{"id":3555,"date":"2011-09-08T22:49:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T02:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2011-09-08T22:49:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T02:49:41","slug":"eros-iv-tinto-brass-in-hd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3555","title":{"rendered":"Eros IV: Tinto Brass in HD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Although released last year on DVD, Monamour <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>]\u00a0(2006) makes its Blu-ray debut, joined by Kick the Cock (2009), the short film directed by Brass, starring (and written by) model Angelita Franco.<\/p>\n

Brass\u2019 work in the short film format goes back to his first film, the rarely-seen Spatiodynamisme <\/strong>(1958), made for the Cinematheque Francaise, with Henri Langlois credited as producer, and one could technically include his segments in the anthology My Wife<\/strong> \/ La mia signora<\/strong> (1964), and I Miss Sonia Henie<\/a><\/strong> (1971), but Kick the Cock<\/strong> is probably the first time he\u2019s returned to the genre, albeit in a blatantly softcore genre with simulated \u2018relief\u2019 moments performed by none other than himself and a robust phallus with plenty of spouting \u2018canon fodder.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cult Epics\u2019 2-disc set marks Brass\u2019 debut in HD, and hopefully the rest of his catalogue with the label will slowly be re-transferred in HD, as many of them were sourced from older foreign masters, and show their age.<\/p>\n

Brass, even when obsessed with the bum-bum, isn\u2019t a novice to new film formats, having used 16mm and 35mm in *****X, played with various widescreen formats, and easily made the transition from film to HD with Kick the Cock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With 28 works to his credit as director, Brass\u2019 next project is Who Killed Caligula?<\/strong> (2012), which he teased the press in 2010 as \u201ca pornographic production<\/a>\u201d but is most likely going to be the bawdy, grotesque film he probably wanted to make, with simulated hardcore using the same props (gargantuan, full-pumping phalluses) used in Private <\/strong>(2003) and Kick the Cock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Filming was apparently set to start earlier this year, but after location scouting in Tunisia had affected Brass\u2019 health, the production was put on pause. Apparently it\u2019s still planned for production, as the film\u2019s producer, Roberto Di Girolamo (co-writer of the \u201987 spaghetti western Scalps<\/strong>) had planned to supervise two 3D projects \u2013 Brass\u2019 revisitation of Caligula<\/strong>, and Dario Argento\u2019s Dracula 3D<\/a><\/strong>, which is currently filming.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t doubt Brass can handle 3D (though whether he\u2019ll lard the film with tactile crotch shots is in his creative hands), but there is the issue of Brass working within a much smaller budget he\u2019s been accustomed to, since the late eighties.<\/p>\n

For at least 15 years he\u2019s been using almost the same sets for what are essentially erotic bedroom comedy dramas, recreating exteriors using backdrops, but occasionally exploiting extant Roman ruins and attractive architecture if it boosts a scene\u2019s risqu\u00e9 nature, having the actors engage in naughty behaviour surrounded by frescos, paintings, or partygoers in the garden of a manicured estate, or luxury boat.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the question of budget, actors, production values, and of course the story, which sounds a bit wonky, as translated <\/a>by production company FilmExport group. Then there\u2019s a short teaser on YouTube<\/a>, where Brass explains his \u2018first erotic comedy in 3D\u2019 in a brief Q&A.<\/p>\n

As many sexploitation fans are aware, there have<\/em> been prior 3D sexploitation films, and the first erotic 3D comedy is still A Silliman Jr.\u2019s The Stewardesses<\/strong> (1969), so a good portion of the p.r. material is pure spin, meant to aggrandize Brass and his \u2018revolutionary\u2019 new project.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>(\u00a0Main Site<\/a> \/\u00a0Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Blog on Tinto Brass’ recent crossover from film to High-Def, via Cult Epics’ new 2-disc Blu-ray edition of Monamour (2005), and his recent HD short Kick the Cock (2009), starring (and written by) model Angelita Franco. Does the world need to see further details of deltan and back-door hair? That’s up to his fan base, but as a filmmaker expertly versed in compositon and montage, his first effort in HD shows Brass has the ability to transgress between formats, with 3D rumored to be be in his sightlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[683,169,722,723,170],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-Vl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}