VIZUÁLNÍ SLAST A TĚLESNÁ ROZKOŠ JAKO PRVKY NAPÍNAVÉ SPEKTAKULÁRNÍ PODÍVANÉ. Modely hardcore erotiky v italských populárních žánrech sedmdesátých a osmdesátých let
VISUAL PLEASURE AND BODY DELIGHT AS ELEMENTS OF THRILLING SPECTACULAR CINEMA. Models of Hardcore Erotica in Italian Popular Genres of 70’s and 80’s

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with hardcore erotica in popular genres of Italian cinema in the period of the 70’s and 80’s. Pointing to the example of various movies on the difficult application of the term pornography in Italian cinema and leans toward the concept of hardcore erotica that accurately defines the measure of intensity in the imaging of sex. The text simultaneously examines connections between soft and hard erotica in Italian popular genres, in the context of explicit forms of erotica that present questionable borders between soft and hard elements in the thrilling spectacle. The study perceives the problematics as a socio-cultural phenomenon which has gradually developed from the filming of hardcore scenes for movies designed for common cinemas, directly to production of purely hardcore erotic movies for the adult audience. Part of the analysis is also a view on practices and procedures of foreign distribution companies that ordered special material from Italian filmmakers, with hardcore sequences for movies of various popular genres and for soft core erotic movies. Hard scenes for some Italian movies were created from the initiative of distributors directly abroad. The text also presents several examples showing the creation of directors of various popular genres, who began filming hardcore erotic movies at the turn of the 70’s and 80’s for special screenings in night cinemas and for video distribution. Some directors – for example Aristide Massaccesi who used the pseudonym Joe D’Amato – served hardcore elements to make a special genre style of thrilling spectacle. Massaccesi on the contrary also used various genre levels to create a concept hardcore erotica as a new form of imaging of sex on the screen. This text is generally focused on semantic connections between genre structures and hardcore erotica.

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