Editing Russ Meyer (section)

===Color melodramas===
Meyer made the popular [[mockumentary]] ''[[Mondo Topless]]'' (1966) with the remnants of his production company's assets and made two mildly successful color [[melodrama]]s: ''[[Common Law Cabin]]'' (1967) and ''[[Good Morning... and Goodbye!]]'' (1967).

Meyer made headlines once again{{what|date=June 2023}} in 1968 with the controversial ''[[Vixen!]]''. Although its [[lesbian]] overtones are tame by today's standards, the film—envisaged by Meyer and longtime producer Jim Ryan as a reaction to provocative European art films—grossed millions on a five-figure budget and captured the [[zeitgeist]] just as ''The Immoral Mr. Teas'' had a decade earlier.

He followed it with ''[[Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!]]'' (1969), and ''[[Cherry, Harry & Raquel!]]'' (1970), which utilized long montages of the California landscape (replete with anti-[[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] voiceovers) and [[Uschi Digard]] dancing in the desert as the film's "lost soul." These plot devices were necessitated after lead actress Linda Ashton left the shoot early, forcing Meyer to compensate for 20 minutes of unshot footage.<ref>McDonough 2004, p. 246.</ref>
[[File:Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert by Roger Ebert.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Meyer (left) and [[Roger Ebert]] in 1970]]