Cultpix Radio Ep.53 - Denmark on the Bedside with Brian Iskov
Django Nudo and the Smut Peddler are joined by journalist and film expert Brian Iskov, author of "Denmark on the Bedside" (2020), a beautiful study-cum-coffee table book about the Golden Age of Danish sex comedies. A wide-ranging discussion that covers: - The cinema career and life of Brian;- The book and its creative origins;- Danish Sin (origins and different from Swedish);- Annelise Meineche and how "17" got the Danish celluloid nudie ball rolling;- Change in Danish censorship laws;- The Bedside films v. the Zodiac/Starsign films (soft v. hard);- Hardcore makes an entrance (in Denmark and Bedside);- Ole Söltoft (the curse of Bedside), Annie Birgit Garde and Birte Tove;- Mainstream actors appearing in ‘porn’ and public attitude;- The legacy of Bedside today. The crazy music at the end is from "Danish Bed and Board" (1972), where everyone is having sex with everyone in the last scene.