Tuesday, July 24, 2012

RaroVideo presents Fernando Di Leo's "Madness"

FERNANDO DI LEO’S MADNESS STARRING WARHOL MUSE & SUPERSTAR 
JOE DALLESANDRO COMES TO DVD AUGUST 14 FROM RAROVIDEO

(Hollywood, CA and Rome, Italy) Hailed by cinephiles for expertly restoring rare 
films by influential filmmakers and publishing them with compelling extras, 
Italian Film Boutique RaroVideo announces FERNANDO DI LEO’S MADNESS DVD release 
on AUGUST 14, 2012.  The film stars Joe Dallesandro, better known as the “Little 
Joe” mentioned in Lou Reed’s hit 1972 song “Walk on the Wild Side.” Dallesandro 
is considered by many to be the most famous male sex symbol of American 
underground films of the 20th Century having starred in Flesh, Trash and Heat 
among many others. MADNESS is one of his rarely seen Italian starring roles. A 
photograph taken by Andy Warhol of Dallesandro’s crotch bulge encased in a 
tight-fitting pair of jeans is featured on the cover of the Rolling Stone’s 1971 
album Sticky Fingers. Fernando Di Leo is the master of garish, intricately 
plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters and he perfects 
the genre with an uncanny accuracy making him an inspiration to Quentin 
Tarantino among many others. RaroVideo will release a second edition of the 
highly successful FERNANDO DI LEO CRIME COLLECTION this December.

MADNESS (1980) From the writer of Caliber 9 and The Italian Connection comes 
MADNESS starring a story about how a violent criminal, Joe Brezzi (Joe 
Dallesandro) breaks out of prison and, having stolen a car and killed two people 
in the process, makes his way to a remote country cottage. Hidden beneath its 
flooring is the substantial proceeds from a robbery which Joe took part in 
several years previously, but before he can retrieve the loot a vehicle pulls up 
outside. Womanizer Sergio has travelled up to his weekend retreat to do some 
hunting, joining him are his trusting wife Liliana and her flirty sister Paola 
who has also come along for a break from city life. The escaped convict flees 
the cottage and quietly observes the sexual tension between Sergio and Paolo, 
which Liliana is completely oblivious to. Joe bides his time and waits until the 
next morning when Sergio leaves to go hunting and Liliana takes the car to get 
some supplies from town. With only Paola in the cottage, he makes his move... 
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 14, 2012

RAROVIDEO’S 2012 RELEASE SCHEDULE:
GIORGIO FERRONI’S THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS – SEPTEMBER
FRANCESCO ROSI’S MANY WARS AGO – OCTOBER
ROBERTO ROSILLINI’S GENERAL DELLA ROVERE – NOVEMBER
THE FERNANDO DI LEO CRIME COLLECTION BOX SET VOL. 2 - DECEMBER

Antonioni’s The Vanquished, Fellini’s The Clowns, Pasolini’s The Anger, Live 
Like A Cop, Die Like A Man, Body Puzzle, Come Have Coffee With Us, The Overcoat, 
Murder Obsession, The Secret of Dorian Gray, Crime of Love, To Be Twenty, 
Conversation Piece, Waves of Lust, The Perfume of the Lady in Black, Plot of 
Fear, Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show and The Fernando di Leo Crime Collection are 
all available now from RaroVideo U.S. 

MADNESS
Price:                            $19.98 (DVD) 
Street Date:              August 14, 2012
Pre-Order Date:          NOW
Running time:          90 minutes 
Distributor:   ENTERTAINMENT ONE 
DVD UPC:           1601801043 
Language:                English and Italian with English Subtitles
Rating:                          NR

MADNESS - SPECIAL FEATURES:
Director biography and filmography
New English subtitles
New digitally restored
Fully illustrated booklet