Heiss auf nackten Steinen (1960)

Heiss auf nackten Steinen: Directed by Edmond T. Gréville. With David Farrar, Noëlle Adam, Christopher Lee, Gillian Hills. An impetuous teenage girl, resentful of her father’s new wife, tries to wreck the marriage regardless of the consequences.

“Once upon a time, Channel 9 in New York featured the Million DollarMovie, which ran one movie all day long for a full day, a programming technique that has been copied by modern cable and satellite TVu0026#39;s in their endless repeats of movies and shows. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut in the early 70u0026#39;s, before the invention of the VCR, Channel 9 was a film studentu0026#39;s dream in that he or she could watch a movie over and over for one day and really study it. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBeat Girl arrived on Channel 9, a few years after its run in British and, presumably, American theaters. I watched about eight hours of Beat Girl, in the generous, endless loop provided by Channel 9. This movie fascinated the 13-yr.-old me who had never encountered such rebellion and hostility on the part of a school-aged daughter towards her father, who has returned from a trip with a step mother for whom the daughter is unprepared.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt 13, rebellious, unhappy, and edgy, I needed a u0026quot;bad-girlu0026quot; paradigm, and this movie supplied me with her. I loved the heroine and despised anyone who would stand in her way. She left such an impression on me that I have been fascinated by u0026quot;bad girlsu0026quot; ever since.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, the film is so bad — or good, depending on your point of view of gritty, early 60s u0026quot;To Sir, With Loveu0026quot; England — that you might want to stick around to see what happens to this sullen chick whou0026#39;s accompanied by some stoner boys to some bad jazz music. Or not: this is one low budget film with fairly terrible acting but there is a gritty earnestness to this film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLook for Oliver Reed, John McHenery, and Adam Faith in secondary roles. As in all of 50/60 flicks. look for a moral — but look for the moments of rebellion, too. And dig that crazy music.”