It was bound to happen at some point. THR is reporting that Tinto Brass, the man who’s spent the last 40 years making movies that straddled the line between art and smut (more often falling into the latter than the former), will make the world’s first-ever 3D pornographic movie.
The director, probably best known for 1979’s Caligula, has said the new film will also involve the Roman emperor. Well, what he actually said was that, he plans to “revisit an abandoned project about a Roman emperor that was ruined by Americans, and go from there,” but there’s little doubt he meant Caligula. If you wanna know more about why he thinks his earlier version was ruined, you can read more in our Movie-A-Day article about the film.
As well as the world’s first 3D porn film, it will be the first 3D movie of any type made in Italy. The project seems to be at the early stages, with no cast of script ready, however as Brass’ recent films have seemed utterly thrown together, I wouldn’t be shocked if he was shooting his 3D porn flick by next week.
It’s an interesting experiment, as I wouldn’t rule out the idea that adding a third dimension could kick off another wave of porno chic, the 1970s phenomenon that saw the US middle classes heading to cinemas in their droves to watch the likes of Deep Throat. 1979’s Caligula was made partly to capitalise on that, but it wasn’t a great success. However, it’s more likely that Brass is thinking about the possibilities of 3D TV, as it’s unlikely his porn flick will get wide distribution at cinemas.
Who know though, perhaps in a couple of year time, 3D porn will be the ultimate date movie? Either way, expect Brass’ movie to be just the first of many forays into 3D porn, especially as three-dimensional TV become more common.