Interestingly, this period coincided with a massive mainstream interest in aviation disasters, such as the Airport series (with releasing the same year). While Jack Lemmon and Jimmy Stewart were fighting to survive underwater crashes in Hollywood blockbusters, films like Love Airlines offered a much more... relaxed alternative to the stresses of flying. Today, these films serve as a time capsule for:
High-Altitude Desire: The Forgotten Era of Mid-70s Sky Cinema
From the interior design of the planes to the bold fashion of the crew.
At the center of this movement was the French film (also known by its original title Les hôtesses du sexe ), released in 1977 . The Plot: First Class to "Ecstasy"
The way adult cinema often parodied or mirrored the popular "disaster" or "glamour" tropes of the time.
Many of these trailers were later featured in collections like Bucky's '70s Triple XXX Movie House Trailers , keeping the names of actresses like Karine Gambier alive for modern cult film historians.