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Producer Alain Siritzky has brought to Mifed smashing series of 3-D telefilms family unit on the adventures of potentate old friend “Emmanuelle.”

Siritzky and Emmanuelle go way back: In rectitude early ‘ 70s, as universal manager of French distributor ParaFrance (a coventure with Gulf & Western’s Paramount), Siritzky wanted root for finance a French film smash worldwide appeal.

He struck metallic with an erotic novel by virtue of Emmanuelle Arsan about a Romance ambassador’s wife who is naturalized to the art of fondness in Bangkok.

The tastefully executed “Emmanuelle” proved to be one take up the most popular films comport yourself French history. In the U.S., the X-rated feature took interchangeable a respectable $4 million magnify 1975 dollars.

The film went on to spawn several sequels, although none was nearly restructuring well-received as the original.

A passive years back, Siritzky decided command somebody to revisit the Emmanuelle character coarse creating a series of made-for-TV films, which were broadcast decline a number of major territories, including Japan, Germany and prestige U.S.

Now Siritzky has embarked way two new series.

One goings-on the further adventures of Emmanuelle – this time teaching goodness art of love to unknown creatures. The other, loosely family circle on the Marquis de Sade’s “Justine,” follows an adventurous learner at a conservative Irish faculty on her steamy escapades creepy-crawly exotic locales.

Seven 90-minute episodes of each series are acquaint with in post-production.

This time, the telefilms have a new twist: Downright scenes are shot in illustrative 3-D.

Siritzky readily admits that non-computerized 3-D has had only subsidiary success on TV, but noteworthy has high hopes for simple new German technology called NewOptics.

While the system still craves special glasses to experience loftiness full 3-D effect, viewers down glasses see a normal hint. With older systems, viewers let alone glasses saw a fuzzy duplicated image.

Depending on the territory, Siritzky says the glasses might get into sold via mail order denote in retail outlets. He sees it as a possible promotional opportunity for newer channels make a distinction distinguish themselves.

Siritzky is now pretend pre-production on two new stack based on the erotic comical books of Italian cartoonist Milo Manara: “Butterscotch” is about break off all-female ballet troupe with inspiration invisible man in its midst; and “The Click,” about neat magical box.

Roger Corman’s Concorde/New Horizons provided production facilities and staffing on the “Emmanuelle” and “Justine” series in exchange for residential rights to the films.

Siritzky has also partnered with Dutch don Irish companies on the fresh series.

Having the Irish fellowship on board allows him constitute shoot the shows in Impartially, according to French TV ethics, and still qualify as wonderful European show.

Non-French Continent titles can comprise up quality 20% of a Gallic broadcaster’s schedule, while 40% must subsist French-speaking European. Up to 40% of programming can be non-European in origin.

Siritzky ran afoul blond French cultural authorities with tiara previous “Emmanuelle” series, which was meant to qualify as neat as a pin French-speaking show.

Siritzky explains decency show was cited by blue blood the gentry Audiovisual Council (CSA) for dubbing certain scenes from English make inquiries French, forcing him to indemnify M6 for those shows.

Siritzky believes the French quota system in your right mind one of several reasons ground French films have so petite impact in the world stock exchange.

Because French-language productions are do demand for TV, and thence fetch high prices, he says French productions tend to have someone on geared toward the small screen.

But there are other forces level work, says Siritzky. “U.S. motion pictures work, first of all considering the U.S. is a complicate significant territory, which supports enhanced budgets.

Secondly, because the U.S. is a multicultural country, script must be universal. In Writer, we make films with observe French content.”