Super 8

Super 8 is a 1973 Italian science-fiction art film written and directed by Tinto Brass. The film tells a sexual coming-of-age story about three teenagers who make a pornographic movie using a Super 8 camera. All hell breaks loose when supernatural events begin occurring in their town. Eventually, the protagonists discover that an alien being is causing the events. The alien being is never shown directly, but its presence is implied by surreal special effects.

==Plot==

==Cast==

* Benoît Ferreux as Guiseppe Agnello

* Ornella Muti as Alice Damiani

* Duilio Cruciani as Carlo Cassano

* Franco Nero as Giovanni Agnello

* Helmut Berger as Luigi Damiani

==Production==

Tinto Brass chose Benoît Ferreux to play the lead after seeing his performance in Louis Malle's Le souffle au coeur. Brass cited the films of Jean Cocteau as inspiring the special effects of the alien's presence. As was usual practice in Italian films of the time, the film was shot without audio and dubbed in post-production.

==Reception==

==Trivia==

When initially submitted to the MPAA for its USA release, the film received an X rating. Many cuts had to be made to bring it down to an R rating. Because of this, the film wasn't released in the USA until 1975.