Sesso nero

D'Amato mentality is sure different from mainstream crowd movie-goers but is it good or bad, is it art or porno, is it possible to define? Its all depend on who you ask, right? So why I watch this B-movie from past but not something mainstream? Yes, why? Why I don't mention anything like "Citizen Kane" which supposedly timeless jewel? Simple. Because D'Amato reflect on my life and my experience, yes, somehow I feel connected. Any movie is a propaganda and propaganda have to be convincing, real and imaginative. Do I actually care what's movie about? No, I am expecting to be engaged by plot, music, actors, location, talking etc. Once upon the time I watch supposedly great movie about Vietnam with great Chuck Norris and how he is great and Vietnamese bad, then I ask myself--who invaded who--Vietnam invaded USA or USA invaded Vietnam? As the answer was self-obvious so great Chuck Norris suddenly not so great anymore. And so it goes.

I used to own an average quality VHS tape of this film. Lots of hand-held, shaky but interesting shots(D'Amato's trademark style). Mark Shannon discovers he has got some sort of disease which requires his genitals completely removed. So he heads off to the Caribbean to try and make the most of the time that's left before the operation. There's a weird dream/foursome scene, where Mark Shannon is watching his ex-girlfriend and some older woman service two black guys(perhaps the same two guys as in Porno Holocaust, I don't remember). Overall this is much darker then either "Papaya" or "Orgasmo Nero". Shannon gets to play a really unpleasant type - perhaps the closest he ever got to "proper acting". Some moody music by Nico Fidenco plus a great final scene. I think the "Champagne bottle girl" from "Erotic Nights of the Living Dead" is in this one as well(and in a better shape), playing the hotel maid. George Eastman(who also wrote this) has a small role as Shannon's friend. There are some overlong unexciting sex/filler scenes, but D'Amato fans will understand. I wouldn't mind to have "Sesso Nero" on DVD.