Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut (1999)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Roger A. Fratter

Writers:

Manlio Gomarasca (writer)
Davide Pulici (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

The story of Joe d'Amato, Italian director of sexploitation and gore, narrated by himself.

Plot Keywords:

Director | Character Name In Title

Cast

Joe D'Amato	...	Himself
Dirce Funari	...	(archive footage)
Laura Gemser	...	Black Emanuelle / Various Characters (archive footage)
Annj Goren	...	(archive footage)
Marina Hedman	...	(archive footage)
Malisa Longo	...	Herself
Rick 'Ercolino' Martino	...	(archive footage)
Jack Palance	...	(archive footage)
Brigitte Petronio	...	(archive footage)
Karin Schubert	...	(archive footage)
Paola Senatore	...	(archive footage)
Mark Shannon	...	(archive footage)
Diego Spataro	...	Himself
Gabriele Tinti	...	(archive footage)
Ajita Wilson	...	(archive footage)

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Company:

The Legend Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Le notti porno nel mondo nº 2 (1978)

Fantastic profile Italy's most prolific exploitation director

A refreshing interview with the legendary Italian cinematographer-producer-director who passed away in 1999 with close to 200 features to his credit as director. A large portion is spent on D'Amato's softcore sex films including his notorious EMANUELLE entries with Laura Gemser. They also briefly cover his porn career, which kept him afloat during his last decade or so. More interesting to me is the section focusing on his horror and action efforts. D'Amato has plenty of great anecdotes about actors and his low budget film-making including a story about an assistant accidentally collecting real bones amid the fake ones while shooting in a 2,000-year-old catacomb. Other interviewees include George Eastman and Al Cliver. I would have liked a bit more conversation about his Stateside Filmirage productions (not a single question about TROLL 2; granted it wasn't the cult film then it was now).