12/08/11

Siv: A Swedish Girl (1971) - Nick Millard



Siv is an 18 yr old naive and beautiful Swedish girl. She is invited to live with a hippie couple attending the local university. Before long she is introduced to all manner of drugs and bi-sexual encounters that leave her fulfilled yet corrupted...wanting more.

Fringe Benefits (1974) - Alex E. Goitein



Tighttwat Institute for Sexual Research, aka "Hard-on Heaven", is where Dr. Cherrypopper gets sex readings from assistant Miss Motormouth. Their new client is impotent Harry Flattout. As a workplace sex pacifier, Harry pacified Ginny Pullertit and shy new worker Mary-Ann Lobglob, with assistance from Thunderfart, who moved on to passer-by Captain Sukatiddy. Harry got fired ganging up on Mr. Cockpul's private secretary and lover, Elaine Ziptitz. Dr. Tighttwat takes her own advantage of Harry, supposedly ascertaining his case while really climaxing while remaining a virgin. Up next, Dr. Cherrypopper's machine overloads when his assistant seduces him, and the assistant test drives Harry's resulting permanent erection. Harry uses it to forcefully deflower Dr. Tighttwat, until she consents. So does Elaine Ziptitz, who reveals ending up enjoying their first encounter. Harry is re-hired as the boss realizes the importance of fringe benefits.

Nuit la plus longue AKA Sexus (1964) - José Bénazéraf

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Review
As we all often learn in life, it's the little, simple things that can have a big impact. Bénazéraf doesn't go for complexity here, and his plot is pretty simple for the most part. Yet Sexus does leave it's mark on the mind, and sometimes a director can communicate things without even realising it. With it's odd framing device, throbbing score and luminous imagery, Bénazéraf lets us in on his obsessions, and if you are in the right frame of mind, you can dive right in with him into the whirlpool. I look forward to covering more of his films in these pages. Though not quite in the realm of some of the more obvious Sinema covered here, the blood pumping under the filmic flesh would appear to be the same. It's a hip, jazzy feast for the senses, if you can track it down.

06/08/11

Tutta una Vita AKA Memories of a Lifetime (1992) - Mario Salieri



From Wikipedia,
Mario Salieri, born Mario Altieri, (November 29, 1957 in Naples - ) is an Italian porn director. He started with semi-amateur films in Amsterdam for the Italian market. Since early 1990s he has directed and written many porn titles with divas like Zara Whites and the Italian actress Selen. He is also the owner of Salieri Productions. He usually casts Roberto Malone for the main roles. Silvio Bandinelli and many newer porn directors in Italy and France, like Dino Toscani and Jenny Forte, follow his distinctive style. His wife Nicky Ranieri (who used to be a porn actress for Salieri films with the name Magdalena Lynn) is also a porn director.