Back to Marzanoland

About this episode

The episode features Nathan Schiff sharing personal stories about Joseph Marzano and his contributions to sexploitation cinema.

That’s right, we’re going Back to Marzanoland . If you’ve been a consistent listener, you’ll know that in Episode 38, “Trodden Underfoot,” we discussed the Joseph Marzano film Venus in Furs (1967) with author and fetish historian Jane Garrett . After the release of that episode, low-budget Long Island filmmaker and sexploitation super-fan Nathan Schiff reached out to us to share some stories about his own personal relationship with Marzano before his death. It’s fair to say, Nathan had stories. In fact, so many that this three hour podcast can barely contain them all. A few selections include: film distributor Harry Novak and his notorious “archive,” producer George Weiss writing Olga copy (and teaching proper whipping and tying technique), and an auspicious final encounter with a despondent Janet Banzet. Of course, we also discuss Marzano’s sexploitation career, and hear more stories about the productions of Cool It, Baby and Venus in Furs . Plus, more about muscle-bound masseur Shep Wild and mob wife Barbara Ellen. But that’s just scratching the surface. Researchers, friends, fans, Milligan-heads, pull out your notebooks, grab a bottle of Fanta, we’re talking Marzano and Co…

People in this episode

Guest: Nathan Schiff

Topics covered

• sexploitation
• film history
• interviews
• personal stories
• Marzano

Keywords

• Marzano
• sexploitation
• Nathan Schiff
• Venus in Furs
• film history
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Venus in Furs, Cool It, Baby, The Degenerates

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