Biography
Tinto Brass is the legend of Italian cinema, the director who created films in the genre of erotica. The author and director of the Kaligula, "Salon Kitty", "peeping".
Cinema Schools produced a dual impression on the audience. Some called the director of the genius, others during the film was not embarrassed from the halls, film critics were given the director the title "Apostle Erotism".
Childhood and youth
On March 26, 1933, the future Matcher of Erotic Cinema Giovanni Brass was born in Italy. Spectators know him as Tinto Brasse, the director himself chose his name.
Milan became the hometown of Giovanni, but the artist itself loved to later enter the others, talking about the fact that the first years lived in Venice. His grandfather was an artist, and in childhood the boy often spinning in the workshop. Grandfather in a joke called the grandson of a little Tinto, which is translated from Italian as "color", "paint". The name liked the child so much that he replaced this parents at birth.
Tinto has Russian roots. Grandma Brasrass was born in Odessa, and after school came to study in Sorbonne. There, the girl met the future husband and moved to Italy.
After school, Tinto entered the law college, then worked in a prestigious archive in Paris, famous for the whole world with rich collections. The graduate lawyer Tinto Brass returned to his native Italy and settled on a film studio of the director's assistant. He worked with Roberto Rossellini and Alberto Kawalkanti and so imbued with the work of the directors, which decided to shoot his own films.
Films
Tinto Brass debuted in cinema at 30 years. A young man removed the first film "Who works, he is lost" in the drama genre. The picture liked the audience and inspired the novice director for further work. A year later, in 1964, Tinto created a fantastic comedy "Flying Plate" and the intellectual cinema "Ca Ira, the flow of the uprising."
In the film "My Signora" Stars of Italian Cinema Alberto Sordea and Silvana Mangano played five episodes in front of the audience, revealing the various faces of the relationship between men and women. Tinto Brass became the director of the sketch of the "bird" and "car". In 1966, the director released Western Yankees, telling about the fate of the hired murderer, who received an order for the most influential Mafiosi of the district.
In 1967, Tinto pleased the viewers of a detective picture with elements of erotica "Failling", in which the main characters played Jean-Louis Trentinyang and Eva Olin. At the same time, the announcement of the comedy "attachment" on the adventures of a married woman, acquainted with a young African American.
By nature, breeding is an experimenter. The director tried himself in different genres - rented novels, parodies, political sketches, Westerns. Worldwide fame brought erotic cinema.
In 1968, the director created the painting "Creek", which was banned by a long 6 years to show. At the beginning of the 70s, Tinto released two pictures - the "retired" melodrama and the Drama "Vacation". In both films, Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave performed the main roles. For the painting "Vacation" of Brass received the prize of the Venetian festival in 1971.
The world famous of the director brought the painting of 1976 "Salon Kitty", telling about the decline of morality among the inhabitants of Germany, adherents of the ideology of fascism. The premiere held in Italy caused a scandal in society. European and the United States television channels refused to show a tape without censorship, after which the director had to be cut off the film and release into the world hire called Madame Kitty.
In 1976, Brass in collaboration with the producer of Bob Gucchyon, the chief editor of the Penthouse edition, removed the Erotic film "Caligula". To work on the film director, the director invited the stars of the international quantity - Malcolm Makdauell, John Gilguda, Peter O'Tula and Helen Mirren.
The audience saw the picture only after 3 years, and even then in a truncated version. Bedding scenes that were cut out, appeared in the film at the insistence of the producer and after tinto removing from the creative process. After the premiere of "Caliguly", the name of Tinto Brasssa fell into the list of the best film director of erotic cinema.
The director has a special style of erotica, bordering porn. The scenes are based on historical facts demonstrating the cruelty and immorality of society. The audience creates the impression that they spy at someone else's life into the keyhole. In the center of erotic scenes at the Brasse - sensuality, the joy of life, the psychology of heroes, emotions.
In the 80s, Tinto removed the film "peeping", which became a creative manifesto masters. On the big screen of the film got only in 1994. During the same years, the director's filmography is replenished with the projects "Key", Miranda. Also Brasssa presented to the court to the audience his version of the story set out in the opera-buff "all" of Wolfgang Amadeu Mozarta. Kinokartina got the name "All lady do it." In the film, we were talking about a married couple, which came to the conclusion that the free relationship is not a hindrance.
The end of the 90s was marked by the release of a number of work of the frank content - "Mail Tinto Brass", "Notes Tinto Brass. Julia, "" vicious relationships "," Schalunya ". In the early 2000th, the film director pleased the fans with the pictures "Black Angel" and "My Love".
In the creative biography of Tinto Brass, more than 20 erotic tapes, among which - "Oh, Women!", "Violating Bans", Paprika. In 2012, the Matcher of Erotic Cinema presented a filmmaker "Who killed Caligula?", Updated version of Caligules in 3D format. Brasss explained to journalists that in the previous version there were too rigid erotic scenes, for which he as director did not give consent. In his opinion, Caligula is a sexy and sensual hero, without manic cruelty.
In some films, Tinto was shot in episodic roles. The director calls his acting fun. In the picture "Violating prohibitions", the Brass came up with a scene, where the photographer concerns the ass of a sexy girl, which under the skirt there is no underwear. Tinto liked so much to touch the actress that the director repeated the scene 30 times. The acting filmography of Maestro consists of 20 paintings, which entered the "rage" film, "Sweet Sleep", "Last Metro" and others.
The last years of Brass occasionally appears on the big screen as an actor. In 2015, Tinto played himself in the Italian short film "EVA Al Desnudo". A year later, the film critic appeared in the fantastic drama of the American-German production "out of time."
Personal life
Tinto - Widower, for many years the director happily lived with Carla Chipriani. Young people met in 1963, when Bronss rented the first film "Who works, he is lost." Since then, Karl helped her husband, inspired him. Two children were born in marriage - the son of Bonifacio and the daughter of Beatrice.
In August 2006, Chalas did not. The death of his wife became for the maestro tragedy, from which the director has changed a long time. The consolation for Tinto Brass became his grandchildren Lulu, Martin and Mateo, whom the daughter gave him.
The revered age does not prevent the director to fear for pretty actresses. In 2000, the press was actively discussed by Roman Brass with actress Yulia Mayarchuk, starred in the film "Violating Bans" film. Odessans by origin the director accidentally met in one non-politinist pizzeria and could not pass by.
Tinto Brass had a novel with Katerina Varzi, who, before meeting with the director, was a lawyer in criminal matters, fond of psychoanalysis and led his own column in the Tuttuscienze newspaper. According to tabloids, the relationship began in 2016. Katerina advised the shooting group on legal issues, and in parallel, Tinto helped as a personal psychoanalyst.
The girl immediately attracted the attention of the director. Roman flared quickly and proceeded violently, although in humans of Katerina tried to preserve the visibility of decency, but the behavior of the brewing, and the joint photos of lovers did not leave doubts about true relationships. The director offered his passion to play the main role in the new picture "Tsiva - the island, which is not." The woman agreed, but the novel was so interested in both that the filming of the movie was dragged, and then the picture and got on the shelf at all.
After a protracted creative crisis, in which Tinto was stayed after the death of a hotly adored first spouse, Katerina managed to become a muse for him. Thanks to her efforts, the life of Maestro played new colors. Brasss began to make plans for working on the next masterpiece, invented new projects. Now Tinto and Katerina already live in official marriage.
In one of the interviews, the director shared the idea to invite to the main role in the new movie of the Minister of Education ITALY MARIA Stelli. But the brave thought remained at the level of dreams of a great artist, the official did not divide his enthusiasm with Tinto to appear before the public in a provocative image.
So far, the short film "Hotel Kourbe", presented in 2009 in the Venetian Biennale of Mostra del Cinema, became the only joint with the Vaci Project.
Tinto Brass is distinguished by rare life. Cheerful, he appears at the film festivals and in secular events. In addition to women, the director has another weakness - the reappearance of the cigars. Talking about political convictions, the director notes that he does not like power in all its manifestations, although he does not consider an anarchist.
In 2010, Tinto Brass suffered intracranial hemorrhage. At the time of crisis, the director was located in the city of Vicenza, where he was urgently hospitalized in neurosurgery.
Tinto Brass now
In 2018, the world community noted the next anniversary of the master - 85 years since the birth of Tinto Brasse.
The solemn event was accompanied by a large banquet, on which the director indulged in memories of the beginning of the creative path and memorable moments of life. In addition to friends and close relatives, the maestro also congratulated colleagues and fans.
Filmography
- 1963 - "Who works, that lost"
- 1964 - "Flying Plate"
- 1968 - "Creek"
- 1967 - "attachment"
- 1970 - "Retired"
- 1971 - "Vacation"
- 1976 - "Kitty Salon"
- 1979 - "Caligula"
- 1980 - "Motor"
- 1983 - "Key"
- 1985 - Miranda
- 1991 - Paprika
- 1994 - "peeping"
- 1998 - "Shalunya"
- 2005 - "My love"
- 2009 - "Hotel Kourba"