Looking for softcore arthouse porn titles from the 1970s

cinematography · Mar 7, 2005

This is a serious inquiry.

I need this information for script I am helping my friend with. The only softcore arthouse porn title I know of is Emmanuelle, a French film made in 1974. Do you know of any other titles from the 1970s? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Zensteve · Mar 7, 2005

Cinemax usually has a lot of soft-core on it, late-night.

That goes with a caveat of "I have not watched cable in several years", but they have that reputation still.

Maybe look up their late-night listings?

cinematography · Mar 7, 2005

Zensteve said:
Cinemax usually has a lot of soft-core on it, late-night.

That goes with a caveat of "I have not watched cable in several years", but they have that reputation still.

Maybe look up their late-night listings?

Good tip! If I remember correctly, that's how I found out about Emmanuelle. Thank you.

clive · Mar 7, 2005

One of the most famous film in that category from that period would be the Playboy funded Caligula.

cinematography · Mar 7, 2005

clive said:
One of the most famous film in that category from that period would be the Playboy funded Caligula.

I did a search for Caligula on Amazon.com, and from that I found The Story of O (1975), The Image (1976), Wife To Be Sacrificed (1975), and of course Emmanuelle (1974).

Thank you so much guys for the help! :cheers:

T Shipley · Mar 7, 2005

Caligula is pretty hardcore, actually. I don't think Amazon would carry it -- I guess they do have it. There's some pretty good stuff in there, though it's kind of disconcerting to watch Malcom McDowell in a porn flick.

If I remember correctly, I think Ebert gave Emannuelle four stars. That was back in his single days, though.

John@Bophe · Mar 7, 2005

Take a look at these directors -- Jess Franco, Joe D'Amato, Radley Metzger, Walerian Borowczyk, Russ Meyer, Tinto Brass, John Waters, Umberto Lenzi, Nagisa Oshima. If I think of more--I add a new post.

Any web searches about these guys will probably lead to countless others.

cinematography · Mar 7, 2005

Thanks a lot everyone. I have an excellent start now. You guys really know your porn. :yes:

If you come across any other specific titles or names, please let me know.

John@Bophe · Mar 7, 2005

http://filmsite.org/sexualfilms.html

Also -- Roger Vadim, Pier Paolo Pasolini

King Goldfish · Mar 9, 2005

cinematography said:
This is a serious inquiry.

I need this information for script I am helping my friend with. The only softcore arthouse porn title I know of is Emmanuelle, a French film made in 1974. Do you know of any other titles from the 1970s? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

All time fav

MANDINGO! go rent it. Its not just softporn, it's actually a good movie.

cinematography · Mar 10, 2005

Thank yous! :bow:

Thank yous!

King Goldfish said:
Its not just softporn, it's actually a good movie.

Oh... This is exactly what we're looking for, good softcore pornography films from the 70s. :yes:

Thank you for the title.

*correction* good ARTHOUSE softcore pornography. Being arthouse is more important to us than it being pornographic.

bird · Mar 10, 2005

Wouldn't 'Last Tango in Paris' be considered softcore?

cinematography · Mar 14, 2005

bird said:
Wouldn't 'Last Tango in Paris' be considered softcore?

I'm not sure. I'll look it up though. Thank you.

clive said:
One of the most famous film in that category from that period would be the Playboy funded Caligula.

I ordered the uncut version of Caligula and watched it for the first time today... Wow... I - I don't know what to say! :lol:

Even though it had some pretty hardcore stuff in it, it still had the artistic qualities I was looking for. It was actually a pretty decent film. Thank you again for the suggestion.