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Tinto Brass
Milan, Kingdom of Italy [now Italy]
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of variou…
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Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre, with films such as Caligula, Così fan tutte (released under the English title All Ladies Do It), Paprika, Monella (Frivolous Lola) and Trasgredire. After Salon Kitty (1976) and Caligula (1979), the style of his films gradually changed towards erotic films. Caligula was originally supposed to be a satire on power instead of an erotic film, but the producers changed and re-edited the film entirely without Brass's consent, removing many political and comical scenes, and shooting sexually explicit sequences, to make the film a pornographic drama. The director demanded that his name be stricken from the credits, and he is only credited for "Principal Photography". Despite this, the film remains his most widely viewed work (and the highest-grossing Italian film released in the United States). Other notable works of Brass's later period include The Key (1983) and Senso '45 (2002). He was making films into his seventies.
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2021
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
Movie Himself
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2015
Burning Love
Movie Self
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2014
Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema
Movie Self
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2013
Istintobrass
Movie Self
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2012
Crazy Dog
Movie il dottore
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2011
Case Chiuse
Movie
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2009
Hotel Courbet
Movie Editor
- 2009
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2009
Impotenti esistenziali
Movie De Fortis
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2008
Kick the Cock
Movie The Boss
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2008
Il nostro messia
Movie Critico
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2008
Il nostro messia
Movie Critico
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2008
La rabbia
Movie Primo produttore
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2007
Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power
Movie Self
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2007
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Movie Self - Archive Footage
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2006
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Movie Self
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2005
Monamour
Movie Man with Cigar (uncredited)
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2004
Western all'italiana
Movie
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2003
Private
Movie Voyeur
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2002
Black Angel
Movie Film Director
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2002
Unchaste Relationships
Movie
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2000
Cheeky
Movie Man in Photo Shop
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1999
Candlewick
Movie Defense attorney
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1999
Dream
Movie Presenter / Lifeguard
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1999
A Magic Mirror
Movie Porter
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1999
Ladybird
Movie Jehova's Witness
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1999
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2 - Quattro
Movie Presenter
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1999
Julia
Movie Presenter
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1999
The Last Subway
Movie Presenter
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1999
Blessed Transgression!
Movie Presenter
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1999
Weekend in Lecco
Movie Stationmaster
- 1999
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1999
I Am the Way You Want Me
Movie Presenter
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1999
Quattro
Movie Presenter
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1999
Voyeur
Movie Presenter
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1999
Hold My Wrists Tight
Movie The Priest
- 1999
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1999
Improper Liaisons
Movie Presenter
