When I bought Salon Kitty, The Director's Cut, I thought I would be doing something quite risky in buying this controversial curiosity. Salon Kitty is the story of a Brothel Madam who is hired by the SS to school a group of perfect 'National Socialist Party' women to become prostitutes for the Third Reich, whilst secretly recording their customer's disclosure of secrets for later use (one supposes) in blackmail.
There is a genuine feel of Brass's other work, Caligula in this hugely staged presentation. The sets are impressive but to certain eyes look a bit 1970s and some may be shocked at the imagery on show here, for example, the women being required to 'prove' their worthiness on the project by performing various sex acts on unlikely clients. Berger plays a Nazi officer with more than a passing interest in Margherita as she comes to his home and offers him sexual favours in return for a place on the project.
Still, if you want a viewpoint of Brass' work without renting Caligula, which is a highly flawed film, then try this curiosity but it is not for the nervous or fainthearted.
There is a genuine feel of Brass's other work, Caligula in this hugely staged presentation. The sets are impressive but to certain eyes look a bit 1970s and some may be shocked at the imagery on show here, for example, the women being required to 'prove' their worthiness on the project by performing various sex acts on unlikely clients. Berger plays a Nazi officer with more than a passing interest in Margherita as she comes to his home and offers him sexual favours in return for a place on the project.
Still, if you want a viewpoint of Brass' work without renting Caligula, which is a highly flawed film, then try this curiosity but it is not for the nervous or fainthearted.