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Blue Nude

1978 · 92 min

A grimy, uneasy descent into exploitation and persecution, watching a desperate man cornered by cruelty and vice.

Directed by: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Luigi Scattini
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Gerardo Amato, Susan McBain, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Overview: Rocco Spinone, a young Italian living in America, takes on any job to make ends meet, including acting in porn films, a job his friend Lilly does with whom he soon falls in love. Persecuted by a police officer, an anti-immigrant, who accuses him of having sex with an underage girl, the young man is forced to pay a large sum to him and the girl's father. Meanwhile, his friend dies on set during a scene that was too violent.

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Directed by: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Luigi Scattini
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Gerardo Amato, Susan McBain, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: exploration
survival
isolation
corruption
crime
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, thriller, drama
Directed by: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Luigi Scattini
Written by: Vittorio Schiraldi, Luigi Scattini
Starring: Gerardo Amato, Susan McBain, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Renato Romano, Robert Kerman, Roger Caine, Wade Nichols, William Sanderson
Music: Piero Umiliani
Cinematography: Benito Frattari
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Italy, United States of America
Languages: Italian

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