He falls asleep while reading venus in furs and dreams of venus herself, speaking to him in poetry while he caresses her feet and waits on her as a servant. I found a lot to relate to from masochs writing, but i was kind of bummed that the book turned out to be a cautionary tale in the end. Updated to the present, which is obviously the 60s, director massimo dallamano also responsible for the helmut berger dorian gray manages to be quite faithful to the original story, and setting it in swinging europe works very well. Start of the project gutenberg ebook venus in furs produced by avinash kothare, tom allen, tiffany vergon, charles aldarondo, charles franks and the online distributed proofreading team. The novel was to be part of an epic series that sachermasoch envisioned called legacy of cain. It was later made into a movie in 1969 by massimo dallamano.
This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one mans struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. However, the disc inside was the 1969 of devil in furs a. Massimo dallamanos venus in furs 1969 official trailer sham005. Venus in fur goes behind the scenes at an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power. A muscular hunk works selling shoes, but has a very overactive imagination. And dont get me started on the different region codes and cross platforms of dvds. Venus in furs, massimo dallamano, laura antonelli hand screened. Each book was named after one of the evils that cain introduced into the world, and with this underlying premisethat love is an evilvon sachermasoch reveals a seriously uneasy view of human relations.
Of this book, intended for private circulation, only 1225 copies have been printed, and type afterward distributed. The furs are playing a happy hour show at high noon saloon we go in 5pm sharp. Initially meant to be part of an epic novelsequence called sachermasoch abandoned that plan after a few volumes, venus in furs was published as the fourth part of the first book, which was entitled, love. Venere in pelliccia is a 1969 italian erotic drama film directed by massimo dallamano. Paroxismus i shall refer to it as the american title venus in furs is without a doubt francos masterpiece. Venus in furs british board of film classification. Friday, 24 jan, mark your calendars, get out of work early, book the sitter, or bring the kids. Next part 2 produced by avinash kothare, tom allen, tiffany vergon, charles aldarondo, charles franks and pg distributed proofreaders venus in furs of this book, intended for private circulation, only 1225 copies have been printed, and type afterward distributed. Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather whiplash girlchild in the dark comes in bells, your servant, dont forsake him strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart downy. Venus in furs 1967 directed by joseph marzano stars barbara ellen. First published in german in 1870 as venus im pelz, venus in furs gained for its author both notoriety and a degree of immortality when the word masochismderived from his nameentered the psychiatric lexicon. In the novel, severin becomes obsessed with a woman named wanda and requests to be her slave, finding the humiliation and degradation pleasing. Both were made in new york and share the same personnel. There were two films titled venus in furs released in 1969.
Venere in pelliccia also known as devil in the flesh is a 1969 italian erotic drama film directed by massimo dallamano. This movie was filmed in 1969 for the german market, like venus in furs 1969. An unnamed narrator, then, opens the book with a strange dream of an icy venus, who wears furs and who leads a philosophical discussion about how womens cruel nature increases mans desire. Based on the infamous novel by leopold sachermasoch this fine film follows the perverted passions of a young couple as severin watches the beautiful wanda. Directors massimo dallamano cast includes laura antonelli, regis vallee, eving loren, mady rahl, werner pochath, renate kasche. Venus in furs 1969 made at a time when exploitation films could occasionally cross over to the art film market or dabble in visual or narrative experimentation that would be unthinkable now, venus in furs 1969, aka paroxismus is that rarity, a hypnotic, dreamlike tale that merges elements of a softcore grindhouse feature with avantgarde techniques and a touch of the surreal. Based on the infamous novel by leopold sachermasoch this fine film follows the perverted passions of a young couple as. The first film inspired by the famous sachermasoch novel. Severin rose and pointed with his finger at the fur with which titian garbed his goddess of love. I am planning on having a special night to myself to watch this movie and have a good old fashioned root beer float. Read extracts of this during third year of uni but have always wanted to read the full thing. It was based on the sachermasoch novel and went by the title le malizie di.
Massimo dallamanos venus in furs 1968 english import. It will almost certainly be of similar interest to euro horror fans though, coming as it does from the same year as francos film and being directed by massimo dallamano a name which will be more than familiar to gialli fans as the director of what have they done to solange, among other titles from the same period. It was released in the dying days of the swinging sixties in denmark and west germany, at least but it wasnt distributed in dallamanos native italy until 1973, at which point it was quickly confiscated and cut to ribbons, such was the perceived danger. Sachermasoch is who the term masochism is named after for the themes of domsub sexual relationships in this book. Devil in the flesh starring laura antonelli and directed by massimo dallamano. There is also a horror film entitled venus in furs, directed by jesus franco which also involves kinky sex and sadism. Succubus comes close, and love letter of a portuguese nun is pretty good, but in terms of style and content, venus in furs is franco at his best. The giallo project massimo dallamano periscope in the. Faux fur coats, peplum coats womens outerwear by venus skip to main content skip navigation. He started out as a cinematographer in the late forties, and had shot close to thirty features when sergio leone hired him as cinematographer for a fistful of dollars and. Venus in furs of this book, intended for private circulation, only 1225 copies have been printed, and type afterward distributed.
With a skin rating of four stars, venus in furs 1969 is the purrfect masturbatory masterpiece for blokes who love pretty pussy laura antonelli. Like another giallo craftsman, emilio miraglia, our filmmaker today, massimo dallamano, was a seasoned veteran of italian filmmaking technical departments before creating his own work. The counterpart was an excellent copy of titians wellknown venus with the mirror in the dresden gallery. Between his gialli, westerns, and now sexploitation films that ive seen i can safely say dallamano proficiently worked in just about every prominent italian genre during that time frame and so far i. Lyrics for venus in furs by the velvet underground songfacts. It, too, is a venus in furs, he said with a slight smile. Faux fur coats, peplum coats womens outerwear by venus. Playing the wanton wanda, her hohum world turns upside down when she falls for a sadomasochistic sex maniac. Books similar to venus in furs goodreads share book. Trailers for two fetishistic exploitation films from 1967.
Back to massimo dallamanos rendition of venus in furs, not only are there four different films called venus in furs but there are three different films called devil in the flesh and the 1969 massimo dallamano film goes by both names. Massimo dallamanos venus in furs 1969 official trailer. The first illustrated edition was published in leipzig. Bob from kelowna, canada severin is the name of the masochistic male charactor in the novel venis in furs. Besieged in wonder and suspense, the love affair between characters. This is the one also known as paroxismus, directed by jesus aka jess franco, and starring james darren, barbara mcnair and maria rohm.
Venus in furs nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. To obtain this category cuts were required but the details are not available. Venus in furs is a surprisingly good movie version of sachermasochs erotic classic of obsessive love. Moreover, the music is brilliant and has a very strong presence. Venus in furs is a stylishly perverse and masochistic 60s sexploitation of the italian variety. Get ready for cooler whether with our stylish selections of womens outerwear by venus. It was an italian film directed by massimo dallamano and starring laura antonelli.
Venus in furs was part of love, the first volume of the series. The other 1969 venus was directed by massimo dallamano. Venus in furs is definitely not a film for everyone and even for arthouse lovers, it feels a bit incomplete and emotionally distant. The same could be said of the dallamano directed devil in the flesh aka venus in furs, not to be confused with the jess franco film of the same name, from the same year. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It is an englishdubbed, panned and scanned version of that film with poor image quality. Venus in furs, directed by massimo dallamano is as good as anything from all those amazing filmakers visually it is a stunning film with superb photography, excellent cinematography, tremendous direction and it features the gorgeous laura antonelli in her best role ever. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. First of all, this is not the jess franco film of the same name. Similar but actually less pretentious than his earlier succubus, the film is a psychedelically stylish, supernatural tale with some horror elements, the expected bit of kink and. Dallamanos dorian gray from 1970 really feels updated for its era, trying something a little bit different while remaining faithful to the spirit of the novel. Published in 1870, the novel gained notoriety and a degree of immortality for its author. The book starts with an epigraph from the bibles book of judith, which narrates the story of a clever and powerful woman beheading holofernes, an assyrian general. Check out our venus in furs selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade.
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