Joseph W Sarno March 15 1921 April 26 2010 was an American film director and screenwriter One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the protopornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s Joe Sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation softcore and hardcore genres as well as a number of shotonvideo features for the 80s hardcore video market Sarno a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre completed his first adultoriented feature in 1961 Among his bestknown films in the genre are Sin in the Suburbs 1964 Flesh and Lace The Bed and How to Make It and Moonlighting Wives 1966 Sarnos work of the sexploitation period is typified by stark chiaroscuro lighting long takes and rigorous staging He was also well known for scenarios centering around issues of psychosexual anxiety and sexual identity development During his sexploitation period Sarno worked with such actors as Uta Erickson Dyanne Thorne star of the Ilsa series Audrey Campbell Olgas House of Shame series Michael Alaimo Patricia McNair Tod Moore and his cousin Joe Santos who would become a regular on televisions The Rockford Files Beginning in 1968 Sarnos work became somewhat more explicit predicting the emergence of softcore His breakthrough feature Inga 1968 was one of the first Xrated films released in the United States Other noteworthy softcore features include Vibrations 1968 Passion in Hot Hollows 1969 Daddy Darling 1970 Young Playthings 1972 Confessions of a Young American Housewife 1974 and Misty 1975 Sarno was also the director of Deep Throat Part 2 1974 the Rrated sequel to the hardcore classic Deep Throat After 1968 Sarnos softcore work was divided between films produced in the United States and films produced in Europe principally Sweden Germany and Denmark Many of Sarnos European features were made with American backing In Europe he was known for having worked with actresses Marie Liljedahl Christina Lindberg Helli Louise and Marie Forså Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph W Sarno licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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