DIRECTORS IN FOCUS

Ole Ege, Copenhagen

24.10., 22:00, Moviemento 1

Pornography - A Musical (Pornografi - en musical) H X
Danmark, 1971, 54 minutes, Ole Ege, no dialogue
The film is composed of a series of explicit short films from the times when the ladies had hair between their legs: "Crazy Strip" (1970), "Dream Girl (Drømmepigen)" (1966), "Three Lively Girls (3 raske piger)" (1964), "A Jolly Shave (En lystig barbering)" (1964), "Harem" (1968), "The American Girl (Amerikanerinden)" (1970), "Ilse" (1969), "Spanking" (1970), "Group Sex (Gruppes sex)" (1969) and "Springtime In Tivoli (Forår i Tivoli)" (1969). With music by the jazz musicians Dexter Gordon and the Kenny Drews Trio, recorded in Kopenhagen's famous Jazzhus Montmartre.


Ole Ege - The Naughty Boy (Ole Ege den grimme dreng) H X D
Danmark, 1996, 83 minutes, Torben Skjødt Jensen, Danish original version with English subtitles
When Denmark legalised pornography in 1969, Danish filmmaker Ole Ege led the way, pushing the boundaries of acceptability to the limit. This documentary profiles Ege's life and work, and examines how a previously prudish society reacted to the sudden advent of total freedom.
Ole Ege passionately professes eroticism - the girls, their forms and their nature. He sharply distinguishes between eroticism and pornography, but due to increasing competition, Ole Ege started Color Climax porno films, where he not only filmed girls, but now also let men appear. As this developed in the direction of hard core pornography, Ole Ege stopped as this was not his field.


Ole Ege is a photographer, film director and author (b 1934), and the founder of Museum Erotica together with Kim Clausen.
First photos 1957, photo editor 1959-64, publisher and producer of Pin-up photos in the 60's, after the liberalization of pornography 1967-69 also pornographic films. First feature movie "Pornography", 1971, pornographic comedy "The Bordello" 1972. Author of the book "Erotiske Drømme" 1992. Director of Kopenhagen's Museum Erotica since 1992.


William E. Jones, Los Angeles
25.10., 20:15, Eiszeit 1

Petra Joy, Brighton
26.10., 22:15, Moviemento 1

Charles Lum, New York
24.10., 22:30, Moviemento 3

Abbreviations:
H = Heterosexual, S = Gay, L = Lesbian, T = Transgender, NX = does not contain explicit sex scenes, X = contains explicit sex scenes, D = documentary film, FT = Fetish, SW = Sexwork (films on sex work and prostitution), F = films made by female directors, A = animation