Turin Headquarters of Vice also known as Lust* has Jones Brown listed as its director on some posters, but that's a combination of Bruno Vani, who was a production manager on movies like Oscenità and Mania, and the man who made those movies, Renato Polselli. Vani also made several other films afterward, mostly adult films like Oh...Angelina!, Angelina Superporno, Dyane, Teresa altri desideri (also with Polselli) and the mainstream Mia nipote Emilia and Ragazzi de' borgata.
Actor Sandro Moretti is also credited with the screenplay.
Mirko (Raúl Martínez) and Helen (Rita Calderoni, who seems game for whatever Polselli had for her in many movies) are in love. He's a journalist, she's, well, we don't know what she does. Maybe she dealt drugs. Maybes she was a sex worker. She does all she can to convince Mirko that she's the wrong person for him, telling her that she was a lesbian, that she sold herself, that she was a criminal. Well, she's everything to him and he won't hear it. They get married and live happily ever after until one day she just disappears.
This sends Mirko into the dark side of Turin and Rome, as he gets too close to the organized crime that still has his beloved in its grip. Or maybe it's all in Mirko's head? Who can say. There is a fight scene at the end with a pitchfork and a rake, which feels right for Polselli, even if this movie doesn't go as hard as his other films. I have a suspicion that the cut I've seen is missing inserts or rougher footage. There is some pretty rad Stelvio Cipriani blasting over all of this, which makes it all go down a lot smoother.
*It should not be confused with another 1979 movie also called Lust, Raniero Di Giovanbattista's Libidine which has a scientist's daughter fall in lust with his snake. It also has an awesome Stelvio Cipriani score.
Actor Sandro Moretti is also credited with the screenplay.
Mirko (Raúl Martínez) and Helen (Rita Calderoni, who seems game for whatever Polselli had for her in many movies) are in love. He's a journalist, she's, well, we don't know what she does. Maybe she dealt drugs. Maybes she was a sex worker. She does all she can to convince Mirko that she's the wrong person for him, telling her that she was a lesbian, that she sold herself, that she was a criminal. Well, she's everything to him and he won't hear it. They get married and live happily ever after until one day she just disappears.
This sends Mirko into the dark side of Turin and Rome, as he gets too close to the organized crime that still has his beloved in its grip. Or maybe it's all in Mirko's head? Who can say. There is a fight scene at the end with a pitchfork and a rake, which feels right for Polselli, even if this movie doesn't go as hard as his other films. I have a suspicion that the cut I've seen is missing inserts or rougher footage. There is some pretty rad Stelvio Cipriani blasting over all of this, which makes it all go down a lot smoother.
*It should not be confused with another 1979 movie also called Lust, Raniero Di Giovanbattista's Libidine which has a scientist's daughter fall in lust with his snake. It also has an awesome Stelvio Cipriani score.
