Book Description

Summary

Sex and violence is a look at the «dark side» of cinema, from its beginnings to the present. It looks at films that consider prohibited subjects such as sex and violence, breaking down taboos and causing a lot of talk, as well as subject matter like cannibalism, splatter, Nazi-erotic, and women in prison. Directors such as H.G. Lewis, Jess Franco, Lucio Fulci, Alberto Cavallone, Miike Takashi, Jörg Buttgereit have used their talents to create provocative film masterpieces and misunderstood exploitation films which are unpleasant and at times unbearable but which cannot be ignored in a society that lives and thinks in images. 

The Author

Roberto Curti (born in Parma in 1971), a law school graduate, writes for numerous magazines and reviews including «Nocturno Cinema» and «Segnocinema» as well as writing for «La Gazzetta di Parma».

Tommaso La Selva (born in Fermo in 1969) works in film and new media. He is the editor of the vertical portals www.horror.it www.thrillernet.it and also of «Nocturno Cinema».