LIPS OF LURID BLUE (1975) rare Giulio Petroni w/ Lisa Gastoni
3902DVD
Giulio
Petroni's Sexual Shocker with Lisa Gastoni
original
Italian title: LABBRA DI LURIDO BLU
director:
Giulio Petroni
starring Lisa Gastoni · Corrado Pani · Jeremy Kemp ·
Silvano Tranquilli · Margareta Veroni
Lisa
Gastoni plays Elli, the sexophobic-nymphomaniac wife of University professor
Marco Alessi, a repressed homosexual. They married in a desperate attempt
to rid themselves of the childhood traumas that have infected their
lives and caused an erotic imbalance. But the effort is hopeless; she
finds perverse satisfaction by participating in dangerous sexual seductions
while he is continuously persuaded by his former gay lover. The path
is a collision course leading to tragedy.
There's
also something bubbling under the surface of Giulio Petroni's film,
strongly accentuated by Ennio Morricone's sinister score. At one point
the British homosexual lover, George Stevens, says "There is a
verse by Baudelaire: 'The Devil holds the strings that bring us closer,
as everyday we descend into Hell step by step.'" This quote - when
coupled with the amazing demonic, sado-sex opening of the film - sets
the stage for an even more perverse interpretation of this kinky melodrama.
Director Petroni was best known for his landmark Spaghetti Westerns
(including DEATH
RIDES A HORSE and SKY
FULL OF STARS FOR A ROOF), but he also helmed the Marisa Mell
black magic thrillerOBSCENE
DESIRE.
Lisa
Gastoni began acting in Italy in the mid '50s. She often went to England
for roles [known for headlining numerous BBC television dramas]. Her
breakout film role was in Robert Mauri's thriller NIGHTS
OF VIOLENCE in 1965. She won the Italian best actress award
for Fernando Di Leo's Lolita film THE
SEDUCTION (1973). Ms Gastoni retired unexpectedly
after starring in this movie in 1975, only to return 30 years later
for a series of popular TV dramas and a highly controversial motion
picture, the cocaine shocker COCAPOP
in 2010.
An Italian film with English subtitles; widescreen format, uncut version
(111 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC.
Strong
Sexual Themes/Nudity/Drugs/Gay Theme/Sexual Brutality/S&M
For Adult Audiences
Lisa
Gastoni plays Elli, the sexophobic-nymphomaniac wife of University professor
Marco Alessi, a repressed homosexual. They married in a desperate attempt
to rid themselves of the childhood traumas that have infected their
lives and caused an erotic imbalance. But the effort is hopeless; she
finds perverse satisfaction by participating in dangerous sexual seductions
while he is continuously persuaded by his former gay lover. The path
is a collision course leading to tragedy.
