José Bénazéraf

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José Bénazéraf
José Bénazéraf
Born(1922-01-08)January 8, 1922
Casablanca, French Morocco[1]
DiedDecember 1, 2012(2012-12-01) (aged 90)
Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain[1]
NationalityFrench
OccupationDirector
Years active1958 – 1999
Notable workFrustration, Trip to Perversion, I am a Nymphomaniac[2]
Spouse
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(m. 1961; died 2012)​
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Children2

José Bénazéraf (January 8, 1922 – December 1, 2012) was a French filmmaker and producer who specialised in erotic films.[4][1]

Life and career

Bénazéraf was born in Casablanca, French Morocco on January 8, 1922.[1] After completing his studies in political sciences, he started his film career in 1958 producing Les lavandières du Portugal, a film by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, and went on to direct and write numerous erotic films in the 1960s.[1] He started to direct erotic feature films in 1961 with L'éternité pour nous.

At the end of the 1970s, he moved his attention to the direct-to-video market.

He died in Chiclana de la Frontera.

Views on filmmaking

In 1973, Bénazéraf stated he did not make message films, and that one of the reasons he made films was to "disturb the French" (French: "déranger les Français"), who were, he felt, not disturbed by anything, neither politically nor sexually.[5][6]

Bénazéraf also said that he attempted "to poeticise eroticism" (French: poétiser l'érotisme), whereas many at that time tended to accentuate pornography.[6] He found pornographic films "horribly sad" (French: "horriblement triste") and called them "anti-eroticism" (French: "anti-érotisme").[7] According to Bénazéraf, eroticism was something "which creates a climate, which creates, which awakes, which sublimises desire" (French: "qui crée un climat, qui crée, qui suscite, qui sublimise le désir"), and the effect of pornography was the opposite.[7]

Filmography

As director
As actor

Bibliography

  • (Anonymous) (1973). "Bénazéraf nous parle". Pan (in French) (8): 72–78.
  • Lentz III, Harris M. (2013). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 9780786470631. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lentz III 2003.
  2. ^ "jose+benazeraf" "Film". 1973. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ Lafitte, Jacques; Taylor, Stephen (1969). Qui est qui en France (in French). J. Lafitte. p. 230.
  4. ^ "Bénazéraf, l'éternité pour lui | Next". Next.liberation.fr. 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  5. ^ (Anonymous) 1973, p. 76.
  6. ^ a b (Anonymous) 1973, p. 74.
  7. ^ a b (Anonymous) 1973, p. 78.
  8. ^ "José Bénazéraf".
  9. ^ "JOSE BENAZERAF: Film / Movie Information". Citwf.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  10. ^ "Jose Benazeraf Filmography". Fandango.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09.

Further reading

External links

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