{"id":3206,"date":"2026-06-29T11:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:05:59","slug":"newly-restored-deadly-sweet-by-italian-softcore-erotic-movies-director-tinto-brass-set-to-pre-open-venice-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3206","title":{"rendered":"Newly Restored \u2018Deadly Sweet\u2019 by Italian Softcore Erotic Movies Director Tinto Brass Set to Pre-Open Venice Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe upcoming Venice Film Festival has set the world premiere of the restored version of 1967 cult movie \u201cDeadly Sweet,\u201d directed by Italian softcore erotic movies maestro Tinto Brass, as its pre-opening event.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3204\">Comcast to Split NBCUniversal and Cable Operations Into Two Companies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe new digital 4k version of \u201cDeadly Sweet,\u201d which stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Sweden\u2019s Ewa Aulin, has been restored by Rome\u2019s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia film archives with support from Netflix. It will screen on the Lido on Sept. 1 and also be included in the Venice Classics program.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe erotic pop thriller, which Brass shot in London, stars Trintignant as young man who discovers that his business contact has been murdered. Instead of calling the police, he decides to protect a young woman, played by Aulin, at the crime scene and pursue the real killers\u201a which puts him on a collision course with the London underworld.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cDeadly Sweet\u201d was presented out-of-competition at the 1967 Venice International Film Festival. The film, produced by Ermanno Donati and Luigi Carpentieri, was losely inspired by the novel \u201cIl sepolcro di carta\u201d by Sergio Donati. The screenplay is by Tinto Brass, Francesco Longo and Pierre L\u00e9vy-Corti. The cinematography by Silvano Ippoliti, the production design by Carmelo Patrono and the music by Armando Trovajoli.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3202\">BBC Comes to Jesus: Broadcaster Sets \u2018Landmark\u2019 Historical Docuseries on Christ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cDeadly Sweet\u201d is one of several films shot by the director in the British capital. It was followed by \u201cAttraction\u201d (\u201cNerosubianco,\u201d 1969) and \u201cDropout\u201d (1970). <\/p>\n<p>\n\tBrass is best-known to international critics for his two historic erotic epics, \u201cSalon Kitty\u201d (1976) and \u201cCaligula\u201d which was made in 1979 and released in 1984 in a different cut from that intended by Brass. The contentious film was self-financed in 1980 by Penthouse founder Bob Guccione who after fighting with Brass and screenwriter Gore Vidal wrested control of the project ad tossed out the script, adding adult content that he shot after the actors \u2013 who included Helen Mirren, Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, and Peter O\u2019Toole \u2013 had finished their shoots. The addition of porn prompted Brass and Vidal to sue to have their names removed from the picture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 84th edition of Venice will run Sept. 2-12, with the festival\u2019s lineup being announced July 23.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3200\">\u2018Spirited Away\u2019 Stage Production Sets World Tour, Including London Return \u2013 Global Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly restored version of cult film &#8216;Deadly Sweet&#8217; by Italian softcore erotic movies director Tinto Brass will pre-open the Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2647,2648],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-tinto-brass","tag-venice-film-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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