Italian cinema mourns: Tinto Brass has died

The film world is mourning the passing of Tinto Brass, who died at his home in Rome at the age of 93. The sad news was reported to ANSA by his wife and children, Bonifacio and Beatrice, who plan to hold a strictly private funeral service.

Considered by many to be the master of Italian erotic cinema, Tinto Brass made his directorial debut in 1963 with *Chi lavora è perduto* (*In capo al mondo*), followed by *Ça ira*, *Il fiume della rivolta*, *L’uccellino*, *L’automobile*, *Il disco volante*, *Yankee*, *Col cuore in gola*, *L’urlo*, *Nerosubianco*, *Dropout*, *La vacanza*, *Salon Kitty*, *Caligola*, *Action*, *La chiave*, *Miranda*, *Capriccio*, *Snack Bar Budapest*, *Paprika*, *Così fan tutte*, The Man Who Watches, Stop the Press: Tinto Brass, The Naughty Girl, Tra(sgre)dire, Senso ’45, Do It!, and finally Monamour.

Press agent Saverio Ferragina, who collaborated with Tinto Brass on the media strategy that accompanied the release of his latest films, chose to remember him this way: “Working alongside him in communications meant, first and foremost, sitting down and listening. His cinematic tales and endless behind-the-scenes anecdotes—always accompanied by his ever-present cigar—were windows into a cinema that no longer exists today: free, ironic, cultured, and daring.”

“Together, we transformed his extraordinary ability to provoke into a communications strategy that made the whole world smile, debate, and reflect,” Ferragina continued in an interview with ANSA. “It was a professional and personal adventure that I will always carry with me. It was a great honor to have walked part of the way alongside him.”