There are multiple plot twists that are typical
of the Giallo genre and they make for an exciting final 15 or so minutes.
New to this edition and featured on both Blu - ray and DVD editions is commentary by film historian and Mario Bava biographer Tim Lucas and the almost hour - long «Psycho Analysis,» an in - depth documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins
of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi among others.
Not exact matches
Characterised by violence and beautiful woman,
giallo is a
genre that doesn't appear to have much
of a feminist bias.
The two
genres have a history
of interchange, be it the influence
of classic Westerns on the films
of John Carpenter (who even penned two obscure Westerns, El Diablo and Blood River) and George A. Romero or the parallel development
of the
giallo and the spaghetti Western in Italy.
Italian horror did not begin and end with
giallo, but it certainly put the
genre on the map and influenced the direction
of Italian horror (as well as, among others, Spanish and French horror) for decades.
A painter and cinematographer turned director, a craftsman turned celluloid dreamer, an industry veteran who created, almost single - handedly, the uniquely Italian
genre of baroque horror known as «
giallo,» he directed the most graceful and deliriously mad horror films
of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Now Arrow, a British label that recently launched an American line
of Blu - ray and DVD releases (through distributor MVD), has injected new blood into the
genre with some
of the best editions
of classic, notorious, and outrageous
giallo titles in the past couple
of years.
Two early Dario Argento gialli (that's plural for
giallo) debut on Blu - ray, neither
of them among his masterpieces but both showing a young director exploring the possibilities
of play within
genre filmmaking and perfecting his technical skills and expressive talents.
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Blu - ray (1970 — Italy) In 1970, young first - time director Dario Argento made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with «The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,» a film that redefined the «
giallo»
genre of murder - mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
That's because while Clark's successful, seductive, and I guess unpremeditated iteration
of the
giallo formula (whodunit structure, operatic set - pieces, abundance
of shots from the killer's P.O.V.) as established by Mario Bava and his peers sparked a
genre unto itself in America, the more pioneering copycats, lacking Clark's flair for interpersonal dynamics, so grotesquely oversimplified Black Christmas as to discard its most distinguishing feature: its empathy.
Though the
genre's invention (named after the yellow /
giallo covers
of Italian penny dreadfuls) is credited to compatriot Mario Bava (see, especially, his astonishing Blood and Black Lace), Argento's scary polish and cunning for film language bridged the cultural, mainstream / arthouse gap with agility and audacity.
Fourteen years removed from his last good movie (Opera), his latest film Sleepless (a.k.a. Non ho sonno), starring the inimitable Max Von Sydow and heralded as a return to Argento's roots in the
giallo genre, hits North American shores months after bootleg copies
of it have already circulated amongst the ranks
of disappointed fanboys.
Today marks the birthday
of legendary Italian director Mario Bava, who is undoubtedly best known for his major achievements in the «
giallo» horror
genre (although he created works ranging from spaghetti westerns to science fiction films as well).
Today marks the birthday
of legendary Italian director Mario Bava, who is undoubtedly best known for his major achievements in the «
giallo» horror
genre (although he created works ranging from spaghetti westerns to science fiction...
And The Neon Demon, a propulsive vehicle for lavish Eurotrash - y images, like the prismatic one
of Elle Fanning feigning a make - out session with two
of her diamond - refracted reflections, at first plays like a slicker version
of Darren Aranofsky's frenetic Black Swan — a formidable piece
of cool,
giallo - inspired
genre work.
The former is a supernatural thriller whereas
Giallo, a
genre established by Mario Bava in 1967 with the visually sumptuous KILL, BABY... KILL, may invoke the spirit but leans heavily toward the murder - mystery elements
of noir.
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Details: 1970, Arrow Video Rated: Unrated The lowdown: Dario Argento made his directorial debut with this «
giallo»
genre thriller that brought the Italian filmmaker to the attention
of the international cinema community.
Am not sure about the ending seemed more
of a nod to Italian «
giallo»
genre but brave all the same.
It doesn't merely acknowledge the expressionist possibilities in a
genre beloved horror fans but unknown to most people, it condenses it into a concentrated extract: a 90 - minute hit
of the essence
of giallo as a surreal subjective journey, part sexual awakening, part repressed fear, part rarified death dream.
A dazzling, disturbing delight that borrows liberally from Hollywood
genre cinema, Italian
giallo, Paul Schrader's Cat People, and straight up horror (including the appropriation
of the word «demon», up until now more readily associated with B - movie chillers), it is also nastily unique — a beautiful nightmare that will wrong - foot you right to the end.
The New York Ripper's main claim to fame is its reputation as a sadistic, gory, and generally misogynist
giallo — the Italian term referring to a combination
of the crime and horror
genres (basically a whodunit with slasher elements) that became popular in the 1960s and endured through the 1970s.
Bava made dozens
of films in the sixties and seventies as a director, writer and cinematographer, helping to launch the «
giallo»
genre of Italian cinema and re-inventing the slasher film.