Tinto Brass dies at 93: the director beyond the label of master of erotica
Tinto Brass died at 93 on 4 November. The career of the Venetian director, from the Sixties to «La Chiave», beyond the label of erotic cinema.
Tinto Brass, a director from Venice, died on Wednesday, 4 November, at the age of 93. In Italy he is regarded as the master of erotic cinema, but il manifesto points out that his work is not limited to that genre.12
What he meant for Italian cinema
Il manifesto calls him a key figure of Italian cinema and writes that the most fertile currents of modern cinema came together in his work. It describes him as unconventional and cinephile, influenced by pop art and comics.1 The newspaper says that during the Sixties Brass was inventive and highly productive. Even so, his name would come to be linked mostly with the later stage of his career. The paper lists his debuts among the milestones, together with the shift that came with «La Chiave».1
His last months and his death
According to his wife, Caterina Varzi, the director was very weakened: last winter he had suffered two bouts of septicaemia, that is, serious blood infections, as she recalled in an interview with «Corriere del Veneto». His condition, however, seemed to be improving, and his death, she said, was unexpected for her and for the doctor.2 The cause was a heart attack, which came shortly after breakfast. Varzi added that she is glad her husband did not suffer.2 In recent times he had been revived by the Pietro Bianchi Prize, awarded by the association Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani at the Venice Film Festival. On that occasion a restored version of «Col cuore in gola» was screened. Brass was unable to attend and the prize was collected by his wife.2
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Footnotes
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Tinto Brass, nell’occhio ribelle del cinema italiano, il manifesto, 2026-11-04 ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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“L’ho lasciato che andava a farsi la barba, ho sentito un urlo, il badante mi ha chiamato e lui non c’era più”: Caterina Varzi racconta come è morto il marito Tinto Brass, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 2026-11-05 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
