Made as iconic director/cinematographer Joe D’Amato was approaching the end of his prolific career (and yet, with another 97 adult-oriented films to go), Provocation / Provocazione is basically softcore adult masquerading as erotica, with long sex sequences lacking the graphic intercourse details D’Amato was well-experienced with in his hardcore efforts.
The countryside location – an old inn made of quarried stone – adds the right rustic atmosphere in this familiar tale of an innkeeper’s wife (Fabrizia Flanders) who fancies a visiting businessman (Lyle Lovett lookalike Antonio Ascani, aka “Tony Roberts”), while her husband Gianni Demartiis) goes after his cousin (Erika Savastani), set to live at the house after the recent death of her papa. An idiot nephew (Lindo Damiani) indulges in some masturbatory voyeurism by sneaking around the house without his shoes and peering through floor cracks at everyone else’s fun time.
The characters are flat, D’Amato’s directorial style can’t craft any sense of humour beyond exchanges of berating insults (most inflicted on the nephew), and the performances vary in quality; the older actors fare the best, whereas Ascani seems very uncomfortable (maybe it’s the ill-fitting, wrinkled up linen suit), and Savastani’s healthy figure can’t mask her complete lack of talent.
D’Amato also slaps on stock music, and repeats the same cheesy early eighties muzak over sex scenes, and the film isn’t particularly well lit – perhaps a sign that his years in porn made him lazy after filming some very stylish ‘scope productions (such as the blazingly colourful L’Anticristo).
D’Amato’s efforts to make something more upscale isn’t a failure – there’s more than enough nudity to keep fans happy – and one can argue he was still capable of making a slick commercial product after going bonkers with sex, blood, and animals in his most notorious efforts. The photography and editing have a basic classical style, but there’s no energy in the film, making Provocation a work best-suited for D’Amato fans and completists.
Mya’s DVD comes from a decent PAL-NTSC conversion, although there’s some flickering in the opening titles. The details are sharp, the colours stable, but there lighting is rather harsh, as though the transfer was made from a high contrast print. (The film’s titles, Italian at the beginning, and English at the end - “The story, all names, characters and incidentals portrayed in this production, are fictitius” - are also video-based, indicating Provocation was meant as product for video rental shelves.)
Besides English and Italian dub tracks, there are no extras, which is a shame, given something could’ve been written about the product and its cast, many of whom were pinched by D’Amato from prior Tinto Brass productions. Savastani had just appeared as a bit player in Brass’ The Voyeur / L'Uomo che guarda (1994), and would move on with co-star Demartiis to Fermo posta Tinto Brass / P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995) and Senso ’45 / Black Angel (2002).
© 2009 Mark R. Hasan
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Ndepend — Java
The ability to write custom queries in CQLinq, visualize dependencies, and track evolution over time transforms code quality from a vague aspiration into a measurable, enforceable practice. While the Java ecosystem has many fine linters and bug finders, NDepend brings architectural governance—something typically found only in high-end commercial tools or in-house frameworks.
| Metric | Description | Java Relevance | |--------|-------------|----------------| | | Number of independent paths through a method | Works directly on bytecode (if debug symbols present, maps to source) | | Depth of Inheritance Tree (DIT) | How deep a class is in the hierarchy | Java single inheritance, but interfaces matter—NDepend counts both | | Afferent Coupling (Ca) | Number of types that depend on this type | Understands Java package visibility | | Efferent Coupling (Ce) | Number of types this type depends on | Includes JDK classes (configurable) | | LCOM (Lack of Cohesion of Methods) | Measures how related methods are via fields | Works with Java instance fields | | Normalized Distance from Main Sequence (D) | Abstractness + Instability balance | Applies to packages, useful for layered architectures | ndepend java
// Warn if any class in persistence uses a raw SQL string from m in Methods where m.ParentNamespace.Name.Contains("persistence") && m.CodeString.Contains("executeQuery") select m Save it. It now runs with every analysis. Export the .ndproj to your repository. In your CI script, run: The ability to write custom queries in CQLinq,
: Yes, strongly consider NDepend. It fills a gap that no other Java tool handles well: architectural rule enforcement, technical debt quantification, and deep dependency analysis at scale . It now runs with every analysis
NDepend.Console.exe myProject.ndproj -OutDir ./reports Open ./reports/NDepend_Report.html – a fully interactive, searchable HTML report with all rules, metrics, and graphs. 10. Conclusion: Is NDepend for Java Worth It? For individual developers or very small Java projects : Probably not. The cost and learning curve outweigh the benefits. Use SpotBugs + JDepend + manual reviews.
1. Introduction: The Challenge of Java Code Quality Java is a mature, enterprise-grade language. However, even with best practices like SOLID principles, design patterns, and CI/CD pipelines, large Java codebases inevitably decay. Dependencies become tangled, technical debt accumulates, and architectural rules are violated—often silently.
// <Name>Abstract types with zero derived types</Name> from t in Types where t.IsAbstract && t.NbDerivedTypes == 0 select new t, t.NbDerivedTypes This finds "abstract classes that no one extends"—often a sign of dead code or misuse of abstraction. |
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