Orgasmo
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Orgasmo is a 1969 Italian film by Umberto Lenzi starring Carroll Baker and Lou Castel. The film was released in the United States as Paranoia. Lenzi's other film Paranoia (1969) was released as in the United States as "A Quiet Place To Kill" in the USA, since "Orgasmo" was already released in the USA as "Paranoia".
Orgasmo premiered in Italy on February 2 1969. Bertrand Tavernier was credited but did not actually work on the film.
Background
Following a protracted legal battle with Paramount Pictures and divorce from her second husband, Jack Garfein, Carroll Baker moved to Europe. Eventually settling in Italy, she would spend the next several years starring in hard-edged giallo thrillers, including The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), Paranoia (1970), and Baba Yaga (1973). During those years, film locations would take her all around the world, including Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Mexico. A lead role in Andy Warhol's Bad (1977) brought her back to American shores. The seventies also saw a return to the stage, where she appeared in productions of Lucy Crown and Motive.
Note
Orgasmo è il primo incontro tra il regista Umberto Lenzi e l'attrice statunitense Carroll Baker, reduce da Il dolce corpo di Deborah, di Romolo Guerrieri. In seguito Lenzi e l'attrice gireranno altri gialli considerati dei classici.
In origine il film si doveva intitolare Paranoia (e questo è il titolo della versione americana, più spinta di quella italiana, nella quale la Baker si mostra completamente nuda in alcune scene). La protagonista del film doveva essere Eleanor Powell, ma alla fine Lenzi scelse la Baker.
