Emanuelle in America (1977, Joe D'Amato)

Emanuelle in America (1977, Joe D'Amato)
Part of the Black Emanuelle series of films, told in a trashy jocular manner reminiscent of Deep Throat, this film follows an investigative journalist and massive nymph played by the beautiful Laura Gemser. She goes undercover as the member of a harem to get proof of weapon smuggling and then hooks up with a kinky aristocrat. There is so much sex in the film, both hardcore and softcore that at times it will get rather dull unless you are watching for masturbatory purposes. While covertly taking pictures of aristocratic women having sex with rent boys, Emanuelle stumbles across some porno torture footage that leads her to a snuff-film ring. It is only at this point that there is a sense of narrative urgency, but unfortunately this storyline is quickly dropped. While this footage of gang rape and torture is genuinely disturbing, and the film is immensely sleazy (at one point a woman jerks off a horse) there is never an atmosphere of anything other than silly fun 70's porn. It was one of the first movies to deal with snuff films, being preceded only by the eponymous Snuff. The endings randomness is on par with Blow Up and offers no closure, although this rather fits the episodic structure of the film.
4/5
Released uncut by Blue Underground