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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Interview with John Stiener about his career and views and perspectives on Caligula and some of his other movies.

italian documentary

Marta is a young housewife, married to Dario, a successful book publisher. Although she still loves her husband, Marta hasn't been able to achieve sexual satisfaction for months due to their dull and predictable love life. While staying in Mantua for the Festivaletteratura, a book fair, Marta follows the advice of her scheming friend Sylvia and pursues an affair with a handsome and mysterious artist named Leon, which leads to surprising results regarding her failing marriage with Dario.

"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.

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.

Fallo! is a 2003 Italian film co-written and directed by Tinto Brass. The movie itself consists of a series of 6 independent vignettes: Alibi, Montaggio Alternato, 2 cuori & 1 capanna, Botte d'alegria, Honni soit qui mal y pense and Dimme porch che me piaze.

Trapped in an unhappy marriage, the wife of a high ranking Fascist official starts a dangerous, self-destructive relationship with a duplicitous S.S. Officer.

A beautiful nun seeks advice from her doctor but little did she know he was about to show her a thing or two.

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. A retelling of 'Pinocchio' from the perspective of a Candlewick-like character.

In 'I Am the Way You Want Me' a fragile woman cheats on her husband with her brother-in-law.

A young man enters the Rome Metro with a friend, where they notice a woman who has just left the restroom with her dress accidentally tucked into her panties. They tell her about her inadvertent exposure, after which one of the boys boards a train, leaving his besotted friend standing on the platform - totally smitten with the lovely young lady. The two are waiting on opposite platforms, where they await the last train. The young man proclaims his love at first sight - telling her she's the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Obviously flattered, the woman reciprocates in a way the young man will never forget...

Serena is invited to join her friend, Stefy, in a weekend in her house, in Lecco. The old friends reunite.

In 'Dream', a beautiful woman falls asleep on an empty beach and starts dreaming about bizarre sexual encounters, which then begin to merge with reality.

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.

In 'Ladybird', sperm donations are gratefully received by eager recipients.

Another 3 short films from the master of erotic cinema. Improper Liaisons (Rapporti impropri): 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. The Last Subway (Ultimo metro): A young Italian man enters the metro and passes a woman who has just left the toilet with her dress tucked into her knickers. Then, even though they are waiting on opposite platforms, he gets to know her very well in the time it takes for the train to arrive. Dream (Sogno): A beautiful woman falls asleep on an isolated beach and starts dreaming about sexual encounters.

"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.

'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.

Another 3 short films from the master of erotic cinema. Improper Liaisons (Rapporti impropri): 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. The Last Subway (Ultimo metro): A young Italian man enters the metro and passes a woman who has just left the toilet with her dress tucked into her knickers. Then, even though they are waiting on opposite platforms, he gets to know her very well in the time it takes for the train to arrive. Dream (Sogno): A beautiful woman falls asleep on an isolated beach and starts dreaming about sexual encounters.

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.

The story of a man who runs into his ex-wife [Sonia Topazio] in public. 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.

Another 3 short films from the master of erotic cinema. Improper Liaisons (Rapporti impropri): 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. The Last Subway (Ultimo metro): A young Italian man enters the metro and passes a woman who has just left the toilet with her dress tucked into her knickers. Then, even though they are waiting on opposite platforms, he gets to know her very well in the time it takes for the train to arrive. Dream (Sogno): A beautiful woman falls asleep on an isolated beach and starts dreaming about sexual encounters.

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.

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.

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...

Voyeur: 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. Giulia: A famous photographer shoots some beautiful models during a trip between Paris and Rome. The journey between the two cities thus also becomes an erotic journey into the body, heart, brain of the girls, all perfectly innocent and perfectly perverse... Quattro: On an "acid" night in Rome, they meet two friends in their thirties, a stripper and a Colombian trans. After a car ride, crazy drunk chemical "trips" their roads split and two couples are formed. Four parallel stories, of intersecting glances, bodies that seek each other and destinies that touch each other between dubious hotels and nightclubs.

The story takes place in northern Italy in the 1950's. Lola and Masetto are about to get married. Masetto wants to keep Lola as a virgin until they are married. But Lola is impatient to remain in chastity until the wedding night. She wants to be sure that Masetto is a good lover, before she commits herself into marriage. She does everything to trick Masetto into breaking the moral tradition.

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.

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

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...

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

Bruno is an idealistic hero who questions the meaning of life in this confusing and sometimes hallucinatory erotic drama. After a night in jail, he is gang-raped by punk rockers in a garbage dump. He later saves an old man who believes he is Garibaldi and a woman he believes is Ophelia. Bruno watches helplessly as she later jumps from a window.

A young bride escapes her wedding 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.

Avantgarde short by Brass.