Making Erotic Thrillers: Labour, Power and Time in the Italian Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s by Andreas Ehrenreich

“…Using the example of the Italian film industry of the 1960s and 1970s and, in particular, popular erotic thriller cycles, the article focuses on different types of time periods closely associated with film production: the shooting stage and the phase of apprenticeship for newcomers. …”
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Johnny Dorelli: "l'idolo biondo delle signore". Da crooner dell'Italia del boom a corpo della commedia erotica italiana by Giulia Francesca Muggeo

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Norberto Bobbio: libertà dell’arte, censura ed erotismo by Rinaldo Vignati

“…He therefore calls for an evolution of customs capable of setting limits on erotic excesses. The underestimation of rules – also noted by other commentators in references to other areas of his thought – is a weakness in Bobbio’s reflection of censorship  …”
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D’Annunzio e due opere di Astolfo de Maria al Vittoriale by Dal Canton, Giuseppina

“… At the Vittoriale degli Italiani, in the so-called «Leda’s room», Gabriele d’Annunzio’s own bedroom, there are two works by painter Astolfo de Maria, the Dogaressa (i.e. the wife of the doge) and an Erotic allegory. D’Annunzio always refused to part with the former; and he was personally involved in the peculiar framing of the second, a real tableau de chevetsince it was placed at the head of his bed. …”
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Al seguito di d’Annunzio by Dal Canton, Giuseppina

“…Two works of great importance in de Maria’s artistic career also date back to the war years: Erotic Allegory and Dogaressa (i.e. Doge’s Wife), both adorning the walls of the so-called «Leda’s room» at the Vittoriale. …”
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Divismo, maturità e politica sessuale negli "Hollywood film" di Anna Magnani by Margarida Carnicé Mur

“…A season of great transformations in world cinema in which Hollywood, apparently interested in documenting Magnani’s uniqueness, has probably ended up discussing some of the greatest taboos in classic movies: aging over women’s bodies, erotism between mature femininity and young masculinity, or the experience of sex and passion according to a female character who remains the subject of its own desire. …”
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