Obsédé malgré lui

Italian director Lucio Fulci is best known for horror flicks. He ventured into political satire with "All'onorevole piacciono le donne" (alternately called "The Senator Likes Women" and "The Eroticist" in English). The main character is a libidinous politician who spends a few days at a spiritual retreat full of hot women. Italian politicians have a reputation as corrupt lechers - Silvio Berlusconi's shenanigans could fill a book - so this movie comes across as a little too obvious, but I liked it. I got the feeling that they had a lot of fun making the movie. Not surprisingly, it faced censorship when it got released; some people just can't take a little criticism.

As for the some of the cast members. Lionel Stander was an American actor who appeared in movies from the '30s through the '90s; he played the Ferris Wheel owner in Steven Spielberg's "1941". Corrado Gaipa played Don Tommassino in "The Godfather Part 2".

The main thing that I derived from the movie is the same thing that I derived from "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Dr. Strangelove", "Wag the Dog" and "Fun with Dick and Jane": comedy is the best way to draw attention to political issues. Really fun movie, if really weird. Those were some hot nuns.

Lando Buzzanca sex comedy by Lucio Fulci is worth seeing

From 1970 onwards, the Italian actor Lando Buzzanca (born 1935) played the recurring type of strong-armed daredevil in numerous "Commedias sexy all'italiana" from 1970 onwards, but with his mannered Latin lover behavior he sometimes took on neurotic traits. This made him the male figurehead of the sex comedies from Italy, which were quite successful in the 1970s. On the female side, Laura Antonelli and Gloria Guida, who achieved similar popularity, should definitely be mentioned here.

This little masterpiece, also known in English as "The Eroticist", is directed by the master Lucio Fulci (1927-1996), who was at home in every genre. Whether Giallo (The Seven Black Notes, 1977), Western (Silbersattel, 1978) or Poliziottesco (Das Syndikat des Grauens / (The Syndicate of Horror): something special always came out. Of course, he is known to most fans for his groundbreaking horror films (Woodoo Island of Zombies (1979) and Ein Zombie hing am Glockenseil / A Zombie Hanging on a Rope (1980)). Incidentally, he was also one of German GOLDEN GLOBE winner Elke Sommer's co-discoverers when he cast the young actress in his musical comedy "Ragazzi del Juke-Box" (1959). Here he takes on the Italian sex comedy and turns it into an interesting satire about politics, the Catholic Church and the mafia.

Edmondo Amati (1920-1992) was active as a producer, who also released the worth seeing EuroSpy films with Ken Clark and the spanking films "All for One - Spanking for All" and "Ettore lo fusto / The Horse Came Without Socks" with the great Giancarlo Prete.

Gianni Puppis (Lando Buzzanca) is a successful politician who strives for higher things, but has a significant problem: he can't keep his hands to himself. As soon as he sees a well-shaped bottom, he can no longer hold on and has to grab it. It's not just the women in his immediate surroundings who are popular victims. Even when his chauffeur Carmelino (Aldo Puglisi) is at his worst, the troubled Gianni cannot contain himself. When everything gets worse and worse and at the same time he has the prospect of becoming the next president, Gianni decides to take a radical cure. Through the mediation of Cardinal Maravidi (Lionel Stander), he is admitted to Father Lucian's (Renzo Palmer) institute, where the beautiful nuns Hildegard (Laura Antonelli) and Brunhilde (Agostina Belli) self-sacrificingly take care of his numerous needs. In the meantime, however, his political opponent Senator Torsello (Feodor Chaliapin Jr. - the Jorge von Burgos from "The Name of the Rose" (1986)) and the mafia boss Don Gesualdo (Corrado Gaipa) have also caught wind of the aspiring politician's little weakness , which they obviously intend to use for their own purposes.

Unfortunately, the monastic seclusion and the promising treatments failed to have a soothing effect on Gianni. At an important state reception, the hormone-stricken philanderer gets the better of it and he and the French ambassador's extremely attractive wife (Anita Strindberg) spontaneously disappear into the surrounding bushes. Now the fate takes its course and it comes to a more than surprising end...

In this frivolous fun, all the institutions of Italian society at the time get their fat. Fulci then had to struggle with the Italian censors to get his film into cinemas, which he managed to do after a certain delay. Of course, this film is not politically correct by today's standards. But you can certainly be amazed at what filmmakers dared to do 50 years ago. And you can dream a little too.

Lucio Fulci is best known for his "over the top" super gory horror Flicks: Zombie, City Of The Living Dead, The Beyond etc. This on the other hand is a full-blown comedy about a senator with a compulsive Fetish for female "buttock's". Someone will have to cure him before he creates a national scandal, so where else to go than a monastery! The film is totally insane and as funny as it can be. It's great to see films that doesn't say, "Far enough, we might offend someone". Because this movie is peppered with "let's go a bit further, and even further than that, isn't it cool to offend someone?". The film is visually beautiful as well, and Fulci's famous style is very visible. The use of hand held camera, P.O.W shots and extreme close up's is used to great effect to enhance the comedic effect. Very similar to his horror style. If you're a fan of Fulci, This is a must see because it's probably one of his best films.

The Eroticist

After reading the two line summary that describes this movie, I knew I HAD to see it.

What I got was a few genuine chuckles, some great female nudity and some pretty funny acting.

The movie is about a senator named Puppsi, pronounced Poop-C. Who succumbs to a "disease" where he can not control his sexual appetite. He's held off so long that he is actually grabbing bum bums and not even knowing it. The actor who plays Puppsi does a good job with the facial expressions and delivery. Great job casting this movie.

Obviously the movie is about him dealing with this "problem." There's a subplot involving the church and blackmailing that I really didn't care much for. You might, I didn't. The scenes weren't very funny and I found myself to be a little bored by them. But when Puppsi is on screen, it's pretty much always fun. Either by laughs or by some good nudity. By the way, the lead woman in this movie is gorgeous with a capital G.

The movie is pretty funny...if you enjoy sex comedies like Flesh Gordon 1 or 2, movies of that nature you'll most likely have a fun time with this.

Bringing this idea into film was awesome. I cant count how many times that I've wanted to squeeze a bum. Good comedic stuff from a legendary horror director.

Whenever you talk of Lucio Fulci, you immediately think of the his role as the Godfather of Gore. Films like Zombie and The House by the Cemetery are more well known by this director, but he made many films before that were comedies and westerns. This is one of his satirical comedies that is both surreal and a major did at the Catholic Church and Italian politics.

I would not presume to get all of the jokes in this film, as most are not known outside of Italy, but it was funny enough when they lampooned the Catholic Church and their involvement in Italian politics. There are also laughs aplenty at the military and the police as they attempt to stage a coup. I would not like to give away military secrets, but the clandestine operations in this film remind me so much of what our country does to it's "friends," and vice versa.

There is even a nunspoitation aspect to this film as the Presidential candidate goes to a convent to get treatment for his particular paraphilia, and manages to deflower 21 nuns in a single night. His dreams had nuns in lace habits that exposed their breasts and buttocks so that he could grab them. A nun who got left out managed to find him and they enjoyed a night of passion.

This was hilarious and sexy and surreal and irreverent. Fulci at his best.