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Lasse Braun (born Alberto Ferro; 1936 – 16 February 2015) was an Italian pornographer, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and researcher. Braun earned a law degree from the University of Milan (1956–63). He initially accumulated the funds for his lavish productions from the profit gained with so-called loops, ten-minute hardcore movies sold to Reuben Sturman, who distributed them to 60,000 American peep show booths.〔Eric Schlosser (2004) ''Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market'', Houghton Mifflin Books, p. 143, ISBN 0618446702.〕 ==Background== Braun was born into a wealthy, aristocratic Italian family as Alberto Ferro, and was destined to become a diplomat, following in his father's footsteps. He passed all of his law exams at the State University of Milan (1956–63), and while FOR preparing the defense FOR his doctoral dissertation entitled ''Judiciary Censorship in the Western World'', its contents and underlying radical ideas provoked so much controversy that it was promptly dismissed. A Member of Parliament from Denmark translated the thesis into Danish; and the translation laid the foundation for the legalisation of pornography in Denmark on 4 June 1969.〔Ove Brusendorff, Poul Henningsen, ''The Complete History of Eroticism'' (Copenhagen: Thabing & Appels Forlag, 1963)〕 Braun placed himself firmly in the tradition of 18th century pornographers such as Rétif de la Bretonne, who was the first author to coin the word "pornography" in his plea for the institutionalisation of brothels in ''Le Pornographe'' (1769) and to describe a comprehensive range of sexual variations in ''L'Anti-Justine ou les Délices de l'Amour'' (1798).〔Patrick J. Kearney (1982) ''A History of Erotic Literature'', London: Macmillan, p. 89, ISBN 1858131987.〕 Another source of inspiration for Braun consisted of the Priapistic rituals and orgiastic festivals of the Dionysus cult, as well as ceremonies in veneration of Aphrodite (Porne), the goddess of lust and patroness of courtesans.〔''New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology'' (London: Hamlyn, 1959), p. 130〕 According to Braun, censorship itself is obscene, and the suppression of sexual desire by the political and religious establishment over the centuries has only led to psychological damage and frustration.〔(Dutch interview in VPRO TV guide ). Lassebraun.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.〕 In his 740-page novel ''Lady Caligula'', Braun goes against the grain by portraying Caligula as a brilliant character, instead of the deranged emperor described in Edward Gibbon's ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire''〔Edward Gibbon (1776–88, repr. London: Bison Books Ltd, 1979) ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', p. 30 ff.〕 and in I, Claudius. Two of Braun's films, ''Sensations'' (1975) and ''Body Love'' (1977), (the latter featuring a soundtrack composed by Klaus Schulze) were shown at the Cannes film festival. Having withdrawn from the world of pornography out of disappointment with the purely commercial approach of American distributors and the resulting inferiority of video productions, Braun has dedicated himself to writing scientific works on sexology (''L'impeto di Venere'', dealing with the G-spot) and on anthropology, erotic historical novels such as ''Lady Caligula'' (both in English and his native tongue, Italian), erotic thrillers, a study of prostitution, and his autobiography. Braun died from complications of diabetes on February 16, 2015 in Rome, Italy at the age of 78.〔http://therealpornwikileaks.com/lasse-braun-adult-film-pioneer-father-axel-passes-away-78/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lasse Braun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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