Cool It Baby
May 04, 1967A sleazy couple tricks young, gullible women into making "smut" movies, then blackmails them into becoming members of their club.
Drama
Joseph Marzano
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Venus in Furs
Jul 12, 1967A muscular hunk works selling shoes, but has a very overactive imagination. He falls asleep while reading "Venus in Furs" and dreams of Venus herself, speaking to him in poetry while he caresses her feet and waits on her as a servant. He also stares at women on the subway and imagines kissing and making love to them. After spending his day waiting on beautiful flirtatious women on his knees, he picks up Marna, a mysterious woman in the library, who invites him to her secluded mansion to join her assorted other guests for a weekend of sensual depravity.
Drama
Trilogy
Aug 24, 1961For "Trilogy," filmmaker Marzano grouped together three of his 1960-61 short films Changeover (1960), Return (1961) and Lovelost (1961) into a single 18-minute film, which he described: "In miniature, depicting three moments, perhaps in one day."
To Turn a Trick
Dec 01, 1967Working late one night at her job as a photographer's assistant, Inger is raped by a client while two nude models force her to submit. Overwhelmed by shame, she runs away and attends a party where drugs stimulate unrestricted sexual activity. Emotionally unstable, Inger turns to lesbianism. She is drawn deeper into a life of depravity, until she is killed by an overdose of drugs.
The Tell-Tale Heart
Jan 01, 1958As in Edgar Allan Poe's original 1843 short story, a murderer (Joe Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch.
Horror
The Curse of Claudia
Jan 01, 1991Stanley Blindon fantasizes about beautiful woman, but none can compare to his wife Claudia. He is completely obsessed with her. Returning from a trip to Boston, Blindon unexpectedly finds Claudia in bed with another man. Running wildly through the streets, he suddenly turns into a werewolf. He seeks psychiatric help, but the psychiatrist, Dr. Caligari does little to change the situation. Seeking revenge on Claudia, once again transforms into a werewolf. Bursting into her bedroom, he discovers her in bed with Caligari. Machete in hand, the werewolf decapitates Claudia. Caligari escapes, but the werewolf gives chase. When the two fight, Caligari gains the upper hand by producing a pistol. Suddenly, a bright light flashes...
Horror
The Tell-Tale Heart
Jan 01, 1986Joe Marzano adapted Edgar Allan Poe's famed short story more than once. After The Tell-Tale Heart (1958), he returned to the pages of Poe 28 years later for this remake: As in Poe's original 1843 story, a murderer (Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch. In 1989, Marzano shot new scenes to increase the running time of this 1986 interpretation.
Horror
Guilty Pleasures
Oct 30, 1997Two beautiful women who live in the same apartment building each have a shocking story to tell. On the first floor lives Silvia Resino (Alexandra Paulhiac), who has three psychotic admirers while on the second floor, RoseMarie Curtis (Sasha Graham) is descending into madness after joining an insane acting school.
Horror
S.O.S. Fantômes
Jun 08, 1984La soudaine recrudescence de phénomènes paranormaux inquiète les habitants de New York. Des revenants sèment la pagaille dans les rues de la ville ! Peter, Raymond et Egon, trois jeunes chercheurs en parapsychologie, décident de monter leur propre entreprise : SOS Fantômes. Les ectoplasmes n'ont qu'à bien se tenir car nos trois joyeux lurons se feront un plaisir de les capturer à l'aide de leur équipement électronique dernier cri.
Comedy
Bessie Smith
Jan 01, 1969A cinematic tribute to the late blues singer Bessie Smith, with Bessie Smith as she appeared in the 1929 film St. Louis Blues and songs sung by her as well as a commentary read by Joseph Marzano.
Documentary
Sunday On The River
Apr 06, 1962This short begins with footage of Harlem church congregations, but focuses mainly on a chartered Hudson River boat trip; Disembarking, we see picnicks in the park and dancing in the woods. Director Gordon Hitchens founded Film Comment magazine and believed strongly in film as a marker and influencer of social progress.
Documentary
Cool It Baby
May 04, 1967A sleazy couple tricks young, gullible women into making "smut" movies, then blackmails them into becoming members of their club.
Drama
Venus in Furs
Jul 12, 1967A muscular hunk works selling shoes, but has a very overactive imagination. He falls asleep while reading "Venus in Furs" and dreams of Venus herself, speaking to him in poetry while he caresses her feet and waits on her as a servant. He also stares at women on the subway and imagines kissing and making love to them. After spending his day waiting on beautiful flirtatious women on his knees, he picks up Marna, a mysterious woman in the library, who invites him to her secluded mansion to join her assorted other guests for a weekend of sensual depravity.
Drama
Venus in Furs
Jul 12, 1967A muscular hunk works selling shoes, but has a very overactive imagination. He falls asleep while reading "Venus in Furs" and dreams of Venus herself, speaking to him in poetry while he caresses her feet and waits on her as a servant. He also stares at women on the subway and imagines kissing and making love to them. After spending his day waiting on beautiful flirtatious women on his knees, he picks up Marna, a mysterious woman in the library, who invites him to her secluded mansion to join her assorted other guests for a weekend of sensual depravity.
Drama
The House of Seven Gables
Aug 05, 1967Fighting over an inheritance, one Pyncheon brother frames the other for murder.
Line of Apogee
Dec 27, 1967Original electronic score by Vladamire Ussachevsky. My works are that of a person who fought the notion that he was gay because, in the time frame of the 50's 60's & 70's anything gay was perverted and evil LINE OF APOGEE is a dream chronicle of 48 minutes in color and black and white shot of 16 mm, with an original electronic score by Valdimir Ussachevshy. Ussachevsky was one of the founders of the form of electronic music at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Lab at Columbia University in New York City in the 1960s. It took the Grand Prize at the St. Lawrence Film Festival. 'An Extraordinary trip in Sensory Experience.' Wild colorful imagery probing a lifetime of a man's dreams' said Cue magazine 'A sumptuous color film... disturbing but visually beautiful psychological exploration utilizing surrealistic imagery' – Dance Magazine.
Friends at Twilight
Jan 01, 1999Captured by a brood of vampires at an old castle, a man finds himself in the midst of the vampires' dinner party and orgy (for both straight and gay). The vampire leader (Joe Marzano) gives a long speech, quoting from Oscar Wilde, and it's the same speech delivered in Marzano's Venus In Furs (1967). As the orgy evolves into a fandango of psychedelic imagery, the captured man turns to stone.
Horror
Friends at Twilight
Jan 01, 1999Captured by a brood of vampires at an old castle, a man finds himself in the midst of the vampires' dinner party and orgy (for both straight and gay). The vampire leader (Joe Marzano) gives a long speech, quoting from Oscar Wilde, and it's the same speech delivered in Marzano's Venus In Furs (1967). As the orgy evolves into a fandango of psychedelic imagery, the captured man turns to stone.
Horror
Trilogy
Aug 24, 1961For "Trilogy," filmmaker Marzano grouped together three of his 1960-61 short films Changeover (1960), Return (1961) and Lovelost (1961) into a single 18-minute film, which he described: "In miniature, depicting three moments, perhaps in one day."
Saturnalia
Jan 01, 1975To Turn a Trick
Dec 01, 1967Working late one night at her job as a photographer's assistant, Inger is raped by a client while two nude models force her to submit. Overwhelmed by shame, she runs away and attends a party where drugs stimulate unrestricted sexual activity. Emotionally unstable, Inger turns to lesbianism. She is drawn deeper into a life of depravity, until she is killed by an overdose of drugs.
The Tell-Tale Heart
Jan 01, 1958As in Edgar Allan Poe's original 1843 short story, a murderer (Joe Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch.
Horror
The Curse of Claudia
Jan 01, 1991Stanley Blindon fantasizes about beautiful woman, but none can compare to his wife Claudia. He is completely obsessed with her. Returning from a trip to Boston, Blindon unexpectedly finds Claudia in bed with another man. Running wildly through the streets, he suddenly turns into a werewolf. He seeks psychiatric help, but the psychiatrist, Dr. Caligari does little to change the situation. Seeking revenge on Claudia, once again transforms into a werewolf. Bursting into her bedroom, he discovers her in bed with Caligari. Machete in hand, the werewolf decapitates Claudia. Caligari escapes, but the werewolf gives chase. When the two fight, Caligari gains the upper hand by producing a pistol. Suddenly, a bright light flashes...
Horror
The Tell-Tale Heart
Jan 01, 1986Joe Marzano adapted Edgar Allan Poe's famed short story more than once. After The Tell-Tale Heart (1958), he returned to the pages of Poe 28 years later for this remake: As in Poe's original 1843 story, a murderer (Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch. In 1989, Marzano shot new scenes to increase the running time of this 1986 interpretation.
Horror
The Tell-Tale Heart
Jan 01, 1986Joe Marzano adapted Edgar Allan Poe's famed short story more than once. After The Tell-Tale Heart (1958), he returned to the pages of Poe 28 years later for this remake: As in Poe's original 1843 story, a murderer (Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch. In 1989, Marzano shot new scenes to increase the running time of this 1986 interpretation.
Horror
The Curse of Claudia
Jan 01, 1991Stanley Blindon fantasizes about beautiful woman, but none can compare to his wife Claudia. He is completely obsessed with her. Returning from a trip to Boston, Blindon unexpectedly finds Claudia in bed with another man. Running wildly through the streets, he suddenly turns into a werewolf. He seeks psychiatric help, but the psychiatrist, Dr. Caligari does little to change the situation. Seeking revenge on Claudia, once again transforms into a werewolf. Bursting into her bedroom, he discovers her in bed with Caligari. Machete in hand, the werewolf decapitates Claudia. Caligari escapes, but the werewolf gives chase. When the two fight, Caligari gains the upper hand by producing a pistol. Suddenly, a bright light flashes...
Horror
