Doriana Gray

[Jack Gregson]

This is just a comment on the notes on Jess Franco's Doriana Grey here.
Peggy Markoff is listed as the girl who has a threesome with Lina and a man, but Peggy is the woman at the beginning who strips and goes down on Lina. (Peggy, I'm sorry to say, is frankly rather ugly.)
The much better looking girl in the better sex scene is Martine Stedil who does a hardcore sex scene with the guy, sitting in his lap and fcking him pretty hard. There are some great shots of her holding the headboard as she goes up and down on him. Later Lina comes to her and goes down on her as her boyfriend holds her down.

[DavidS]

Having never seen this film I am wondering about the title. Is it based on Oscar Wilde's masterpiece. 'The picture of Dorian Gray' or not? The summary does not seem to indicate that nor do the alternative titles.

[beutelwolf]

DavidS wrote:

> Having never seen this film I am wondering about the title. Is
> it based on Oscar Wilde's masterpiece. 'The picture of Dorian
> Gray' or not? The summary does not seem to indicate that nor
> do the alternative titles.

It is, but only very very very very vaguely.
Lina Romay plays some kind of double role, and one of her two characters kind of corresponds to the picture. Not that the 'picture' ages, but it serves as a proxy for some kind of sexual torture.

To be honest: this hasn't been thought through on any level, and the overall film is highly confused and barely watchable. Only something for Franco completists.

[alec]

Thanks. We'd corrected the pictures, but not the notes. Now corrected them too.