nether region. Think Pasolini’s SALO. To drive home his satirical point, Franco shot these scenes through a magnifying glass. His philosophy seemed to be to give «too much information» to the raincoat crowd, who just expected the typical cheap thrills.I guess Jess Franco figured if he had to make a film like this he might as well have some fun with hermetic in-jokes and a sarcastic toned overview of the hardcore product which flooded the Spanish market at that time.  Another mixture of self, linguistic and cultural satire which launched a series of hardcore mini-epics produced by Fernando Vidal Campos’ FERVI FILMS, Madrid. My own personal favorite of the Fervi hardcores, and also a favorite of Jess, is the 1985 EL MIRON Y LA EXHIBICIONISTA, which features magnetic interactions between these typical close-ups, a thriller undercurrent and a cubist mise-en-scene.This obscurity received a Spanish video release on the Valfer label. Don’t expect a restored Blu-ray edition anytime soon.The hotel and Costa del Sol exteriors shimmer with candy colored flora and there are a few sight gags which might produce a guffaw from the completest.  My favorite scene is the ending where Franco’s voyeur passes off the microfilm to «The Queen» who skips his merry way back toward the Soviet Union. The upbeat Hot Jazz/80s funk score* is credited to Victor Chichi Nabeira, presumably a beard for the director.  More sexually related pseudonyms in the credits include Francesco Del Pi Trofuera (out with your cock) as DP (also Franco), Tony Procula (stick it up the rear),  Mele Metes (stick it in) and Cheno Manboliques (sounds like something bizarre) as exec producer.Runtime is 84 minutes, four minutes longer than the time noted in OBSESSION: THE FILMS OF JESS FRANCO.*The score also contains excerpts from Daniel White’s LA COMTESSE NOIRE (1973) music and other soundtracks credited to Pablo Villa.Thanks to Nzoog for the translations and helping me see this ultra obscure title.

(C) Robert Monell, 2016

 

In application of an nth paragraph of the rules of this contest, paragraph not published but available on simple request plus 58$ administrative costs, as there are no parchments circulating at the time of Juan Carlos, the previous answer is considered null

In addition, in application of the following paragraph (n+1)th, the name of the head of state must be complete and therefore it would have been necessary to stipulate that it was “Juan Carlos the first”

Referee of south atlantic islands

Frenchlover, I have modified the rules for the competition based on your interpretation. See original posting. It is my competition so I can change the rules “at Will”! A hint as to the head of state. He crowned himself and was titled “in” a geographic area as he did not rule the entire historic area. His grandson became the first ruler “of” the entire geographic area.

 

Will

waisaacs, see earlier Frenchlover reply and my original post and answer to Frenchlover concerning head of state. As I am Will, I am altering the competition rule “at Will”, so to speak. Feel free to enter a different head of state.

 

Will

I'll go with Emporer Napoleon the First then.

Even though I didn't find any trace of self-coronation, I immediately think of Ferdinand II «el Católico», King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, Navarre, Castile and León, Count of Barcelona , Regent of the Crown of Castile

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his grandson Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon), Lord of the Netherlands, Duke of Burgundy

Referee of south atlantic islands

waisaacs, you are missing full title, Emperor of … (might not be what you think)

 

Will

Napoleon the First, Emperor of the French.  So says the Wikipedia, whom I will not argue with.  You've been generous with my tries here, I'll make it my last guess.  Thanks!

Napoleon I emperor in France 🙃

it sounds revisionism …

Referee of south atlantic islands

A little more than 24 hours to go and the correct head of state has not been identified. Before he crowned himself, he was granted an exemption to the law that there could be no kingdoms within the Holy Roman Empire.

 

Will

I know I said that I would give up, but if you continue prompting with hints…

 

Are we talking about Maximilian I as King of the Romans?

 

I'm not sure why he would make a good character in the film under discussion, but I did find he was self declared and succeeded by a grandson.

Still unidentified. The head of state was not a character in the film, just mentioned as the first to use messengers carrying documents in the rear. I could not find any confirmation in history. Not speaking Spanish, I would not have caught the reference but the copy I saw did have English subtitles specifying the historical figure. The Polish-Lithuanian Diet considered the coronation in 1701 illegal. This is last hint.

 

Will

Friedrich III of Brandenburg

Frederick III King of Prussia 

King Friedrich I in Prussia

Autocorrect aaaaggghhh

Frederick I, the Mercenary King, King in Prussia 

rsirian1 sneaks in and wins! Congratulations!

 

Will

I knew rsirian1 would be waiting and when I saw the last hint knew that time was short.  Well pounced upon!

Thanks all!  One too many hints.  

Another beautiful set.  Thanks, Will!

 

       

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