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The story of Joe D'Amato's remarkable life and career. Plus D'Amato's 1986 period drama SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE. NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERES Aristide Massaccesi - better known by his nom de cinéma Joe D'Amato - was the wildly prolific producer/director of the most extreme genre films in history, from horror jaw-droppers that include ANTHROPOPHAGOUS and BEYOND THE DARKNESS to erotic taboo-blasters like CALIGULA: THE UNTOLD STORY and his BLACK EMANUELLE collaborations with Laura Gemser. Documentarians Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin now reveal the whole story of D'Amato's remarkable life and career featuring an in-depth interview with the late filmmaker, new and archival insights by colleagues, family, friends and fans Michele Soavi, Luigi Montefiori, Jess Franco, Eli Roth, Tinto Brass, Roger Corman, Luigi Cozzi, Luc Merenda, Bruno Mattei, Al Cliver, Claudio Fragasso and more, plus explicit clips from dozens of D'Amato's most infamous films. Also included is D'Amato's sumptuously sexy 1986 period drama SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE - aka PEEP SHOW - starring Gemser, Jenny Tamburi (THE PSYCHIC), and Lilly Carati (THE ALCOVE). INFERNO ROSSO: JOE D'AMATO ON THE ROAD OF EXCESS Special Features Introduction By Nicolas Winding Refn For Venice Film Festival Premiere Two Of A Kind: Talking About Joe - Director Manlio Gomarasca And Giona A. Nazzaro (Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival) In Conversation Outtakes Trailer SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE Special Features Scandalous Christina - Interview With Actress Jenny Tamburi Peeping Lilli - Interview With Actress Lilli Carati Trailer Bonus Materials Introduction To INFERNO ROSSO By Nicolas Winding Refn For Venice Film Festival Premiere Two Of A Kind: Talking About Joe - INFERNO ROSSO Director Manlio Gomarasca And Giona A. Nazzaro (Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival) In Conversation INFERNO ROSSO Outtakes INFERNO ROSSO Trailer Scandalous Christina - Interview With SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE Actress Jenny Tamburi Peeping Lilli - Interview With SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE Actress Lilli Carati Cast & Crew Actors: Lamberto Bava Tinto Brass Michele Soavi Eli Roth Manlio Cersosimo Joe D'Amato Ruggero Deodato Claudio Fragasso Luca Damiano Jess Franco Roberto Di Girolamo Giuliana Gamba Franco Gaudenzi Luigi Montefiori Jean-François Rauger Francesca Massaccesi Jenny Tamburi as Christina Marino Masé as Diego Sebastiano Somma as Andrea Laura Gemser as Josephine Aldina Martano as Flavia Lilli Carati as Francesca Director: Manlio Gomarasca Director: Massimiliano Zanin Director: Joe D'Amato Producer: Federico Lami Additional Details Label: Severin Films Genre: Documentary Language: Italian Run Time: 164 mins Region: 1 Release Date: 07/25/23 UPC: 760137128694
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Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess (2021)
73 min
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.