Joe Dallesandro

This film portrait of a new kind is a deep dive into the heart of the los angeles art scene. From a ride on Sunset boulevard in a convertible car at the sunrise, going Through a lunch with the art dealer Patrick Painter and a visit to Peter Shire's studio... Having a beer and a deep talk with Paul McCarthy, calling Raymond Pettibon stuck in New-York or searching for Ed Ruscha in bars.... From Ariana Papademetropoulos opening exhibition to the visit of a car wreck with Umar Raschid... From the old house of Cary Grant to the dodgy underground of Downtown passing through Eugenio Lopez's private art collection on the Hollywood hills... Through intimate conversation, 24 Hour Sunset gives us access to the thoughts, inspirations and practice of legendary artists, world famous art dealers, appraised curators and collectors, as well as the young up coming scene of artists living in Los Angeles.

Durante a era de ouro de Hollywood, em Los Angeles da década de 1920, um jovem latino está determinado a conseguir uma carreira enquanto o cinema entra em fase de transição dos filmes mudos para produções com falas.

Three celluloid letters sent from different parts of the globe to Paul Morrissey, director of Trash, Flesh and Heat, collaborator with Warhol and agent for the Velvet Underground.

Docu-fiction hybrid about Ulli Lommel and Andy Warhol.

Itália, 1970. Uma legião crescente de guerreiros inofensivos começa uma luta pacífica pela liberdade sexual através da pornografia, abalando e chocando as autoridades religiosas e as instituições políticas conservadoras. Eles são irônicos, felizes, loucos. Eles são sonhadores, defensores da comunhão definitiva entre corpo e alma. Mas eles foram censurados e humilhados. Eles foram maltratados e presos por exigirem alto um novo renascimento cultural.

A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.

Interview with the italian composer Claudio Gizzi about his lifetime and work as part or the extras of the Blu-Ray edition from What? (Che?) (1972) from Roman Polanski

Andy Warhol made him famous. The underground films made him a sexual icon. His body made him a legend.

Andy Warhol made him famous. The underground films made him a sexual icon. His body made him a legend.

Andy Warhol made him famous. The underground films made him a sexual icon. His body made him a legend.

A very black mix of comedy about relationships, the media, children's beauty pageants, sex change operations and personal problems.

Joe Dallesandro embodies a certain form of American dream, thanks to his career launched by Andy Warhol, fascinated by his ephebe body. Revealed by Paul Morrissey in the trilogy "Flesh" (1968), "Trash" (1970) and "Heat" (1972), he established himself as an icon of underground cinema thanks to stripped roles, becoming the liberator of the male nudity in Cinema. The one who inspired the song "Walk on the Wild Side" to Lou Reed is now in his sixties, happy manager of a property close to Hollywood Boulevard. In his courtyard, seated on a low wall, he evokes with amusement and nostalgia his youth and his various collaborations with Warhol, Morrissey, Coppola, Waters, Breillat or Rivette.

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her stage shows.

Mob tale of a mafia boss whose moll has hooked up with a young hood now in charge of a movie studio.

A Cannes red carpet tribute for three iconic protagonists of Warhol's Factory glory days.

Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal catchphrase "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"), gets the definitive treatment. This film includes a look into his inner circle and examines both his artistic and personal impact on society. From day-glo Marilyns and Elvises to Campbell's Soup cans to the groovy 1960s and '70s, step into the limelight of the Warhol world.

Um antigo presidiário que acaba de ser libertado vai até Los Angeles para tentar descobrir quem assassinou sua filha. Ele percebe que está completamente deslocado e que não entende mais o mundo exterior, mas é ajudado por outro ex-detento.

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.

A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.

A tribute to the screen work of Joe Dallesandro set to the music of Judy Garland.

Num futuro onde os dinossauros foram recriados por engenharia genética, e convivem pacificamente com os humanos, policial durona se vê em apuros quando descobre que seu novo parceiro chama-se Theodore Rex e pesa três toneladas.

Após ter lutado para se tornar o mais poderoso senhor das drogas do Harlem, Roemello Skugs decide mudar de vida. E descobre ser mais difícil sair da vida do crime do que chegar ao topo do submundo.

Prostrate probing interviews! Live action murder! Naked people! Tired death-rockers! And more! Much more!!

A adolescente da Califórnia, Anita Minteer, luta diante de uma mãe ausente, do namorado abusivo de sua mãe, Rooney, e da falta de respeito de seus colegas de classe. Tudo isso muda quando um projeto de escola por correspondência a conecta com o condenado Howard.

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Brush Strokes"; "Shrink Rap"; "Doubletalk"; "The Leda"; "My Secret Moments"; "Life Is For The Taking"; "The Diaries"; "Love The One You're With"; and "My Better Half".

Lá vive Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, um bad boy que é líder de um grupo. Ele é conhecido como "Cry-Baby" em virtude de chorar apenas por um olho, mas agora está apaixonado por Allison Vernon-Williams, uma jovem rica que é criada pela avó, Mrs. Vernon-Williams, que considera "Cry-Baby" um delinquente juvenil e não quer vê-lo junto da neta. Além disto, Baldwin, o namorado de Allison que é líder dos "quadrados", está totalmente contra "Cry-Baby" e o resto dos delinquentes juvenis, assim lidera uma guerra santa contra eles. Isto gera pancadaria e vandalismo e os jovens delinquentes são considerados culpados pelo caos, mas são liberados pelo juiz, com exceção de "Cry-Baby", que é mandado para um reformatório.

An actor at the end of the line who used to play a PI on TV turns to real detective work when a fan of his begs him to help her.

An army sergeant terrorizes his troops in this war drama.

An innocent bystander goes on a vendetta against a bank robber.

Uma falha elétrica provoca pane em um grande hospital. Para escapar da cadeia, um criminoso se faz passar por louco e é encaminhado ao setor de psiquiatria.

A high-school guitarist contends with an unhappy home environment while working to get his band noticed by a music promoter.

O Cotton Club foi uma famosa boate do Harlem. Esta é a história das pessoas que frequentavam este clube, bem como das pessoas que o dirigiam. O filme é generosamente recheado com música, o jazz que tornou o Cotton Club tão renomado nas décadas de 1920 e 1930.

New Yorker Ben Phillips and mysterious Léo Hoffmann are strangers who are summoned to Paris by a mutual acquaintance. Upon arrival, they meet and soon find themselves tangled in a complex mystery.

Having murdered her husband and daughter, Carol invents a new identity to start a new life. Unfortunately, her tendency to express their unhappiness or disapproval by murdering her victims could jeopardize her romance with mathematician and philosopher Ignacio from Spain.

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

A filmmaker engages in a routine series of sexual encounters to pass the time while editing her latest film. When one man refuses to play by her rules, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.

A irmã Gertrudes é a enfermeira freira principal cujo o comportamento cada vez mais psicótico, coloca em perigo a sanidade dos pacientes e funcionários do hospital. A freira que é apegada na morfina e na loucura, preside sobre um regime de lesbianismo e mortes.

6000 km di paura, internationally released as Safari Rally, is a 1978 action-thriller film directed by Bitto Albertini.

Larry is tries to seduce his tennis buddy, Carl, but finds an apartment full of obstacles (a drunk painter, crabby janitor, locked-out neighbor) in his way. During a stag party, a privately made loop of Joe Dallesandro is shown.

Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but whose heart is simple and uncomplicated enough not only to endure, but even to attain serenity in the face of her manifold frustrations. Her only friend, to whom she pours out all her troubles, is an old parrot. When the parrot dies, she reverently has it stuffed and continues telling it her woes. This drama is based on a story by Gustave Flaubert.

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.

Johnny (Jane Birkin) é uma garçonete que trabalha em uma lanchonete de beira de estrada, onde vive solitária e carente. Ela começa a se interessar pelo caminhoneiro Krassky (Joe Dallesandro), apesar dos alertas de seu chefe, Boris (René Kolldehoff), em relação à homossexualidade do rapaz. O fato é que, talvez por causa da aparência masculina de Johnny, Krassky também começa a se interessar pela garçonete, o que atiça o ciúme de Padovan (Hugues Quester), namorado do caminhoneiro.

A young man whose passions are money, beautiful women and racing motorcycles comes up with a scheme that will allow him to combine all three, all while committing the "perfect" crime.

As a gang of youths terrorizes a city, the weary chief of police finds himself caught between the citizens who cry for blood and a catholic priest who believes the boys will respond to kindness.

Esta história freudiana sobre a sexualidade adolescente, ambientada em um mundo pós-apocalíptico de identidades mutáveis e animais falantes, é um dos filmes mais experimentais de Malle e um devaneio cinematográfico como nenhum outro.

By day, Ovidio (Joe Dallesandro) and his two friends work at a data center. After work, they blow off steam by committing random acts of savage violence, swiftly graduating from sparking a riot at a football game to vehicle theft, rape, and murder. The police are convinced this recent spate of crimes is politically motivated, but world-weary veteran Commissario Santaga (Enrico Maria Salerno) suspects a far more terrifying explanation: that these young men are motivated by nothing more than boredom and disaffection at civilized society. As Ovidio's behavior escalates, a psychological game of cat-and-mouse ensues between the two adversaries, building towards a shocking final confrontation.

Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working at a warehouse for a gangster where he helps to relocate illegal contraband, and because of his ruthlessness and dependability he begins to ascend the ladder of organized crime. Of course, the more powerful he becomes, the more "Climbers" come out of the shadows to take his place.

Ottavia is left completely alone this summer, but not for long. Walter, who is to change her entire life, now come into it. He is very young, very good looking and cruel.

Após a estranha morte de seu antigo jardineiro, Ellen (Katharine Houghton), contrata o misterioso jardineiro Carl (Joe Dallesandro), que incrivelmente consegue transformar o seu jardim em algo além do que ela esperava. Sem perceber o novo jardineiro introduz plantas desconhecidas em seu terreno que emitem gases venenosos. Com o tempo o novo jardineiro demonstra que consegue se comunicar com as plantas e começa a influenciar os pensamentos de sua patroa, e alimentar as plantas com a carne das amigas de Ellen. Ellen começa a desconfiar que o jardineiro não seja tão humano como aparenta.

O Conde Drácula (Udo Kier) sabe que se ele não beber uma certa quantidade de sangue virgem seu destino será passar a eternidade dentro de seu caixão. O assistente do Conde, Anton (Arno Juerging), sugere que eles viajem para a Itália, onde a tradição religiosa propicia a existência de noivas virgens. E lá eles encontram uma família em que há quatro jovens irmãs prestes a se casar. Mas quando o Conde começa a preparar seu ataque, ele também descobre que nem todas as moças são tão puras como se poderia imaginar. Drácula tem pouco tempo para descobrir qual delas é realmente virgem.

Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre, and hilarious orgy of death and dismemberment.

Joe Davis é um ator desempregado em busca do estrelato, para isso se aproxima de um ex-estrela hollywoodiana decadente e bem mais velha do que ele. Um romance entre ele, mãe e filha desencadeia ciúmes, loucura e um plano de assassinato. Último filme da Trilogia Paul Morrissey, produzido por Andy Warhol. Da trilogia fazem parte os filmes Flesh, Trash e Heat.

With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to be a brilliant manipulator, dedicated voyeur and person of astute commercial judgment.

Segundo filme da trilogia de Paul Morrissey e Andy Warhol. Joe (Joe Dallesandro) um rapaz viciado em heroína vive com sua namorada, Holly (Holly Woodlawn), num apartamento minúsculo e abarrotado de lixo em Manhattan. Lixo à que Holly recorre todos os dias para revender e também para mobiliar a casa. Lixo que preenche o vazio e o desespero dos dois. Eles tentam com o governo a adoção de um bebê a fim de se beneficiarem da assistência social. No entanto, apesar dos seus sonhos, o casal parece condenado a permanecer às margens da sociedade, rodeado pelo lixo. Lou Reed imortalizou em música e verso os dois personagens em “Walk on the wild side”.

Documentary

É mostrado um dia na vida de Joe, um garoto de programa bissexual, que se prostitui por alguns trocados e ainda se diverte com algumas beldades do submundo de New York. Primeiro filme de Morrissey para Andy Warhol. Os outros filmes da Trilogia são Trash e Heat.

Five lonesome cowboys get all hot and bothered at home on the range after confronting Ramona Alvarez and her nurse.

Viva and Taylor Mead are a married couple renting an extra beach-house to a group of surfers sent to them by a Mr. Morrissey of La Jolla Realty. Their daughter, Ingrid Superstar, is pregnant and on the hunt for a husband. Mr. Mead, who is gay, tries to pawn her off to one of the surfers. Meanwhile, Viva wants a divorce from her boy-crazy hubby, who wants a surfer of his own. Tom, a surfer, is inveigled by Mr. Mead to urinate on him. In a close-up, Mr. Mead receives Tom's offering ecstatically, after which he comments, "I'm a real surfer now."

Ondine is a gay man attempting to re-adjust his sexuality via various encounters with different women. After trying his luck with three women, Ondine becomes a background character in a sequence in which a group of Latin American men, calling themselves The Bananas, engage in a food fight. Ondine then engages in a wrestling match with Joe Dallesandro, who is married to Brigid Berlin.

“The film flickers through a millennium of culture as it would appear to a tourist. It is an intense film, yet there is an incredible wealth of information surprisingly accessible. Aside from the exciting experience itself, the breakneck history lesson is a reminder that the mind can move in lightning steps: The plodding way information is typically presented is an insult to mental capability.” - Bartlett Naylor

Photographed entirely in color, Four Stars was projected in its complete length of nearly 25 hours (allowing for projection overlap of the 35-minute reels) only once, at the Film-Makers' Cinematheque in the basement of the now-demolished Wurlitzer Building at 125 West 41st Street in New York City. The imagery in the film is dense, wearying and beautiful, but ultimately hard to decipher, for, in contrast to his earlier, and more famous film Chelsea Girls, made in 1966, Warhol directed that two reels be screened simultaneously on top of each other on a single screen, rather than side-by-side.

Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action packed adventure. When a hitman brutally massacres nine people, including his personal friend in a cold-blooded attack, Fortune Dane demands justice. As he pieces together the facts surrounding the slaughter, he get’s too close to the truth. Someone important wants him stopped. Hired killers stalk him, blackmailers plant drugs to threaten him, and his captain pulls him off the case. The unthinkable happens when the evidence condemns the last person Dane would ever suspect. He turns in his badge and takes matters into his own hands – fighting for his goal, his code, and his life! When the going gets tough, the tough turn to Fortune Dane.