Interview with Nigel Wingrove (December 2020)

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Interview with Nigel Wingrove (Redemption Films owner and film director)

Here is another interview — with Nigel Wingrove, the founder of Redemption Films, a film director who has worked in the genres of art house, sexploitation, and notably nunsploitation. Nigel is also a writer and designer.

This time, the interview is in video format. From our two hour-long conversation you will learn multiple curious facts and funny stories about Nigel’s projects and life in particular and the world of "bad genre" cinema in general.

Here are the three parts with a summary of each.


Part 1 of the Interview with Nigel Wingrove

Summary

  • How Nigel discovered the world of exploitation films.
  • Nigel talks about his past television project, Redemption TV, and presents its modern version reincarnated as an exploitation film streaming platform — RedemptionTV.net.
  • About the origin of his “negative” tendency in choosing topics of his projects, mentioning the troubles with his film Visions of Ecstasy.
  • Funny stories about inventing the project Satanic Sluts and troubles associated with it.
  • Making of the film Satanic Sluts III: Scandalized.

Video

 
Note: at 10:10 of the video, Nigel made a mistake saying they were adding two new films per month to Redemption TV. In fact, they add two films per week.

Part 2 of the Interview with Nigel Wingrove

Summary

  • Censorship dictatorship.
  • Making of the film Sacred Flesh and blasphemy.
  • Looking back at Nigel’s films Axel and Visions of Ecstasy.
  • Memories about meeting Jean Rollin and working together with him on Jean’s projects.
  • Nigel’s musical tastes, his young years full of punk rock and fanzine he used to release back then.

 

    Video


    Part 3 of the Interview with Nigel Wingrove

    Summary

    • The story behind inventing the names of his labels and company: Redemption Films, Salvation Films, Jezebel, Purgatory, and Sacrament.
    • Nigel makes the British Government legalize hardcore pornography in the UK.
    • Funny technical and legal details of what is allowed and what is not allowed by the censorship in adult films.
    • The present state of exploitation cinema.
    • Cosmotropia de Xam.
    • Witch house music.

    Video




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