The Howl (1970) L'urlo (original title)

Director:

Tinto Brass

Writers:

Tinto Brass
Gian Carlo Fusco (dialogue)
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Release Date:

12 April 1972 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Chicken | Breasts | S&M | 1970s | Fire

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tina Aumont	...	Anita
Gigi Proietti	...	Coso
Nino Segurini	...	Berto Bertuccioli
Germano Longo
Giorgio Gruden	...	Night watchman
Osiride Pevarello	...	Cannibal philosopher
Attilio Corsini
Carla Cassola
Sam Dorras	...	Priest
Tino Scotti	...	Intellectual at school
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edoardo Florio	...	Diogenes

Directed by
Tinto Brass

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tinto Brass
Gian Carlo Fusco		dialogue (as Giancarlo Fusco)
Franco Longo
Gigi Proietti		dialogue (as Luigi Proietti)

Original Music by
Fiorenzo Carpi

Cinematography by
Silvano Ippoliti

Film Editing by
Tinto Brass

Costume Design by
Maricia D'Alfonso

Production Management
Giuseppe Scavuzzo	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nico D'Alessandria	....	assistant director
Franco Longo	....	assistant director
Giorgio Patrono	....	assistant director
Alan Sekers	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Pietro Spadoni	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Paolo Anzellotti	....	grip
Renato Doria	....	assistant camera
Enzo Falessi	....	still photographer
Valerio Garzia	....	best boy
Enrico Sasso	....	assistant camera
Francesco Solitario	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Fulvio Armanni	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bruno Nicolai	....	musical director

Other crew
Mariangela Melato	....	voice dubbing: Tina Aumont (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Lion Film

Also Known As:

"L'urlo" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Company:

Lion Film

To break, broke, broken!

"2 Eggs; to break, broke, broken", the only English phrase spoken and theme song in Tinto Brass' "L'Urlo". What a film! The only available version of this film I could find had no subtitles. Either way it doesn't matter since it is very visual. When most people here the name Tinto Brass, right away they think of the horrid sleaze epic "Caligula", or some might name "Salon Kitty". If your lucky, you'll here of some who have seen his fun slapstick sex comedies from Italy like "Miranda" and "All Ladies Do it". Known mainly for his lighthearted sex romps with curvy women, Tinto Brass' earliest experimental films were much different. Heres a recipe for a film like "L'Urlo". Take some Fellini, add some Jodorowsky/Arrabal and a little table spoon of Godard for extra kick, stir and you got yourself "L'Urlo". One crazy psychedelic, surrealist anti-war art orgy. A bus is lit on fire! Hippies are chased by riot cops. There's stock footage of Vietnam and other wars with a machine gun showdown! S&M, slapstick sexuality, a man's pursuit of a beautiful lady... abstract art and nudity galore! Most memorable is a man in a gas mask jumping around with nude people while goose feather's fill the air! One amazing experimental protest movie! Rebel art at its finest! The films music and images are amazing! This is one film that screams for a DVD release, not to mention a soundtrack. The one song during the burning bus scene sounded like the punk band "Dead Kennedys", almost 10 years before they were around. This film is pure punk rock, before punk even existed. Who says that political, subversive films can't be fun? This ones a must see!