FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS HAS RELEASED
TWO NEW HD RESTORATIONS FROM THE VAULTS OF
JOE SARNO, ONE OF THE LEGENDARY PIONEERS
OF CELLULOID EROTICA
ALL THE SINS OF SODOM&VIBRATIONS
New 2K Theatrical Masters Were Created for Each Film, Packaged Together
and on Blu-ray for the Very First Time; Exclusive Bonus Features Include a
Sarno Interview, Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas and
Peggy Steffans-Sarno and More!
Street Date: September 26, 2017
A pioneer of sexploitation cinema, American film director and screenwriter Joseph W. Sarno's (1921-2010) prolific career spans the evolution of the genre. "One of the true pioneers of celluloid erotica," (Anthology Film Archives) he was also dubbed the "Chekov of soft-core" by The Village Voice. Film Movement Classics has partnered with Film Media and Something Weird to release new HD restorations of two Sarno classics on Blu-ray for the very first time. This September, they'll release the second installment in the Joseph W. Sarno Retrospect Series with ALL THE SINS OF SODOM & VIBRATIONS. Packaged together, this exclusive collection, also featuring specially-produced extras such as an interview with Sarno himself and audio commentary, will be available on Blu-ray and DVD.
SYNOPSES
Shot back-to-back with VIBRATIONS in 1968, ALL THE SINS OF SODOM (87 minutes) has been hailed as "one of Sarno's most captivating films" (Video Watchdog) and the sexploitation auteur is at the top of his game in this penetrating study of ambition, romance and lust set inside the world of fashion photography. Encouraged by his agent, Henning, a struggling New York City photographer, begins a daring portfolio of his model, Leslie. But all too soon, jealousies erupt when another model vies for his camera and bed in this elegantly filmed time capsule of late '60s New York.
In VIBRATIONS (75 minutes), aspiring writer Barbara moves to Manhattan to jump-start her career and sex life, but ends up typing manuscripts. Alone at night, she listens to the sound of her sexy neighbor as she entertains herself and her friends with the aid of her vibrator. When her extroverted sister, Julie, comes to town, Barbara is forced to confront her repressed sexual desires. One of Sarno's early classics, VIBRATIONS is "classy and sophisticated, beautifully shot...filled with wonderful performances and as sexy as hell" (DVD Drive-In)
BONUS FEATURES: ALL THE SINS OF SODOM / VIBRATIONS
Interview with Joseph Sarno
Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas and Joe's wife, Peggy Steffans-Sarno
Booklet featuring liner notes from Tim Lucas
ABOUT THE JOSEPH W. SARNO RETROSPECT SERIES
Through Film Movement's partnership with Film Media, a preservation and restoration company dedicated to outstanding independent cinema shot on film, new 2K theatrical masters are being created for the Joseph W. Sarno film library. For years, only poorly-preserved prints were available for retrospective screenings; now, cinema aficionados will be able to screen Sarno's classics, restored to a pristine state for optimal viewing. The initial double-feature in the new collection was VAMPIRE ECSTASY (aka THE DEVIL'S PLAYTHING, 1973) and SIN YOU SINNERS (1963), released last October on Blu-ray and DVD.
ABOUT JOE SARNO
Director and screenwriter Joseph W. Sarno's (1921-2010) career spans the genre. His early black and white films are praised for their chiaroscuro lighting and their complex psycho-sexual plots, but it was his more explicit art-house film, INGA, shot in Sweden in 1968, that brought him international attention. Never a fan of explicit triple-X filmmaking, Sarno continued to write and direct adult films through the 1970s and '80s, often working under a pseudonym or offering his director's credit to the film's female lead. Among his most noted films are SIN IN THE SUBURBS, INGA, ABIGAIL LESLIE IS BACK IN TOWN, and CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE. Recently, Sarno's work has been the subject of retrospectives at several noted institutions and festivals, including Anthology Film Archives, New York Underground Film Festival, the Lake Placid Film Festival, the Vienna Filmmuseum, The Cinemateque Français, The Turin Film Festival, and the Warhol Museum.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: Blu-ray
Genre: Erotica
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: Stereo
About Film Movement
Celebrating its 15th year, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. Film Movement has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide, and last year it had its first Academy Award-nominated film, Naji Abu Nowar's THEEB. Film Movement's theatrical distribution strategy has evolved to include promising American independent films, documentaries, and an even stronger slate of foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com.
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