The Official TINTO BRASS Thread...

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

When I first saw a Tinto Brass film I was so into the darker side of softcore sex films that his films were like a breath of fresh air. I think the first one I saw (besides Caligula and Salon Kitty) was The Key and it was just such a free and happy approach to the topic it's almost like I fell in love. Soon after I saw Miranda which is great and All Ladies Do It (the one I had the av of that you loved, Todd, and my favorite for a long time) and I loved all three. I bought a bunch more but I have this weird habit of not watching new movies of directors/stars I love because I don't want to run out. So I had them but didn't watch them for years. I eventually ended up watching Cheeky! and Frivolous Lola (which is my current favorite) and loved them too. Even P.S. Tinto Brass was good. Private and Mon Amour I saw over the past few years and they were good but not his best in my opinion.

I'd love to hear anyone else's favorites...

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

Oh my God that avatar was awesome. And you know, I still haven't seen any of his movies. Someone was supposed to help me out, but alas, no help has arrived.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Cult Epics is putting some of his stuff out on Blu this year.

You can't spell Brass without ass. The man has a gift.

[Goldberg Bogan Find all posts View Profile Close Goldberg]

I was in a defacto relationship with a woman for a few who had a Tinto Brass ass, and was of Eye-tie decent so his work had some sort of connection to my heart....

My favourite of his is still ALL LADIES DO IT then THE KEY and CHEEKY. FALLO! is his most sexually potent but isn't as 'well rounded' a movie as LADIES imho. It took me a while to 'get' Brass, as I was expecting more pron action, considering my introduction to Euro-sleaze was actually via a Joe D'Amato Spaghetti Western porn. But all up, Brass is probably the classiest of all the Euro-sex directors, his films a like low-rent Fellini or Bertolucci even, but way more fun. They also remind me of Robert Crumb comics, but if Crumb was more romantic and not as angry.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

They also remind me of Robert Crumb comics, but if Crumb was more romantic and not as angry.

I can see that connection. Never made it myself before but it's there. Crumb's stuff seems a bit mysoginist at times, where Brass is very obviously deeply in love with the female form.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

*sigh*

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Coming from Cult Epics on 7/26 in a two disc SE...

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Ah, so there is a thread. ^_^

There are better BD choices than Monamour.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Definitely, but I'd guess they're starting with this one since it's a more recent acquisition and probably has an existing HD master. I'd bet the other titles need to be remastered in HD before they can go Blu. Just a guess on my part, but if I were a betting man...

Monamour wasn't bad. He wasn't really trying anything we haven't seen him do a million times before (and with more success than he had here) but it was at least entertaining and steamy enough.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Most of his films follow the same formula with the exceptions of Caligula and Salon Kitty. What makes them work is the believibilty and charm of the main actress. The chick in Monamour just didn't have it.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

His earlier giallo-ish/surrealist stuff is pretty neat - those were made before his work became so ass-centric though.

Yankee was meh.

[John Gargo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close John Gargo]

Which films are Cult Epics planning to release on blu? I need to pick up some of his early stuff but I don't want to have to double dip.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

The only one announced so far is Monamour, the early stuff? No word yet.

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Coming from Mya in September...



From their press release:

A disbarred lawyer (Giancarlo Giannini), on the road to get his girlfriend an abortion, finds himself trapped in a no-man's land where a ruthless thug (Francios Negret) plans to take over a small seaside village to an everyman's Las Vegas. The smalltime hoodlum lures the lawyer in his dreams of merciless grandeur while the man begisn to think that maybe there could be a second chance even for him. But sadly fates is awaiting just around the corner.

Tinto Brass masterfully directs a luscious erotic and postmodern film noir. Graced by the pop art cinematography of Alessio Geisini, Snack Bar Budapest can be considered a lost masterpiece by Tinto Brass, the mischievious genius of Italian erotica. With a dream cast of stunning ladies such as Valentina Demy (who later became one of the most notorious Italian X-rated stars), Loredana Romito, cult actress Malisa Longo and Joe D'Amato's scream queen Carmen Di Pietro, Snack Bar Budapest goes back to the glory days of the Italian new wave from the sixties while upping the ante on all things sex.

Video Specs: 1.56:1 letterboxed widescreen
Running Times: 106 minutes
Audio Specs: Dolby Digital Mono
Languages: Italian
Optional Subtitles: English
Region Code: All
Suggested Retail Price: $24.95
Street Date: September 13th, 2011

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

I still haven't had my Tinto cherry busted.