Retro Raunch Revisit

Today marks the 40th anniversary of BLUE MAGIC (1981) opening in XXX theaters. Not to be confused with the Philadelphia 70's R&B soul group. The year is 1900 and Natalie is a witch who has been living in her hilltop castle mansion for 216yrs, and is super luscious to boot for someone with a 2 century lifespan. When she invites 3 couples over, puttin' on the ritz, for a fancy costumed dinner party, in no time at all, the women are slappin' out the tits in a wife swapping, grabby groping gala of getting off. And then with everyone setting off in search of a magic aphrodisiac and learning the secret to everlasting youth. For its hot sex pageantry and more than capable seasoned cast at the time, BLUE MAGIC is rather quite overlooked & underappreciated. It was apparently a very problematic shoot due to Candida Royalle (writing her first screenplay here and acting in her final film) showing a lack of experience that resulted in several people brought in having to scramble on schedule to put forth a proper script. There were also allegations of havoc during filming supposedly because of Royalle's insistent feminism (which not uncommonly for the era was scoffed at as claptrap) which also brought accusations of diva-ish behaviour/attitude. Her Swedish boyfriend on set (soon to be husband, Per Sjostedt) was a production manager who later went on to be an editor, assistant director, and producer but because of carelessness, lost all(!) of BM's paperwork, sound elements, and negatives.