Comments on: Massimo Dallamano’s Dorian Gray http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: paparazzo1 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1777 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:23:14 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1777 ANTONELLO DE PIERRO e FRANCESCA BERGER in un locale di Roma Era da tempo che cercavamo di pizzicare in atteggiamenti intimi il noto giornalista Antonello De Pierro, direttore di Italymedia.it, voce storica di Radio Roma, nonché leader del movimento nazionale Italia dei Diritti, con Francesca Berger, moglie del grande attore e regista Helmut Berger. Ed eccoci riusciti: la bella e fascinosa consorte dell'ex pupillo di Luchino Visconti non sembra aver resistito alla corte serrata che da molto tempo le fa il sosia italiano di Nicholas Cage, noto anche per le sue numerose conquiste. Negli ambienti mondani si vocifera che De Pierro abbia perso talmente la testa che avrebbe chiesto alla signora Berger addirittura di convolare a giuste nozze, ma anche se sembra che questa sia stata lusingata dalla romantica proposta, giuridicamente ciò non risulta possibile in quanto il matrimonio con Helmut Berger non le permetterebbe di accettare. ANTONELLO DE PIERRO e FRANCESCA BERGER in un locale di Roma

Era da tempo che cercavamo di pizzicare in atteggiamenti intimi il noto giornalista Antonello De Pierro, direttore di Italymedia.it, voce storica di Radio Roma, nonché leader del movimento nazionale Italia dei Diritti, con Francesca Berger, moglie del grande attore e regista Helmut Berger. Ed eccoci riusciti: la bella e fascinosa consorte dell’ex pupillo di Luchino Visconti non sembra aver resistito alla corte serrata che da molto tempo le fa il sosia italiano di Nicholas Cage, noto anche per le sue numerose conquiste. Negli ambienti mondani si vocifera che De Pierro abbia perso talmente la testa che avrebbe chiesto alla signora Berger addirittura di convolare a giuste nozze, ma anche se sembra che questa sia stata lusingata dalla romantica proposta, giuridicamente ciò non risulta possibile in quanto il matrimonio con Helmut Berger non le permetterebbe di accettare.

]]> by: Edgar Soberon Torchia http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1733 Sat, 24 May 2008 14:22:50 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1733 I also liked the review very much. I had never seen the film, but it had an indirect effect on me when I was around 15. In their annual "Sex in Cinema" section, "Playboy" magazine published a photograph of a naked Helmut Berger with a dark-haired actor on top of him, apparently a masseur, wearing a towel. It had a strong impact because up to this day, I had not forgotten that photograph. I also liked the review very much. I had never seen the film, but it had an indirect effect on me when I was around 15. In their annual “Sex in Cinema” section, “Playboy” magazine published a photograph of a naked Helmut Berger with a dark-haired actor on top of him, apparently a masseur, wearing a towel. It had a strong impact because up to this day, I had not forgotten that photograph.

]]> by: Edgar Soberon Torchia http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1732 Sat, 24 May 2008 14:15:43 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1732 Peppino De Luca's score has been released by Digitmovies, on May 2008. It includes music previously unreleased. Peppino De Luca’s score has been released by Digitmovies, on May 2008. It includes music previously unreleased.

]]> by: carolina de luca http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1609 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:14:26 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1609 thanks for mentioning peppino de luca. he was my father, died so young! not many people know him and he would have been so pleased to know that people like you appreciate his sounds long after his passing. honored. carolina de luca thanks for mentioning peppino de luca. he was my father, died so young! not many people know him and he would have been so pleased to know that people like you appreciate his sounds long after his passing. honored.

carolina de luca

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1463 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:50:36 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1463 Thanks for the comments Andres! It's a great film and very erotic compared to other adaptations of Dorian Gray. Berger is terrific in it! It's a shame that it's so maligned since it's really my favorite adaptation. Thanks for the comments Andres! It’s a great film and very erotic compared to other adaptations of Dorian Gray. Berger is terrific in it! It’s a shame that it’s so maligned since it’s really my favorite adaptation.

]]> by: Andrés Indaburu http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1460 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:22:42 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-1460 I was fifteen years old when I ran into the movie by chance one night. By then I had already read the book ( which, seventeen years later I am rereading), and the explosive eroticism of the movie hit me like a bomb. Specially the last woman he seduces,coming out of the bathroom naked, covering himself with his hands. Towards the end of the scene I was trembling like a leaf. I still do when I remember it. Nice review. Andrés I was fifteen years old when I ran into the movie by chance one night. By then I had already read the book ( which, seventeen years later I am rereading), and the explosive eroticism of the movie hit me like a bomb. Specially the last woman he seduces,coming out of the bathroom naked, covering himself with his hands. Towards the end of the scene I was trembling like a leaf. I still do when I remember it.

Nice review.
Andrés

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-154 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:52:13 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-154 Thanks for the information about the German DVD Andreas! It gives me hope that we might get a DVD here in the US as well. Thanks for the information about the German DVD Andreas! It gives me hope that we might get a DVD here in the US as well.

]]> by: robert http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-153 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:04:09 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-153 that german dvd looks very interesting, pity about the one language option, but i think i need to see this one pronto. the soundtrack is a split lp that features ten tracks from dorian gray, all with library descriptions of the tracks. that german dvd looks very interesting, pity about the one language option, but i think i need to see this one pronto.

the soundtrack is a split lp that features ten tracks from dorian gray, all with library descriptions of the tracks.

]]> by: Andreas http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-152 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:11:32 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-152 Very nice review! It may please you to hear that a DVD of the movie will be released by Kinowelt-arthaus on May 18th in Germany. Unfortunately, the soundtrack seems to be in German only (1.0) and there'll be no subtitles. The transfer's aspect ratio is 1.66:1; the disc will contain a documentray on Helmut Berger, running 43 min., along with a photo-gallery, some biographies and the trailer. Very nice review! It may please you to hear that a DVD of the movie will be released by Kinowelt-arthaus on May 18th in Germany. Unfortunately, the soundtrack seems to be in German only (1.0) and there’ll be no subtitles. The transfer’s aspect ratio is 1.66:1; the disc will contain a documentray on Helmut Berger, running 43 min., along with a photo-gallery, some biographies and the trailer.

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-151 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:38:31 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-151 You should check out the VHS tape of the film Robert! The quality is so-so, but I think you would really like the movie. I just listened to the <b>Barry 7's</b> CD and it only has 3 or 4 tracks from the <b>Dorian Gray</b> movie but I believe one of them includes music from the closing theme Tim. I'd need to watch the movie again and compare, but I'm pretty sure it's on the CD and it might be on the record that Robert mentioned too. You should check out the VHS tape of the film Robert! The quality is so-so, but I think you would really like the movie.

I just listened to the Barry 7’s CD and it only has 3 or 4 tracks from the Dorian Gray movie but I believe one of them includes music from the closing theme Tim. I’d need to watch the movie again and compare, but I’m pretty sure it’s on the CD and it might be on the record that Robert mentioned too.

]]> by: robert http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-147 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:55:38 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-147 i've been wanting to see this film for ages, i actually have the cam lp with the soundtrack, it's a great one! i’ve been wanting to see this film for ages, i actually have the cam lp with the soundtrack, it’s a great one!

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-143 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:26:32 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-143 Thanks so much for the nice comment Tim! I really appreciate it. And many thanks for sharing the information about De Luca's score. I know that a couple of the more funky tracks from the film are available on the <b>Barry 7's Connectors Volume 2</b> CD which contains a lot of great library music, but there's none of the more moody &amp; dark music from the film which is a shame. It would be wonderful if a company like Severin restored <b>Dorian Gray</b> and released it on DVD along with the score like they did for <b>Perversion Story</b>. Thanks so much for the nice comment Tim! I really appreciate it. And many thanks for sharing the information about De Luca’s score. I know that a couple of the more funky tracks from the film are available on the Barry 7’s Connectors Volume 2 CD which contains a lot of great library music, but there’s none of the more moody & dark music from the film which is a shame. It would be wonderful if a company like Severin restored Dorian Gray and released it on DVD along with the score like they did for Perversion Story.

]]> by: Tim Lucas http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-141 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:24:16 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-141 Congratulations -- very nice to see a serious appreciation of this critically maligned film, for a change! An interesting bit of trivia about the score: either the music was a library score selected by De Luca rather than composed by him, or De Luca's original score was later remarketed as library tracks. The beautiful closing theme (which I'd love to have on record) was later recycled and used to score the most haunting sequence of Georges Franju's SHADOWMAN, the one in which a masked Gayle Hunnicutt stalks the rooftops of Paris en route to a theft. Congratulations — very nice to see a serious appreciation of this critically maligned film, for a change! An interesting bit of trivia about the score: either the music was a library score selected by De Luca rather than composed by him, or De Luca’s original score was later remarketed as library tracks. The beautiful closing theme (which I’d love to have on record) was later recycled and used to score the most haunting sequence of Georges Franju’s SHADOWMAN, the one in which a masked Gayle Hunnicutt stalks the rooftops of Paris en route to a theft.

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-140 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:20:22 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-140 Thanks so much for the nice comments about my review! Dom - I'm not sure why I find so many modern actors so dull &amp; forgettable, but many of them look they were cut from the same mold or went to the same plastic surgen. I haven't seen Dallamano's <b>Venus In Furs</b> but I really want to. I'm sure I'd enjoy it. It's very true that the Zebra fur was probably just style without substance, but a lot of European filmmakers from the time don't really get credited for their creative ideas and many of them were interested in symbolism &amp; the occult so I figured it would be an interesting idea to bring up. Thanks so much for the nice comments about my review!

Dom - I’m not sure why I find so many modern actors so dull & forgettable, but many of them look they were cut from the same mold or went to the same plastic surgen.

I haven’t seen Dallamano’s Venus In Furs but I really want to. I’m sure I’d enjoy it. It’s very true that the Zebra fur was probably just style without substance, but a lot of European filmmakers from the time don’t really get credited for their creative ideas and many of them were interested in symbolism & the occult so I figured it would be an interesting idea to bring up.

]]> by: dom http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-139 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:55:24 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-139 Helmut Berger was once dubbed "the prettiest man in the world". I find him very asexual, like Bogarde, it's his aloofness. Unlike the "good looking" male actors of today who are usually pretty smug, there is a detachment &amp; disinterest in Berger's face, almost as if he was saddled with his looks. I think that's true of the women too, particularly in European cinema. A pretty face alone can be very dull (Jude Law). Very interesting ideas about the Zebra, I've not seen this film but surely you've added a whole other dimension to watching it. Though as so much of cinema at that time was style over substance &amp; having seen Dallamano's "Venus In Furs" it was probably done solely for effect. No doubt real zebra skin too, something that would rightly not happen today. Helmut Berger was once dubbed “the prettiest man in the world”. I find him very asexual, like Bogarde, it’s his aloofness. Unlike the “good looking” male actors of today who are usually pretty smug, there is a detachment & disinterest in Berger’s face, almost as if he was saddled with his looks. I think that’s true of the women too, particularly in European cinema. A pretty face alone can be very dull (Jude Law).

Very interesting ideas about the Zebra, I’ve not seen this film but surely you’ve added a whole other dimension to watching it. Though as so much of cinema at that time was style over substance & having seen Dallamano’s “Venus In Furs” it was probably done solely for effect. No doubt real zebra skin too, something that would rightly not happen today.

]]> by: Neil http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-138 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:29:40 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-138 What a wonderful review. Thank you. This is another that I'll have to make the effort to see, as it really does look amazing. What a wonderful review. Thank you. This is another that I’ll have to make the effort to see, as it really does look amazing.

]]> by: Jeremy http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-133 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:47:45 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-133 Another excellent post and kudos to picking a great movie to highlight for the blog-a-thon. I really love this film and have been hoping for a dvd release also. Berger is out of sight in it and I would love to get a copy of that incredible score on disc. I think that Dallamano is an underrated director and I always love Margaret Lee. Nothing really to add to your great in depth review, thanks for posting and for turning me on to the Trashy movie blog a thon. I had a lot of fun writing mine.... Another excellent post and kudos to picking a great movie to highlight for the blog-a-thon. I really love this film and have been hoping for a dvd release also. Berger is out of sight in it and I would love to get a copy of that incredible score on disc. I think that Dallamano is an underrated director and I always love Margaret Lee.
Nothing really to add to your great in depth review, thanks for posting and for turning me on to the Trashy movie blog a thon. I had a lot of fun writing mine….

]]> by: Mike http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-132 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:21:40 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/08/massimo-dallamanos-dorian-gray/#comment-132 Grrr... So pretty much, I just wrote a nice long-ish comment on your wonderful post but then my computer decided to eat it... so to sum it up, great post! I love this flick, and you've brought to my attention many things I never noticed, and within this film, for me, is the most attractive Berger ever was (it started my Berger kick back four or five years ago :)) Grrr…
So pretty much, I just wrote a nice long-ish comment on your wonderful post but then my computer decided to eat it… so to sum it up, great post! I love this flick, and you’ve brought to my attention many things I never noticed, and within this film, for me, is the most attractive Berger ever was (it started my Berger kick back four or five years ago :))

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