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Action (1980 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Action' is a 1980 Italian black comedy directed by Tinto Brass. The film is reminiscent of the director's earlier avant-garde low-budget works such as 'The Howl' and 'Nerosubianco'.
Brass faced many difficulties in Italy due to lawsuits concerning the production of 'Caligula' so he filmed 'Action' in London in 1979.[http://rjbuffalo.com/tinto6.html Action (1979)]
Plot
Bruno Martel (Luc Merenda) is a "Z movie" actor with hero syndrome, often quarrelling with directors. He meets Doris (Susanna Javicoli) an actress who is obsessed with Ophelia but cannot get any Shakespearean bookings. One day, during a nervous breakdown, Bruno "rescues" Doris from the set, leaving the town to encounter various absurd situations. They meet an old anarchist (Alberto Sorrentino) who thinks he is Giuseppe Garibaldi and the three are locked at a mental asylum where Doris commits suicide. Bruno and "Garibaldi" escape and take refuge at an awkward petrol station run by Florence (Adriana Asti) and her invalid husband Joe (Alberto Lupo).
Cast
*Luc Merenda: Bruno Martel
*Adriana Asti: Florence
*Susanna Javicoli: Doris / Ofelia
*Paola Senatore: Ann Shimpton
*Alberto Sorrentino: Garibaldi
*Alberto Lupo: Joe
*John Steiner: the manager
*Franco Fabrizi: the producer
*Tinto Brass: the director (cameo)
*: the director
*Giancarlo Badessi
*Edoardo Florio
*Luciano Crovato
*: leader of the thugs
*Alina De Simone
*Beatrice Brass
*Hlne Chauvin
*Gigi D'Ecclesia
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Release
In Germany, the film was released as 'Sodom 2000'.
Reception
According to Italian film critic Marco Giusti, 'Action' is for many the cult film among Tinto Brass' films. Giusti praises the finale with the dream of Luc Merenda, who sees four knights who have sexes in place of their noses and four women who have sexes in place of their mouthes.
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