Blue Sextet (1971)

Blue Sextet: Directed by David E. Durston. With John Damon, Peter Clune, Coco Sumaki, Margaret Cathell. After an artist’s suicide, his friends and lovers trade stories about their time with him. What they learn forces them to question how well they really knew him.

“Blue Sextet (1971) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e* 1/2 (out of 4)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJeffrey Amber (John Damon) jumps to his death and the police have no problem thinking that it was suicide. His friends gather shortly after his death and discuss their last moments with him and we slowly begin to wonder whether it was suicide or murder.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBLUE SEXTET is a film that barely got released back in the day. It comes from director David E. Durston who will be best remembered for his cult film I DRINK YOUR BLOOD. This one here was shot before that film and features a lot of the same cast members but sadly it doesnu0026#39;t have the same appeal as that movie. There are all sorts of problems with this movie but the biggest is the fact that you simply donu0026#39;t care what happened to Jeffrey.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe entire mystery is played out via RASHOMON style and it simply doesnu0026#39;t work because you donu0026#39;t care about the lead character, his friends or any of the adventures that they had together. There are a lot of sex scenes scattered throughout and a little bit of nudity but none of this is all that interesting either. It certainly doesnu0026#39;t help that the performances are mostly bland and they certainly canu0026#39;t help pull off this u0026quot;dramaticu0026quot; tale.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTowards the end of the movie we get some rather bizarre Satanic scenes that are certainly the highlight of the picture. As much as I didnu0026#39;t care for the film I will say that director Durston did a better job than a lot of these type of pictures from this era. The film is at least well-made but that still doesnu0026#39;t make up for the lack of drama.”