Cinematography:
Carlo RinaldiCast:
Joe D'Amato (a.f.), Lamberto Bava, Tinto Brass, Ruggero Deodato, Roberto Di Girolamo, Claudio Fragasso, Eli Roth, Michele Soavi, Giuliana Gamba (more)Plots(1)
Who was Aristide Massaccesi, aka Joe D’Amato? In America a genius of the horror movie, in France a master of eroticism, in Italy the king of porn. A man with a thousand pseudonyms who was able to make over two hundred films, covering simultaneously the roles of producer, director, writer, cinematographer and even cameraman. An artisan of the cinema, as he liked to describe himself, capable of moving freely between all the cinematic genres. From spaghetti western to post-apocalyptic, from decamerotic to glossy softcore, from porn blockbuster to gory horror. Guided by the aesthetic of extremes and sustained by an undeniable technical ability, Aristide Massaccesi pushed himself and the viewer beyond any limit, following, with dedication, three strict dictates that became his stylistic code: Surprise, Shock, Scandalise. One, none and a hundred genres comprised in a single author. And this film tells the story of a courageous, madcap and reckless life, devoted to just one irrepressible and catastrophic obsession: the movie set. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Joe D'Amato (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia (1995)
Robbery Under Arms (1985)
The Secret of the Green Pins (1972)
Lamberto Bava
Italy
Tinto Brass
Italy
Best movies:
The Key (1983)
P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995)
Transgressions (2000)
Ruggero Deodato
Italy
Best movies:
The Concorde Affair (1979)
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Phantom of Death (1988)
Claudio Fragasso
Italy
Best movies:
Tutta la vita davanti (2008)
Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Zombie 3 (1988)
Eli Roth
USA
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Death Proof (2007)
Michele Soavi
Italy
Best movies:
Cemetery Man (1994)
Tenebrae (1982)
Phenomena (1985)
Giuliana Gamba
Italy
Jean-François Rauger
Best movies:
I Stand Alone (1998)