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Genres: Adventure, Erotic, Documentary
Starring: Laura Gemser, Ajita Wilson
Director: Joe D'Amato
Plot Synopsis:
She was the pleasure-seeking photojournalist – forever embodied by the exquisite Indonesian actress Laura Gemser, most frequently in collaboration with writer/director Joe D'Amato – who would uncover an increasingly lurid world of sex cults, snuff films, cannibal jungles, women's prisons, white slavers, depraved convents, and beyond to become the premier feminist icon in genre history. This landmark collection produced by award-winning writer/director Kier-La Janisse now brings together 21 BLACK EMANUELLE films, 2 adjacent titles starring EuroCult heroine Ajita Wilson, and the D'Amato documentary INFERNO ROSSO, most newly scanned, restored, and on Blu-ray for the first time in America. The journey continues with 2 soundtrack CDs curated exclusively for this release encompassing music by Nico Fidenco and more, the lavishly illustrated 356-page THE BLACK EMANUELLE BIBLE designed by Luke Insect and featuring new writings by noted film scholars and historians as well as Laura Gemser's in-depth 1996 Nocturno Magazine interview, and over 40 hours of Special Features that include alternate versions, audio commentaries, video essays, a documentary on Gemser's husband/co-star Gabriele Tinti, the '80s Gemser workout video Looking Good, and much more.
DISC ONE: BLACK EMANUELLE (1975) / BLACK EMANUELLE 2 (1976)
Black Emanuelle Special Features:
XXX Inserts Audio Commentary With Film Programmer Jazmyne Moreno Exoticizing Blackness And Erotic Sovereignty In BLACK EMANUELLE – Interview With Adult Film Historian Mireille Miller-Young I Am Your Black Queen – Audio Interview With Actress Laura Gemser The Reluctant Icon – A Tribute To Laura Gemser By Film Historians Kier-La Janisse, Stephen Broomer And Manlio Gomarasca, With Animation By Leslie Supnet And Ashley Thorpe Black Emanuelle's Groove – Interview With Composer Nico Fidenco Trailer
Black Emanuelle Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 96 mins
Black Emanuelle 2 Special Features:
XXX Inserts Adalberto AKA Bitto – Interview With Film Historian Davide Pulici Diva '70 – Interview With Dagmar Lassander Trailer
Black Emanuelle 2 Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 91 mins
DISC TWO: EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK (1976) / EMANUELLE IN AMERICA (1976)
Emanuelle in Bangkok Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Professor Of Film Aaron AuBuchon A Reflection Of The Times – Interview With Actress Debra Berger Ivan The Terrible – Actor Ivan Rassimov Discusses EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK And EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD Trailer
Emanuelle in Bangkok Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 94 mins
Emanuelle in America Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Historian Kat Ellinger Archival Audio Commentary With Film Historians Bruce Holecheck And Nathaniel Thompson The Danish Man – Interview With Actor Lars Bloch The Confessions Of Diana Smith – Interview With Actress Maria Piera Regoli The Art Of Sexy & Gore – Interview With Art Director Marco Dentici The Cutting Of The Flesh – Interview With FX Artist Giannetto De Rossi The Devil's Trick – Interview With Makeup Artist Maurizio Trani The Journalist – Maria Pia Fusco And Piero Vivarelli On The Origins Of D'Amato's Emanuelle The Naked City: Emanuelle In New York – A Location Tour With Journalist Michael Gingold Trailer
Emanuelle in America Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 100 mins
DISC THREE: EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS (1977)
Emanuelle Around the World Special Features:
Around The World With Emanuelle – Interview With Film Historian Stephen Thrower I'm Not A Guru – Interview With Actor Luigi Montefiori The Beautiful One – Interview With Actor Gianni Macchia A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The 'Nackedei' Actress – Video Essay By Kier-La Janisse And Stephen Broomer, Written By Jean-Luc Marret, Author Of Pornification: Vie De Karin Schubert Trailer
Emanuelle Around the World Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 102 mins (Unrated Cut) / 88 mins (Theatrical Cut)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Special Features:
Audio Commentary By Film Historian Stephen Thrower The World Of Nico Fidenco – An Interview With Composer Nico Fidenco A Nun Among The Cannibals – Interview With Actress Annamaria Clementi Dr. O'Brien M.D. – Interview With Actor Donald O'Brien From Switzerland To Mato Grosso – Interview With Actress Monica Zanchi Dressed To Eat – Interview With Costume Designer Silvana Scandariato Theatrical Trailer
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions / English Subtitles Region A Run time: 93 mins
DISC FOUR: PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD (1978)
Porno Nights of the World Special Features:
Master Of The World – Interview With Co-Director Bruno Mattei At The Dining Table – Interview With Producer Franco Gaudenzi The Naked Eye: Sex And The Mondo Film – Documentary With Film Historians Elizabeth Purchell, Mark Goodall And Joe Rubin English Opening Credit Sequence Trailer
Porno Nights of the World Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 88 mins
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World Special Features:
Crazy, Crazy World – Interview With Makeup Artist Pietro Tenoglio After Hours With Joe D'Amato – Interview With Director Joe D'Amato Trailer
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 85 mins
DISC FIVE: SISTER EMANUELLE (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE (1978)
Sister Emaneulle Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Scholar Lindsay Hallam Trailer
Sister Emanuelle Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 93 mins
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Programmer Lars Nilsen The Bohemian – Interview With Actor Venantino Venantini Come In Un Film: La Vera Storia Di Gabriele (Gastone) Tinti – 2016 Documentary By Riccardo Marchesini Trailer
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 88 mins
Severin Films Announces July Releases
Posted April 28, 2023 05:19 PM by
Severin Films has announced its July batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle and Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess. Currently, the two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on July 25.
She was the pleasure-seeking photojournalist – forever embodied by the exquisite Indonesian actress Laura Gemser, most frequently in collaboration with writer/director Joe D'Amato – who would uncover an increasingly lurid world of sex cults, snuff films, cannibal jungles, women's prisons, white slavers, depraved convents, and beyond to become the premier feminist icon in genre history. This landmark collection produced by award-winning writer/director Kier-La Janisse now brings together 21 BLACK EMANUELLE films, 2 adjacent titles starring EuroCult heroine Ajita Wilson, and the D'Amato documentary INFERNO ROSSO, most newly scanned, restored, and on Blu-ray for the first time in America. The journey continues with 2 soundtrack CDs curated exclusively for this release encompassing music by Nico Fidenco and more, the lavishly illustrated 356-page THE BLACK EMANUELLE BIBLE designed by Luke Insect and featuring new writings by noted film scholars and historians as well as Laura Gemser's in-depth 1996 Nocturno Magazine interview, and over 40 hours of Special Features that include alternate versions, audio commentaries, video essays, a documentary on Gemser's husband/co-star Gabriele Tinti, the '80s Gemser workout video Looking Good, and much more.
DISC ONE: BLACK EMANUELLE (1975) / BLACK EMANUELLE 2 (1976)
Black Emanuelle Special Features:
XXX Inserts Audio Commentary With Film Programmer Jazmyne Moreno Exoticizing Blackness And Erotic Sovereignty In BLACK EMANUELLE – Interview With Adult Film Historian Mireille Miller-Young I Am Your Black Queen – Audio Interview With Actress Laura Gemser The Reluctant Icon – A Tribute To Laura Gemser By Film Historians Kier-La Janisse, Stephen Broomer And Manlio Gomarasca, With Animation By Leslie Supnet And Ashley Thorpe Black Emanuelle's Groove – Interview With Composer Nico Fidenco Trailer
Black Emanuelle Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 96 mins
Black Emanuelle 2 Special Features:
XXX Inserts Adalberto AKA Bitto – Interview With Film Historian Davide Pulici Diva '70 – Interview With Dagmar Lassander Trailer
Black Emanuelle 2 Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 91 mins
DISC TWO: EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK (1976) / EMANUELLE IN AMERICA (1976)
Emanuelle in Bangkok Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Professor Of Film Aaron AuBuchon A Reflection Of The Times – Interview With Actress Debra Berger Ivan The Terrible – Actor Ivan Rassimov Discusses EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK And EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD Trailer
Emanuelle in Bangkok Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 94 mins
Emanuelle in America Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Historian Kat Ellinger Archival Audio Commentary With Film Historians Bruce Holecheck And Nathaniel Thompson The Danish Man – Interview With Actor Lars Bloch The Confessions Of Diana Smith – Interview With Actress Maria Piera Regoli The Art Of Sexy & Gore – Interview With Art Director Marco Dentici The Cutting Of The Flesh – Interview With FX Artist Giannetto De Rossi The Devil's Trick – Interview With Makeup Artist Maurizio Trani The Journalist – Maria Pia Fusco And Piero Vivarelli On The Origins Of D'Amato's Emanuelle The Naked City: Emanuelle In New York – A Location Tour With Journalist Michael Gingold Trailer
Emanuelle in America Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 100 mins
DISC THREE: EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS (1977)
Emanuelle Around the World Special Features:
Around The World With Emanuelle – Interview With Film Historian Stephen Thrower I'm Not A Guru – Interview With Actor Luigi Montefiori The Beautiful One – Interview With Actor Gianni Macchia A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The 'Nackedei' Actress – Video Essay By Kier-La Janisse And Stephen Broomer, Written By Jean-Luc Marret, Author Of Pornification: Vie De Karin Schubert Trailer
Emanuelle Around the World Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 102 mins (Unrated Cut) / 88 mins (Theatrical Cut)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Special Features:
Audio Commentary By Film Historian Stephen Thrower The World Of Nico Fidenco – An Interview With Composer Nico Fidenco A Nun Among The Cannibals – Interview With Actress Annamaria Clementi Dr. O'Brien M.D. – Interview With Actor Donald O'Brien From Switzerland To Mato Grosso – Interview With Actress Monica Zanchi Dressed To Eat – Interview With Costume Designer Silvana Scandariato Theatrical Trailer
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions / English Subtitles Region A Run time: 93 mins
DISC FOUR: PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD (1978)
Porno Nights of the World Special Features:
Master Of The World – Interview With Co-Director Bruno Mattei At The Dining Table – Interview With Producer Franco Gaudenzi The Naked Eye: Sex And The Mondo Film – Documentary With Film Historians Elizabeth Purchell, Mark Goodall And Joe Rubin English Opening Credit Sequence Trailer
Porno Nights of the World Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 88 mins
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World Special Features:
Crazy, Crazy World – Interview With Makeup Artist Pietro Tenoglio After Hours With Joe D'Amato – Interview With Director Joe D'Amato Trailer
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 85 mins
DISC FIVE: SISTER EMANUELLE (1977) / EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE (1978)
Sister Emaneulle Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Scholar Lindsay Hallam Trailer
Sister Emanuelle Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 93 mins
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Programmer Lars Nilsen The Bohemian – Interview With Actor Venantino Venantini Come In Un Film: La Vera Storia Di Gabriele (Gastone) Tinti – 2016 Documentary By Riccardo Marchesini Trailer
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 88 mins
DISC SIX: VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON (1982) / EMANUELLE IN PRISON (1985)
Violence in a Women's Prison Special Features:
Archival Interview With Director Bruno Mattei Brawl In Women's Block – Interview With Writers Claudio Fragasso And Rossella Drudi Two For One – Interview With Producer Roberto Di Girolamo Radio Spot Trailer
Violence in a Women's Prison Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 98 mins
Emanuelle in Prison Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Author And Critic Annie Choi And Film Editor Perri Pivovar Jailhouse Rock – Interview With Composer Luigi Ceccarelli Razor Blade Smile – Interview With Actor Pietro Angelo Pozzato Franca Stoppi: Matron Of Hell – Video Essay Written And Narrated By Film Critic Rachael Nisbet Trailer
Emanuelle in Prison Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 88 mins
DISC SEVEN: BLACK COBRA (1976) / BLACK VELVET (1976)
Black Cobra Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Film Critic Samm Deighan From Prague To Hong Kong – Interview With Actress Michele Starck Joe D'Amato At Eurofest
Black Cobra Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 96 mins
Black Velvet Special Features:
Black Velvet – Interviews With Stars Annie Belle And Al Cliver The Roots Of Evil – Biographer Alberto Pezzotta On Director Brunello Rondi A Relationship Of Confusion – Film Critic Joseph Fahim On VELLUTO NERO English Opening Credit Sequence Italian Theatrical Trailer English Theatrical Trailer
Black Velvet Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Audio: Partial English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions / English Subtitles Region A Run time: 96 mins
Audio Commentary With Author Bryan Connolly And Film Programmer Amber Adams
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: French Mono English Subtitles Region A Run time: 97 mins
Porno Esotic Love Special Features:
The Lovemaker – Interview With Actor Mark Shannon Trailer
Porno Esotic Love Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 103 mins
DISC NINE: DIVINE EMANUELLE (1981)
Divine Emanuelle Special Features:
Includes FANATICO...WHEN THE GODDESS CALLS (Workprint of Christian Anders' Director's Cut) Deleted Scenes Trailer
Divine Emanuelle Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Audio: English Mono / French Mono (Divine Emanuelle Only) Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 99 mins (Divine) / 104 mins (Fanatico)
DISC TEN: EMANUELLE: QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1982)
Emanuelle: Queen of the Desert Special Features:
Includes THE DIRTY SEVEN (Longer Alternate Cut Of The Film Under Its Original Title) Violent Cyprus – Interview With Actor Giovanni Brusatori Sunlight And Violence – Interview With Cinematographer Nino Celeste Trailer LOOKING GOOD – Workout Video Hosted By Laura Gemser (58 mins) Audio Commentary With Film And Television Historian Amanda Reyes And Podcaster Erik Threlfall
Emanuelle: Queen of the Desert Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Audio: English Mono Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 89 mins
DISC ELEVEN: AMORE LIBERO - FREE LOVE (1974) / EMANUELLE - A WOMAN FROM A HOT COUNTRY (1978)
Amore Libero - Free Love Disc Specs
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono (TBC) Closed Captions (TBC) Region A Run time: 86 mins (TBC)BR> Emanuelle - A Woman From a Hot Country Disc Specs
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Spanish Mono Closed Captions Region A Run time: 87 mins
DISC TWELVE: BLACK DEEP THROAT (1977) / PORNO NIGHTS OF THE WORLD N.2 (1978)
Black Deep Throat Special Feature:
Ajita Wilson: An Elusive Icon – Video Essay By Film And Gender Studies Scholar Matt Richardson
Black Deep Throat Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Audio: English Mono Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 87 mins
Porno Nights of the World N.2 Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono / Italian Mono Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 94 mins
DISC THIRTEEN: INFERNO ROSSO: JOE D'AMATO ON THE ROAD OF EXCESS (2021) / SCANDALOUS EMANUELLE (1986)
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess Special Features:
Introduction By Nicolas Winding Refn For Venice Film Festival Premiere Two Of A Kind: Talking About Joe – Director Manlio Gomarasca And Giona A. Nazzaro (Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival) In Conversation Outtakes Trailer
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Audio: English 5.1 / Italian Stereo Closed Captions / English Subtitles Region A Run time: 73 mins
Scandalous Emanuelle Special Features:
Scandalous Christina – Interview With Actress Jenny Tamburi Peeping Lilli – Interview With Actress Lilli Carati Trailer
Scandalous Emanuelle Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English Mono <span style="font-family: verdana,
