The Student Nurses

More of a background movie but wasn’t a fan.

More of a background movie but wasn’t a fan.

So of it’s time and comforting and silly and pretty sexy,I really loved it during these Birthday Blues. Mexican Anti Police plotline I love it.

Shoutout to Jordan at Videodrome who mentioned it as we were talking about Viva some weeks ago 🫶🏻

Happy Birthday to Me 🎂

So of it’s time and comforting and silly and pretty sexy,I really loved it during these Birthday Blues. Mexican Anti Police plotline I love it.

Shoutout to Jordan at Videodrome who mentioned it as we were talking about Viva some weeks ago 🫶🏻

Happy Birthday to Me 🎂

this was surprisingly progressive but also a lot of nothing

this was surprisingly progressive but also a lot of nothing

Really enjoyed this. Cool how a low budget, “audience friendly” movie can touch on popular cultural conversations of its time.

Really enjoyed this. Cool how a low budget, “audience friendly” movie can touch on popular cultural conversations of its time.

I don’t think it’s a mark of naivety that a young Rothman didn’t realize that the young nurse was a common fantasy among men, but rather an indictment of the separation of the sexes, especially with her working not just in a male-dominated field, but a male-dominated genre. For Rothman to weave social commentary into exploitation the way she did is honestly admirable, having to balance the conventions of the genre and the expectations of the producers - namely Corman - with her own ideals. What we get as a result is a film that does titillate but gives their female lead characters a lot more agency, especially since they are all women working towards what is seen as a noble profession. The themes of abortion, racial injustice, hospice inequality, drug use, and the difference in quality of life even among fields of medicine are woven throughout the film. Rothman knows how to use the leering gaze of a camera to her advantage, offering up softcore with highbrow, and making her women all the more powerful for it

I don’t think it’s a mark of naivety that a young Rothman didn’t realize that the young nurse was a common fantasy among men, but rather an indictment of the separation of the sexes, especially with her working not just in a male-dominated field, but a male-dominated genre. For Rothman to weave social commentary into exploitation the way she did is honestly admirable, having to balance the conventions of the genre and the expectations of the producers - namely Corman - with her own ideals. What we get as a result is a film that does titillate but gives their female lead characters a lot more agency, especially since they are all women working towards what is seen as a noble profession. The themes of abortion, racial injustice, hospice inequality, drug use, and the difference in quality of life even among fields of medicine are woven throughout the film. Rothman knows how to use the leering gaze of a camera to her advantage, offering up softcore with highbrow, and making her women all the more powerful for it