Così fan tutte comes from Tinto Brass, who started his career as an avant-garde director but is best-known for his erotic cinema like Salon Kitty, The Key and P. O. Box Tinto Brass. He wrote the script with Bernardino Zapponi - who wrote Deep Red with Argento - and Francesco Costa. It's based - somewhat - on the Mozart/da Ponte opera.
The American script and dubbing is by Ted Rusoff, who was the husband of the voice of all your favorite giallo queens, Carolyn De Fonseca.
It stars Claudia Koll, who is almost supernaturally gorgeous, and it's not without reason that every man in this movie wants her. She works in a lingerie shop for Silvio (Renzo Rinaldi), who constantly is trying to make love to her, and is married to the nice yet boring Paolo (Paolo Lanza). She tries to spice up their love life by telling him stories of her being with other men, which he thinks are fantasy, but are all quite true after she gets pushed by her friend Antonietta (Isabella Deiana) and her sister Nadia (Ornella Marcucci).
She becomes obsessed with an antiques dealer named Donatien Alphonse (Franco Branciaroli) who is turn obsessed with her backside - Tinto Brass is living through his characters - and he leaves marks on her that Paolo discovers which places their marriage in jeopardy.
As for Koll, she passed what Brass called his "coin test." The director said, "I have them presented in their skirts and without panties, then I drop a coin on the floor. Depending on what they let me see in the bow, I sense their cinematic potential. Believe me... it's an infallible method."
As you can see, this is a dirty movie. Yet it's filled with sophistication, incredible cinematography and an actual story. And wow - a score by Pino Donaggio.
The American script and dubbing is by Ted Rusoff, who was the husband of the voice of all your favorite giallo queens, Carolyn De Fonseca.
It stars Claudia Koll, who is almost supernaturally gorgeous, and it's not without reason that every man in this movie wants her. She works in a lingerie shop for Silvio (Renzo Rinaldi), who constantly is trying to make love to her, and is married to the nice yet boring Paolo (Paolo Lanza). She tries to spice up their love life by telling him stories of her being with other men, which he thinks are fantasy, but are all quite true after she gets pushed by her friend Antonietta (Isabella Deiana) and her sister Nadia (Ornella Marcucci).
She becomes obsessed with an antiques dealer named Donatien Alphonse (Franco Branciaroli) who is turn obsessed with her backside - Tinto Brass is living through his characters - and he leaves marks on her that Paolo discovers which places their marriage in jeopardy.
As for Koll, she passed what Brass called his "coin test." The director said, "I have them presented in their skirts and without panties, then I drop a coin on the floor. Depending on what they let me see in the bow, I sense their cinematic potential. Believe me... it's an infallible method."
As you can see, this is a dirty movie. Yet it's filled with sophistication, incredible cinematography and an actual story. And wow - a score by Pino Donaggio.