Glossary

16 terms from the world of transgressive cinema

C

Italian sex comedies. 70s box office.

Danish manifesto: handheld, no props.

Erotic Grotesque Nonsense. 1920s Japanese art.

European horror-erotica. Dream logic.

Italian 'yellow.' Stylized murder mysteries.

Hollywood 1934–68 self-censorship.

HK gun-ballet. John Woo.

Shockumentary. Ancestor of reality TV.

Graphic content as philosophy.

Sex every 10 min. Directors made art anyway.

Adult theaters + VS restoration label.

Japanese pink films training major directors.

Italian vigilante cop films.

1972–76 when hardcore went mainstream.

Pre-hardcore explicit. Drive-ins.

72 films banned by UK in 1980s.