Exposed receives the full treatment from Synapse Films on DVD in its original uncut glory. The grainy feature is presented in a 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen ratio with the good ol’ Swedish mono soundtrack (in stereo) intact. Since Swedish has still yet to become the official second language of the United States, this release includes some removable, “newly translated” English subtitles (which are also illiterate in some scenes — take for example “The police is searching…” and “As our ours…”).
Christina Lindberg may be pushing 60, but the actress is still working in the industry and looking good as we discover in the featurette “Over-Exposed” (17:10) which features on-camera interviews with both the Swedish sexpot and Exposed’s director Gustav Wiklund. Other special features include a still gallery (2:00), the original Swedish trailer (1:54) which seems to end abruptly and features no voiceover narration or dialogue — just music; the exploitative U.S. release trailer (3:47) under the title The Depraved featuring the famous tagline “Banned in 23 countries… now, you can see it without a single cut!” Two additional (if odd) extras are a couple of music tracks performed by Christina herself (three words, Christina: stick to acting). Both tracks were recorded back in the '70s and the original (nude) record sleeve artwork is displayed while the songs play.
If you’re looking for Swedish masterpieces in the vein of Bergman, then stick to Bergman. If you’re looking for some tender young Swedish flesh, then by all means pick up Exposed.
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