Stephen Thrower on 'Sinfonia Erotica' (2018 Video) User Reviews

Great Featurette with Thrower

[Michael_Elliott · 6 May 2018]

Stephen Thrower on 'Sinfonia Erotica' (2018)

**** (out of 4)

Film historian and Jess Franco expert Stephen Thrower is back in yet another featurette that has the author discussing the Spanish filmmaker. This time out he takes a look at the underrated gem SINFONIA EROTICA. I must say that this here turned out to be one of my favorite featurettes with Thrower because he does a terrific job at taking us throughout Jess' career and looking at the various films that he made from Marquis de Sade stories. We get to hear about some of the earlier films with Soledad Miranda as well as films like COCKTALE SPECIAL and HOW TO SEDUCE A VIRGIN. There are also some nice stories told about the production of SINFONIA EROTICA including the shooting locations, the use of homosexual characters and there's some nice bits on Susan Hemingway, although it appears no one has been able to track her down since she left cinema.

Nice interview

[Woodyanders · 8/10 · 21 May 2019]

Film historian and Jess Franco expert Stephen Thrower discusses in pleasingly thorough detail both the movie "Sinful Erotica" and Franco's other adaptations of the Marquis de Sade's works. Thrower points out that Franco was shooting material for other previous films that he had made at the time that he shot "Sinful Erotica" and that "Sinful Erotica" was probably the most experimental picture that Franco did in the early 1980's. Thrower also reveals that the main location was a hotel in the 1950's, talks a bit about Susan Hemingway (who seems to have vanished into thin air), praises Franco for getting de Sade's themes and dark sense of humor, and addresses both the fragmented visuals and echoey sound quality in "Sinful Erotica." Worth a watch for Franco fans.