Barney Rosset Filmography

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Obscene

Actors: Barney Rosset, Amiri Baraka, Jim Carroll, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Al Goldstein

Synopsis: To countless avant-garde novelists, filmmakers, and playwrights, publisher Barney Rosset -- proprietor of the legendary Grove Press -- qualifies as an undisputed hero. Via scores of in-court legal battles, Rosset fought aggressively and valiantly to defend the release of works as varied as William S. Burroughs Read More

9/26/08
Writer of O

Actors: Catherine Mouchet, Penelope Puymirat, Cyril Corral, Alain Rimoux, Thierry de Carbonniere

Synopsis: In 1954, one of the most notorious erotic novels of the 20th century was published -- The Story of O by Pauline Reage, which chronicled in breathless detail the intense sadomasochistic relationship between a submissive woman and a dominant man. For many years, many believed that Pauline Reage was Read More

5/6/05

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