ELEVEN DAYS, ELEVEN NIGHTS 2 (1991)
The Italian Collection 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Label: 88 Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 91 Minutes 42 Seconds
Audio: English or Italian PCM 2.0 with Optional English Subtitles
Video: Dolby Vision HDR10 2160p UHD Widescreen (1.66:1), 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1)
Director: Joe D'Amato
Cast: Kristine Rose, James Jackson, Laura Gemser, Ruth Collins
Eleven Days, Eleven Night 2 (1991) comes to us from softcore master Joe D'Amato (Black Emanuelle), an erotic made-for-cable TV flick wherein sexy author Sarah (Kristine Rose, Auntie Lee's Meat Pies) is struggling to write her next novel. She just been divorced after a brief marriage and has doubts about her career and personal life, until her editor Jackie (Laura Gemser, Black Emanuelle) informs her that a former lover Lionel Durrington (James Jackson), the richest man in Louisiana, has recently passed and named Sarah as executor for of his will. She travels to Louisiana where she is met by disdain from his family, among them Lionel's son sleazy son Alfred (Maurice Dupré), Alfred's alcoholic/adulteress wife Dana (Ruth Collins, Doom Asylum), Lionel's brother George (Frederick Lewis) who is in-debt up to his neck, Lionel's other son Bob (Ale Dugas, Top Model), Alfred's daughter-in-law Joanna (Kristin Cuadraro), and her creepy husband Sonny (Fred Woodruff), an impotent man obsessed with surveilling the house with not-so-secret closed-circuit cameras. Sarah is tasked with determining which of the could-be heirs, if any, are deserving of Lionel's fortune, and she sets about doing so in her own unique fashion, seducing all of the male heirs, in the process uncovering dark family secrets. One of the more interesting characters is the impotent Sonny, who hangs out in his room watching secret closed-circuit TV video of people bathing or having sex in the house, with Sarah taking it upon herself to get to the bottom of his impotency, a condition which manifested after a former lover was sexually abused by his father. Sarah cures Sonny after taking him to a strip club where she gets up on stage herself, and some later sexual subterfuge with a wig.
This is total cheeseball erotica, most of it is poorly acted and it has all the cheap melodrama of a daytime soap opera, but at least we get plenty of nudity and fun sexual hook-ups, which is about all you can really hope for from an early 90's made-for-cable TV erotic romp. The sex is pretty tame, the nudity is rampant, the women are beautiful, the nipples are hard, but the story is completely ridiculous, including how the reading of the will unfolds, complete with Sarah extorting the family to sign a release to allow her to reveal the family's dirty secrets in a new book, it's pretty silly. It was fun to see goddess Laura Gemser show up in a no-nudity cameo, apparently she doubled as costume designer on this one, too. The end result here is that this comes off as a well photographed soap opera of the steamy variety, just sit back and enjoy the melodrama and let your hungry eyes take in the beauty that is Kristine Rose, she's a real stunner, her curvy, voluptuous body is very easy on the eyes, so much so I didn't even mind how stilted the acting was. I should also note that I have not seen the first film, nor the other entries in the Eleven Days, Eleven Nights flicks, I just watched this on it's own, so unsure how, if at all, this connects to the others films in the series. .
Audio/Video: Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2 (1991) makes it's worldwide 4K UHD debut from 88 Films in 2160p Ultra HD, framed in 1.66:1 widescreen with Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible) color-grading. This looks like it was shot on 16mm, it has that texture and course grain-structure to it, additionally it has that gauzy soft-focus look to it. The 4K offers a solid presentation, the source looks terrific, skin tones are nicely dialed in, the colors are vibrant, and black levels are quite pleasing. The accompanying Blu-ray also looks excellent, even without the Dolby Vison color-grade, colors looking slightly less plump, shadow detail not quite as refined. Audio comes by way of English or Italian PCM mono with optional English subtitles. The tracks are clean and well-balanced, no issues with hiss or distortions were detected during my viewing, the score by Piero Montanari (Ghosthouse) is pretty bland, but it sounds fine.
88 Films offers some terrific extras, we get an Audio Commentary by Italian Cinema Experts Eugenio Ercolani and Nanni Cobretti; a 40-min Filmirage: From Dawn Till Dusk - An Interview with Dubbing Director Mark Thompson Ashworth who talks about his background in acting, early love of horror, starting Eyeball magazine with Stephen Thrower, the mag named after the Lamberto Bava film which at that point they'd never seen, getting dubbing work dubbing religious cartoon and pornos, meeting Joe D'Amato in '95, and then moving to Rome and doing Italian dubbing, eventually translating synopsis and dubbing scripts. He remembers D'Amato as a good guy, the odd way in which he was paid, and D'Amato was mostly shooting porno at the time he came to work for him, but also did a slew horror flicks, some of which never manifested, and how his pornos were always well produced and polished. He tells some humorous dubbing stories, including the hardcore version of Tinto Brass's Paprika, with someone passing out from hyperventilation after a session of heavy breathing, plus we get his thoughts on Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2,
The 21-min Seven Notes, Eleven Nights - An Interview with Composer Piero Montanari who talks about his early career, coming to work for D'Amato, and talking about his process and creating music based on D'Amato's temp tracks. The 19-min Eros in the Plastic Age - An Interview with Music Historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis offers an appreciation of Composer Piero Montanari 's body of work. We also get a 4-min Italian Opening and Closing Titles, which is basically the same as the English with Italian credits.
The 2-disc UHD/BD arrives in an oversized black keepcase with a Reversible Wrap featuring original artwork plus a new illustration by Sean Longmore. Tucked away inside is a 8-Page Illustrated Booklet containing "Softcore Shenanigans Italian-style" by Calum Waddell. This release also included a glossy double-walled Slipcover featuring the original Sean Longmore artwork.
Special Features:
- Slipcasw with art by Sean Longmore
- Booklet with Notes from Calym Waddell and Rachel Nisbet
- Brand New 4K remaster from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio
- Presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible)
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio also included
- English 2.0 LPCM Stereo
- Italian 2.0 LPCM Mono with newly translated English subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Italian Cinema Experts Eugenio Ercolani and Nanni Cobretti
- Filmirage: From Dawn Till Dusk - An Interview with Dubbing Director Mark Thompson Ashworth (40:05)
- Seven Notes, Eleven Nights - An Interview with Composer Piero Montanari (21:23)
- Eros in the Plastic Age - An Interview with Music Historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis (19:50)
- Italian Opening and Closing titles (3:53)
Screenshots from the 88 Films Blu-ray:
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