Independent distributors Raro Video U.S. have revealed that they are planning to add two new titles to their Blu-ray catalog: Massimo Dallamano's
The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970), starring Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Margaret Lee, Renato Romano, and Eleonora Rossi Drago, and Fernando Di Leo's
To Be Twenty (1978), starring Gloria Guida, Lilli Carati, and Ray Lovelock. The two releases are expected to arrive on the market in early 2016.
The Secret of Dorian Gray
Synopsis:
The Secret of Dorian Gray is a classic, seventies, Italian film restored to its original splendor. Taking place in London, a wealthy young man, Dorian Gray, is in love with an aspiring actress named Sybil. He is also in the process of getting his portrait painted by his ascot-wearing friend, Basil. When the portrait is finished however, Dorian complains that he will grow old while the painting will never change. On the same night, as if he has sold his soul to the devil, exchanging vanity for morality, he ends it with Sybil, and accepts the seductive offer of a woman whose party he attends. The next day, the painting looks slightly older. In horror and fascination, Dorian hides it away and continues a life of sexual experimentation. Over time, the portrait shows signs of aging, but he remains youthful as if fueled by his ever-increasing libidinal lifestyle; finally, he and Basil face the painting. The exceptionally groovy score by Giuseppe De Luca enhances the seventies milieu. Cinematography by Otello Spila (Pier Paolo Pasolini's
Theorem, Paolo Cavara's
The Black Belly of the Tarantula.
To Be Twenty
Twenty, beautiful, sexy and liberated, and fed up with their provincial lives, Lia and Tina decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find a commune where they can stay and live the life of free love. . . or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become involved in prostitution, the police and an aggressive gang which all culminates with a brutal and unexpected violent end. Original uncensored director's cut of the film. Cinematography by Roberto Gerardi (Mario Monicelli's
The Great War, Vittorio De Sica's
Marriage Italian Style).