Tinto Brass

Who was Joe D'Amato aka. Aristide Massaccesi? A genius of horror in the USA, a master of eroticism in France, the king of porn in Italy. A man with a thousand pseudonyms capable of making over 200 films while simultaneously holding the roles of producer, director, author, director of photography and even camera operator. An artisan of cinema as he liked to call himself, capable of working on all film genres. From spaghetti western to post-atomic, decamerotic to glossy eroticism, and blockbuster porn to bloody horror. Guided by the aesthetics of extremes and supported by an undeniable technical ability, Joe D’Amato pushed himself, and the viewer, beyond all limits following with dedication three rigid principles that have become his stylistic code: Amaze, Shock, Scandalize.

In 1956, Roberto Rossellini was in the throes of a personal and artistic crisis. His recent films with Ingrid Bergman had flopped, their marriage was falling apart, and the press was relentless. When Bergman returned to Hollywood, Rossellini accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Nehru to document India's progress. With doubts and a suitcase full of spaghetti, he set out to find a creative and emotional rebirth in India, inspired by a culture that balanced tradition and modernity.

One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An anarchist of the film, a gifted experimenter, an inventor of dreams. A truly great artist.

Tinto Brass gives the stories behind his films.

February 20, 1958: the Italian Parliament approved Law No. 75, the "Merlin Law": the end of an institution of Italian society for ages: the brothel. The Italian writer Dino Buzzati likens the event to the fire in the library of Alexandria in Egypt. The brothel is an institution that has spanned the centuries,thru different aspects, different forms. It is an institution that, in Italy, at least officially no longer exists. But it is also an institution that in other countries, still exists. The doc offers a journey that will start from the ruins of Pompeii brothel to get to the lights of Artemis in Berlin, with its soft drinks and its attention to the well-being and to the erotic papyrus from the Egyptian Museum of Turin and the giant Paradise in Girona, that El Pais has called the biggest brothel in Europe.

1965: Paris, London and Milan all move at the same fast pace, fueled by a fresh creative and rebellious impetus. Guido Crepax picks up on this energy and transfers it to a comic strip in which art, music, design, film and fashion all blend together, breaking with traditional narrative structure. The dreamy photographer Valentina becomes Crepax' alter ego: as lovely as Louise Brooks, as disturbing as one of Lucio Fontana's slashed canvases, as knowing as Bob Dylan's lyrics, and as freewheeling as Charlie Parker's compositions.

July 2006. Leonardo Zuliani has vanished. The news from Trastevere in Rome turns into a real national emergency, while a huge throng of followers gathers around the young activist’s house. His mother is beside herself with grief and the entire neighbourhood is paralysed. He’s on every TV channel and the authorities all express their solidarity with the family. Many can’t believe it’s true; they prefer to think it’s just one of his stunts. A genius in conveying his ideas, successful cartoonist, visionary fashion designer, cult author, human rights activist: but who is Leonardo deep down? With the help of leading experts and celebrities, the film traces his life, at last casting light on a key figure of our times

Twenty years ago Marco's father was brutally murdered by a cold-blooded serial killer known as the Crazy Dog. Since then, he has been ceaselessly trying to unveil the chain of events that have resulted in dad's death. Marco contacts Raul Chinna, a well-known criminologist that has made the Dog's bloody legacy his very own field of expertise. As soon Marco and Chinna start to recall the past, they both have to face the fact there is another man obsessed by the murders of Crazy Dog: David Moiraghi, a journalist who's been working for decades on the serial killer. As the truth starts slowly to emerge from the mists of time, Marco has to acknowledge that there is maybe something more that links professor Chinna and Moiraghi. The thin line between truth and fiction starts slowly to blur while Marco is forced once again to face his worst nightmares all over again.

While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment overlooking the Thames. There, she meets a real estate agent by the name of Moira.

An Italian language interview recounting his work featuring erotica on Caligula and other films

Giuseppe, psychologist and professor of sex education, meets Francesca, Riccardo's wife, in a private club and has a relationship with her.

Kick the Cock is an old Dutch saying, meaning Peek in the Kitchen.

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Livia, the attractive wife of a high-ranking Ministry of the People's Republic official, is accompanied by Ugo, a lawyer, her admirer and her husband's spy, to Venice. There, she is to meet her lover Helmut Schultz, a lieutenant in the infamous SS with whom she is having a passionate love affair. During the journey, Livia retraces the steps of her sexual aberration. But a surprise awaits her in the lagoon city.

Five young girls share an apartment in Rome, different precarious conditions and a common desire for actresses.

A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determination, that changes deeply his way of understanding the world that surrounds him. His only aim is to leave a footstep of his presence on this world realizing a film.

Created by his son Leonardo, this portrait of Adolfo Celi reconstructs his personal and artistic journey between Italy and Brazil. Through interviews, film clips, testimonials, photos, and extraordinary footage from the Celi family's personal archive, we will revisit the places that shaped his life.

Extra from The Imperial Edition featuring extensive behind the scenes look at the production and setting up the sets accompanied by the score from the music.

"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcasting of a selection of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns". In the course of the video, the birth, evolution and conclusion of the Italian western trend is told.

Interview feature with actor John Steiner about his career in Italy, focusing on his involvement in "Caligula (1979)".

A housewife dissatisfied with her marriage seeks an affair during a book fair, following a friend's advice. The experience brings unexpected revelations about her relationship.

Lies, subterfuge, betrayal and mischief. Fallo! is a collection of six stories based on the joys of sexuality and the eroticism of a new generation of women.

Five young girls share an apartment in Rome, different precarious conditions and a common desire for actresses.

At a college in Rome, a professor, nicknamed "Dodo" is in a deep depression. His stunningly beautiful wife has just left him for another man. Dodo wants her back very badly and has erotic daydreams about her. A beautiful young student in his class asks him for a ride home and seduces the lucky man, but still he wonders about his wife and her lover.

Alone on a deserted beach, a girl undresses and falls asleep. The sun rises. As a reflection of the erotic dream she is having, the girl touches herself moaning and enjoying. The beach fills up...

Sunday afternoon, it's hot and the city is deserted. A beautiful woman, married without children, meets a sperm donor. The man invited by the couple is greatly embarrassed because he fails in his task. After waiting and trying, the lady moves on to direct action...

'Quattro' is set on the eve of the new millenium: New Year's Eve, 1999. To celebrate the beginning of a new century, two men and a woman have a wild night of passion together in a hotel room.

Segment 1 :- An unmarried middle aged couple, Dominique and Gerard checks into a hotel. They proceed to seduce the chambermaid Mara while the desk clerk, Bartolomeo watches over CCTV every erotic encounter going on in various rooms throughout the hotel. He later unleashes a torrent of pent up sexual energy with his very willing partner. Segment 2 :- A divorced couple, Regina and Gianni have run into each other in a park on a Sunday morning. She is looking hot, and he admits that when they were married, he fantasized about watching her being double penetrated by two guys. That sounds like her idea of fun, so she picks up two more guys, and takes all three home. Segment 3 :- To celebrate the beginning of a new century, two men go to the red light district in search of something different. Enzo winds up with an alluring transsexual street walker, Wesly. Peppe picks up Nicole, a very sexy uninhibited hooker at a bar and they get a hotel room.

After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.

A hotel doorman sees on his monitor everything that happens in room 107, occupied by a couple of extravagant foreigners. Both have sex with the waitress without each other’s knowledge. When the truth comes to light, the couple goes into crisis, but the maid manages to restore peace.

Red-haired, sex-obsessed manchild Lucio lazes all day long with his friend Pino until he falls for the beautiful head of the local loony bin.

Stringimi Forte I Polsi: When working in a doctor's office, afternoons do not seem to pass badly. But an imaginative secretary spends her time in solitary and bizarre erotic games. Meanwhile, the doctor treats a very young and mysterious patient who seems to like much more carnal attention than professional ones. And the surprises are not over yet... La Coccinella: And on Sunday afternoon, it's hot and the city is deserted. A beautiful woman, married without children, meets a sperm donor. The man invited by the couple is greatly embarrassed because he fails in his task. After waiting and trying, the lady moves on to direct action... S.C.T.M.V.: A ghost eye spies on her. A ritual begins, the woman puts on makeup, shaves, prepares to do what perhaps her man told her to do. A bowl of milk, a white linen shirt, a razor sharp red nail polish, white milk inside his mouth. A shower drips on her... And eroticism explodes.

A jerk husband Sandro and his young wife Giulia have moved into a new apartment. She is unpacking, and he his lounging in the bath. When his brother Walter comes over to deliver a new wall mirror. The brother makes a pass at the young wife, as he has secretly wanted to do for years.

CHAPTER 1 [The Last Subway] : On the other side of the platform, an alluring woman waits for the last subway. As she reveals more and more of herself, she savors the exhibitionist thrill of being watched. CHAPTER 2 [Dream] : A beautiful woman drifts off to sleep on the beach. In her strange dream, she encounters all sorts of attractive strangers; dream and reality blur together. CHAPTER 3 [Inappropriate Relationships]: A beautiful orphan girl has long been secretly in love with her new uncle. She takes great pleasure in all her new “family members,” but in reality, she wants only one person.

In 1950s northern Italy, a woman tests her fiancé's love and passion by trying to break his commitment to premarital chastity.

L'Ultimo Metro: It can happen. Any night in any metro station. It can happen that a hurried girl comes out of the bathroom without realizing that she is badly arranged in her skirt. And it can happen that two guys are going to commit behind her to attend a fabulous show. But it is only the beginning of an incredible erotic game between rails and trains. Sogno: Alone on a deserted beach, a girl undresses and falls asleep. The sun rises. As a reflection of the erotic dream she is having, the girl touches herself moaning and enjoying. The beach fills up... Fine Settimana A Lecco: Mischievous and spicy chronicle of the meeting between two friends who, after playing the slave and the mistress, vent their excitement on a talented and enthusiastic gardener.

It can happen. Any night in any metro station. It can happen that a hurried girl comes out of the bathroom without realizing that she is badly arranged in her skirt. And it can happen that two guys are going to commit behind her to attend a fabulous show. But it is only the beginning of an incredible erotic game between rails and trains.

Tinto Brass. Erotic Short Films Vol. 4 A collection of short films by the master of erotic cinema, Tinto Brass. These films were shot at different times, but they share a common thread: a passion for eroticism. They never descend into vulgarity but remain consistently sensual and refined, as is typical of Brass’s films

A successful erotic film producer from Rome regularly receives letters from female fans seeking his advice on how to spice up their sex lives. Thanks to his years of experience in both the film business and the sex industry, he has all sorts of tips at the ready and, in an emergency, is happy to make a house call himself to demonstrate his qualities in person.

Rapporti Impropri: After the death of her mother, Silvia, a sexually jaunty 16-year-old girl, is welcomed for a certain period by her uncle Carlo where as a child she spent the summer holidays and of which she is always secretly in love. Silvia's goal is to be accepted and ready to do anything, even to seduce the whole family. Benedetta Transgressione: A young separated couple meets by chance on the terrace of a Roman park. The husband hardly recognizes in the woman's uninhibited and provocative behavior his ex-wife, who, realizing the exciting effect it has on her ex-spouse, even offers him a threesome. Specchio, Specchio Delle Mie Brame: Giulia, Sandro's wife, helping Walter, her husband's brother, to mount a mirror, takes advantage of the situation to betray her narcissistic spouse, too arrogant and taken to notice the affair that takes place practically under his eyes...

In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?

A ghost eye spies on her. A ritual begins, the woman puts on makeup, shaves, prepares to do what perhaps her man told her to do. A bowl of milk, a white linen shirt, a razor sharp red nail polish, white milk inside his mouth. A shower drips on her... And eroticism explodes.

A young separated couple meets by chance on the terrace of a Roman park. The husband hardly recognizes in the woman's uninhibited and provocative behavior his ex-wife, who, realizing the exciting effect it has on her ex-spouse, even offers him a threesome.

Giulia is an independent young woman who is prepared to offer her body and her spirit against all the religious taboos.

Mischievous and spicy chronicle of the meeting between two friends who, after playing the slave and the mistress, vent their excitement on a talented and enthusiastic gardener.

When working in a doctor's office, afternoons do not seem to pass badly. But an imaginative secretary spends her time in solitary and bizarre erotic games. Meanwhile, the doctor treats a very young and mysterious patient who seems to like much more carnal attention than professional ones. And the surprises are not over yet...

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Segment 1 - Coccinella (Laydbird): An impotent husband and her wife, Livio ask a painter, Ilarioto give some sperm to get her pregnant. But the donor has some trouble providing a specimen whilst the eager lady thinks up elaborate ways to get him going. But none of them works and she takes the matter in her own hands. *** Segment 2 - Fine settimana a Lecco (What a Weekend!): Stefy invites her lesbian friend, Serena to her country house in Lecco to spend a weekend together. They watch an erotic movie, play sex games and Stefy invites the gardener to have sex with Serena while she watches. *** Segment 3 - Stringimi Forte i Polsi (Hold My Wrists Tight): While chiropractor Dr. Murolo helps a nun to have orgasm with the help of a machine and his own body, his naughty receptionist seduces and has sex with the female copier technician.

After the death of her mother, Silvia leaves boarding school to stay with her recently remarried uncle in Rome. Everyone welcomes her into the household, except for her cousin Elena who knows her flirtatious cousin better than anyone.

[A Magic Mirror]: is the least 'sexy' of the tales and deals with a family triangle of 2 brothers (one a conceited jerk and one a 'nice guy'), the 'jerk's' wife, and a little relationship 'karma'. [Julia]: is the longest segment - it follows the convoluted sensual life of an attractive young woman that ultimately reveals her multifaceted sexual persona - very 'arty' and erotic! [I Am the Way You Want Me]: is a bit of an erotic soliloquy featuring a somewhat masochistic woman lolling about on a bathroom floor carrying out some of her (absent) lover's kinky instructions.

In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.

Z-movie actor Bruno Martel has hero syndrome, often quarrelling with directors. He meets fellow actor Doris, who is obsessed with Ophelia but cannot get any Shakespearean bookings. One day, during a nervous breakdown, Bruno 'rescues' Doris from the set, leaving town to encounter various absurd situations.

While his girlfriend recovers from a medical procedure, a corrupt lawyer becomes entranced by the grand visions of a mob boss.

A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

A young bride flees the ceremony with a stranger and, together, they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through a surrealist's psychedelic hotel, instigate a prison riot, escape from naked cannibals living in a tree, and battle a wind-up midget dictator!

Avantgarde short by Brass.

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Avantgarde short by Brass.