Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. After years of trying we can finally let the most important work of the classic era of film pornography shine on the big screen. An epitome of porno-chic, The Opening of Misty Beethoven is widely regarded as the greatest adult motion picture ever made, with some historians calling it The Citizen Kane of porn. At the same time the ambitious project represents the crown jewel in the magnificent filmography of the master director Radley Metzger. His films are always a visual delight and Metzger directs Misty Beethoven like the disciple of Fellini he so often shows himself to be. Inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, the film charts the transformation of Misty Beethoven from a low-rent prostitute into a sensuous instrument of passion under the tutelage of noted sexologist Dr. Seymour Love. Pornography has never had so much class. An essential viewing for all shockproof 70’s adult cinema aficionados.
