first of all jean rollin is a man and he's dead so we or at least i don't know what he thinks of the subjects he displays here because if we know something about directors, its that sometime they may not recognize their work.
but, the nude vampire is a gothic and surrealist piece of 70s horror.
filled with endless halls and castles emptier then my stomach.
those castles are largely seems to be inspired from medieval times which signifies that while from the outside, humanity has changed yet inside we have not especially when it comes to lust and the cults surrounding it. but there is hope, the film prospers in the new generation, it believes that the next generation can better themselves.
now if we actually did, thats to be discussed but there is a clear conversation here about the wealthy industrialists who gleefully take pride in participating in being something alien, especially when it comes to the sexualization of women.
there is one specific scene of a man painting a nude black women, the camera comes closer and closer, it scans the womans body but i wouldn't say because of lust but admiration.
the central female figure is more of an macguffin until the end of the film where she's finally free, loose from the grasp of society and ready to roam the beaches.
jean rollin's aesthetic and overall nature is fascinating to watch as he takes pride in what some directors often stray away from and thats the human body and how we as a planet use people and their respective bodies. his surrealist direction is something far quieter then someone like lynch as air and the noises inside fill the scenes.
(Watch my feature films <a href="https://boxd.it/dNVTr1">kodak</a> and <a href="https://boxd.it/cQ1mBp">biarkan aku ganti</a> )
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