The Films of Tinto Brass

Italian film auteur Tinto Brass might be best known to North American audiences for his directorial credit on the much-maligned 1979 star-studded porn disaster "Caligula", but since the early 1960s he's been creating glossy erotic mini-masterpieces that generally don't get seen much outside of Europe. Visitors to Venice's Museo d'Arte Erotica can now enjoy a space dedicated to Brass and his "poetic and cinematic world", which we're told focuses mainly on "extolling in all its glory, the human bottom" and which includes previously unseen clips and behind-the-scenes photos from some of the most important works in his oeuvre. In case you can't make it to Venice or find such signature Brass works as "Monella" and "Snack Bar Budapest" at your local Blockbuster, the illustrated videography and generous stills galleries on Brass' official website will help you get an idea of what you've been missing all these years. Maybe it's time to give "Caligula" another look? (Actually, scratch that—it really is as bad as we Remember. Sorry, Tinto.)

· Tinto Brass (tintobrass.to, via sexblo.gs)
· "Tinto Brass's hitherto unpublished work now displayed in the Museo d'Arte Erotica" (museodarteerotica.it)

Previously: Francesco Vezzoli's "Caligula", 70s Spanish Film Posters, "Caligula" Gallery