SECRET OF DORIAN GRAY (1970) Massimo Dallamano EuroTrash
3388DVD
Helmut
Berger is Dorian Gray in Massimo Dallamano's EuroTrash Masterpiece!
Original
Italian Title: IL DIO CHIAMATO DORIAN GRAY [A God Called Dorian
Gray]
Also Known As: THE DEPRAVITY OF DORIAN GRAY and THE EVILS
OF DORIAN GRAY
and DAS BILDNIS DES DORIAN GRAY (Grm) [The Story of Dorian Gray]
director: Massimo
Dallamano
starring: Helmut Berger · Marie Liljedahl · Herbert Lom · Richard Todd
· Margaret Lee · Maria Rohm
There's
no point of giving a synopsis of the story as it's one of the best known
in the horror genre (a man remains perpetually young while a painting
of himself ages). But, this film takes the familiar plot, whisks it
to contemporary Swingin' London of the '60s and emphasizes the trashy
decadence of Oscar Wilde's original book. (Mr Wilde wrote only two novels,
Dorian Gray and the less familiar homosexual melodrama Teleny.)
The moral of the story is Dorian has no morals and his corruption is
what's really aging the portrait
Massimo Dallamano began his career as a cinematographer (best known
for his work on Sergio Leone's FISTFUL
OF DOLLARS and FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE). He only made
a handful of films as a director (including WHAT
HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?, the remarkable VENUS
IN FURS, and SUPER
BITCH), before suddenly getting killed in an auto accident in
November 1976 at age 59.
An
Italian film, shot in English, in Great Britain; widescreen format, fully
uncut (98 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include theatrical
trailers.
Graphic
Violence/Strong Sexual Material/Drugs/Homosexuality/Nudity/Sexual Brutality:
Recommended for Adult Audiences
There's
no point of giving a synopsis of the story as it's one of the best known
in the horror genre (a man remains perpetually young while a painting
of himself ages). But, this film takes the familiar plot, whisks it
to contemporary Swingin' London of the '60s and emphasizes the trashy
decadence of Oscar Wilde's original book. (Mr Wilde wrote only two novels,
Dorian Gray and the less familiar homosexual melodrama Teleny.)
The moral of the story is Dorian has no morals and his corruption is
what's really aging the portrait
