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The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle (15-Disc Blu-Ray Box Set) US Import
Severin Films
Original title: Black Emanuelle / Black Emanuelle 2 / Emanuelle in Bangkok / Emanuelle in America / Emanuelle Around the World / Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals / Porno Nights of the World / Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World / Sister Emanuelle / Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade / Violence in a Women's Prison / Emanuelle in Prison / Black Cobra / Black Velvet / Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst / Porno Esotic Love / Divine Emanuelle / Emanuelle: Queen of the Desert / Amore Libero - Free Love / Emanuelle - A Woman From a Hot Country / Black Deep Throat / Porno Nights of the World N.2 / Inferno Rosso: Joe D'amato on the Road of Excess / Scandalous Emanuelle
Year: 1974 - 2021
Country: Italy
Region Code: Blu-Ray: A
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 760137128687
Image: various
HDR: various
Audio:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English Subtitles
Age rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama
Cast: Laura Gemser
Director: Joe D'Amato, Bruno Mattei
Synopsis:
She was the pleasure-seeking photojournalist – forever embodied by the exquisite Indonesian actress Laura Gemser , most frequently in collaboration with writer/director Joe D'Amato – who would uncover an increasingly lurid world of sex cults, snuff films, cannibal jungles, women's prisons , white slavers, depraved convents, and beyond to become the premier feminist icon in genre history. This landmark collection produced by award-winning writer/director Kier-La Janisse now brings together 21 BLACK EMANUELLE films, 2 adjacent titles starring EuroCult heroine Ajita Wilson , and the D'Amato documentary INFERNO ROSSO, most newly scanned, restored, and on Blu -ray for the first time in America. The journey continues with 2 soundtrack CDs curated exclusively for this release encompassing music by Nico Fidenco and more, the lavishly illustrated 356-page THE BLACK EMANUELLE BIBLE designed by Luke Insect and featuring new writings by noted film scholars and historians as well as Laura Gemser's in-depth 1996 Nocturno Magazine interview, and over 40 hours of Special Features that include alternate versions, audio commentaries, video essays, a documentary on Gemser's husband /co-star Gabriele Tinti , the '80s Gemser workout video Looking Good , and much more.
Additional features:
Disc 1: BLACK EMANUELLE (1975) / BLACK EMANUELLE 2 (1976)
Black Emanuelle Special Features:
- XXX Inserts
- Audio Commentary With Film Programmer Jazmyne Moreno
- Exoticizing Blackness And Erotic Sovereignty In BLACK EMANUELLE – Interview With Adult Film Historian Mireille Miller-Young
- I Am Your Black Queen – Audio Interview With Actress Laura Gemser
- The Reluctant Icon – A Tribute To Laura Gemser By Film Historians Kier-La Janisse , Stephen Broomer And Manlio Gomarasca , With Animation By Leslie Supnet And Ashley Thorpe
- Black Emanuelle's Groove – Interview With Composer Nico Fidenco
- Trailer
Black Emanuelle Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 96 mins
Black Emanuelle 2 Special Features:
- XXX Inserts
- Adalberto AKA Bitto – Interview With Film Historian Davide Pulici
- Diva '70 – Interview With Dagmar Lassander
- Trailer
Black Emanuelle 2 Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 91 mins
Disc 2: EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK (1976) / EMANUELLE IN AMERICA (1976)
Emanuelle in Bangkok Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Professor Of Film Aaron AuBuchon
- A Reflection Of The Times – Interview With Actress Debra Berger
- Ivan The Terrible – Actor Ivan Rassimov Discusses EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK And EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD
- Trailer
Emanuelle in Bangkok Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 94 mins
Emanuelle in America Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Kat Ellinger
- Archival Audio Commentary With Film Historians Bruce Holecheck And Nathaniel Thompson
- The Danish Man – Interview With Actor Lars Bloch
- The Confessions Of Diana Smith – Interview With Actress Maria Piera Regoli
- The Art Of Sexy & Gore – Interview With Art Director Marco Dentici
- The Cutting Of The Flesh – Interview With FX Artist Giannetto De Rossi
- The Devil's Trick – Interview With Makeup Artist Maurizio Trani
- The Journalist – Maria Pia Fusco And Piero Vivarelli On The Origins Of D'Amato's Emanuelle
- The Naked City: Emanuelle In New York – A Location Tour With Journalist Michael Gingold
- Trailer
Emanuelle in America Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 100 mins
Disc 3: EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS (1977)
Emanuelle Around the World Special Features:
- Around The World With Emanuelle – Interview With Film Historian Stephen Thrower
- I'm Not A Guru – Interview With Actor Luigi Montefiori
- The Beautiful One – Interview With Actor Gianni Macchia
- A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The 'Nackedei' Actress – Video Essay By Kier-La Janisse And Stephen Broomer , Written By Jean-Luc Marret , Author Of Pornification: Vie De Karin Schubert
- Trailer
Emanuelle Around the World Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 102 mins (Unrated Cut)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Special Features:
- Audio Commentary By Film Historian Stephen Thrower
- The World Of Nico Fidenco – An Interview With Composer Nico Fidenco
- A Nun Among The Cannibals – Interview With Actress Annamaria Clementi
- Dr. O'Brien MD – Interview With Actor Donald O'Brien
- From Switzerland To Mato Grosso – Interview With Actress Monica Zanchi
- Dressed To Eat – Interview With Costume Designer Silvana Scandariato
- Theatrical Trailer
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions / English Subtitles
- Region A
- Run time: 93 mins
Disc 4: PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD (1978)
Porn Nights of the World Special Features:
- Master Of The World – Interview With Co-Director Bruno Mattei
- At The Dining Table – Interview With Producer Franco Gaudenzi
- The Naked Eye: Sex And The Mondo Film – Documentary With Film Historians Elizabeth Purchell , Mark Goodall And Joe Rubin
- English Opening Credit Sequence
- Trailer
Porno Nights of the World Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 88 mins
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World Special Features:
- Crazy, Crazy World – Interview With Makeup Artist Pietro Tenoglio
- After Hours With Joe D'Amato – Interview With Director Joe D'Amato
- Trailer
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 85 mins
Disc 5: SISTER EMANUELLE (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE (1978)
Sister Emaneulle Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Film Scholar Lindsay Hallam
- Trailer
Sister Emanuelle Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 93 mins
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Film Programmer Lars Nilsen
- The Bohemian – Interview With Actor Venantino Venantini
- Come In Un Film: The True Story of Gabriele (Gastone) Tinti – 2016 Documentary By Riccardo Marchesini
- Trailer
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 88 mins
Disc 6: VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON (1982) / EMANUELLE IN PRISON (1985)
Violence in a Women's Prison Special Features:
- Archival Interview With Director Bruno Mattei
- Brawl In Women's Block – Interview With Writers Claudio Fragasso And Rossella Drudi
- Two For One – Interview With Producer Roberto Di Girolamo
- Radio Spot
- Trailer
Violence in a Women's Prison Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 98 mins
Emanuelle in Prison Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Author And Critic Annie Choi And Film Editor Perri Pivovar
- Jailhouse Rock – Interview With Composer Luigi Ceccarelli
- Razor Blade Smile – Interview With Actor Pietro Angelo Pozzato
- Franca Stoppi: Matron Of Hell – Video Essay Written And Narrated By Film Critic Rachael Nisbet
- Trailer
Emanuelle in Prison Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 88 mins
Disc 7: BLACK COBRA (1976) / BLACK VELVET (1976)
Black Cobra Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Film Critic Samm Deighan
- From Prague To Hong Kong – Interview With Actress Michele Starck
- Joe D'Amato At Eurofest
Black Cobra Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 96 mins
Black Velvet Special Features:
- Black Velvet – Interviews With Stars Annie Belle And Al Cliver
- The Roots Of Evil – Biographer Alberto Pezzotta On Director Brunello Rondi
- A Relationship Of Confusion – Film Critic Joseph Fahim On VELLUTO NERO
- English Opening Credit Sequence
- Italian Theatrical Trailer
- English Theatrical Trailer
Black Velvet Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
- Audio: Partial English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions / English Subtitles
- Region A
- Run time: 96 mins
Disc 8: EMANUELLE'S PERVERSE OUTBURST (1983) / PORNO ESOTIC LOVE (1980)
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst Special Feature:
- Audio Commentary With Author Bryan Connolly And Film Programmer Amber Adams
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: French Mono
- English Subtitles
- Region A
- Run time: 97 mins
Porno Esotic Love Special Features:
- The Lovemaker – Interview With Actor Mark Shannon
- Trailer
Esotic Love Porn Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 103 mins
Disc 9: DIVINE EMANUELLE (1981)
Divine Emanuelle Special Features:
- Includes FANATICO...WHEN THE GODDESS CALLS (Workprint of Christian Anders' Director's Cut)
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailer
Divine Emanuelle Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
- Audio: English Mono / French Mono (Divine Emanuelle Only)
- Closed Captions
- Region Free
- Run time: 99 mins (Divine) / 104 mins (Fanatico)
Disc 10: EMANUELLE: QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1982)
Emanuelle: Queen of the Desert Special Features:
- Includes THE DIRTY SEVEN (Longer Alternate Cut Of The Film Under Its Original Title)
- Violent Cyprus – Interview With Actor Giovanni Brusatori
- Sunlight And Violence – Interview With Cinematographer Nino Celeste
- Trailer
- LOOKING GOOD – Workout Video Hosted By Laura Gemser (58 mins)
- Audio Commentary With Film And Television Historian Amanda Reyes And Podcaster Erik Threlfall
Emanuelle: Queen of the Desert Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region Free
- Run time: 89 mins
Disc 11: AMORE LIBERO - FREE LOVE (1974) / EMANUELLE - A WOMAN FROM A HOT COUNTRY (1978)
Amore Libero - Free Love Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono (TBC)
- Closed Captions (TBC)
- Region A
- Run time: 86 mins (TBC)
Emanuelle - A Woman From a Hot Country Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Spanish Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 87 mins
Disc 12: BLACK DEEP THROAT (1977) / PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD N.2 (1978)
Black Deep Throat Special Feature:
- Ajita Wilson: An Elusive Icon – Video Essay By Film And Gender Studies Scholar Matt Richardson
Black Deep Throat Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region Free
- Run time: 87 mins
Porno Nights of the World N.2 Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region Free
- Run time: 94 mins
Disc 13: INFERNO ROSSO: JOE D'AMATO ON THE ROAD OF EXCESS (2021) / SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE (1986)
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess Special Features:
- Introduction By Nicolas Winding Refn For Venice Film Festival Premiere
- Two Of A Kind: Talking About Joe – Director Manlio Gomarasca And Giona A. Nazzaro (Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival) In Conversation
- Outtakes
- Trailer
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
- Audio: English 5.1 / Italian Stereo
- Closed Captions / English Subtitles
- Region A
- Run time: 73 mins
Scandalous Emanuelle Special Features:
- Scandalous Christina – Interview With Actress Jenny Tamburi
- Peeping Lilli – Interview With Actress Lilli Carati
- Trailer
Scandalous Emanuelle Disc Specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions
- Region A
- Run time: 91 mins
Disc 14: NICO FIDENCO'S GROOVE CD
Disc 15: BLACK EMANUELLE'S RARITIES AND B-SIDES CD
THE BLACK EMANUELLE BIBLE : Designed by Luke Insect with a cover illustration by Kim Thompson , this fully illustrated 356-page book is the most substantial collection of writing ever devoted to the series, with essays by Kevin John Bozelka, Costas Constandinides, Rachel Harrison, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Kier-La Janisse, Jennifer Moorman, Xavier Aldana Reyes, Jorge Rivera-Gutiérrez and Erin Wiegand ; additional capsule reviews by Bryan Connolly and Craig Ledbetter ; and archival interviews with actress Laura Gemser and screenwriter Maria Pia Fusco .