With having watched Umberto Lenzis fantastic paranoia film,the sadly under-rated Giallo Spasmo,I was extremely keen on seeing more films from this very intriguing genre.After picking up a good batch of Giallo DVDs,I started to anticipate all the (hopefully) great films that I would soon get the chance to view.
A few days ago I was making breakfast in the morning,and I realised that I needed to get some Jam from one of our shelves.To my surprise when I went for the jam,I noticed some DVDs that had started to gather dust,which my dad had been passed a few months ago from a friend.Not being able to stop my curiosity,I looked at the now dusty titles and to my complete amazement,I discovered that one of the DVDs was a Giallo by Umberto Lenzi!
View on the film:
For the screenplay,writers Lucia Drudi Demby and Antonio Altoviti (with the story by director Umbero Lenzi) have written a surprisingly "bloodless" Giallo,which is able to give a great feeling of increased threat,as the relationship between the couple and Barbara starts to disintegrate into a battle of dominance,with the writers excellently showing the couple slowly change from being fun loving to becoming very sadistic.
Although Lenzi's directing is not as weird and wonderful as it was with his underrated film Spasmo,he is still able to do some amazing things with this pretty original (no sign of any black gloves at all!) Giallo.
During the section of the film, where Dick and Ingrid are trying to sell there amateur pictures at sight seeing spots,Lenzi shows with stunning fast-cuts the sightseers disgust of the naked photos,whilst they are standing around looking at accent stature's of naked men.Umbero also smartly changes the lighting of the whole film,with the first half being mostly very brightly lit,to match Dick and Ingrids care-free life,and the second half (especially the bird sanctuary scene) being very dark and grim,with Umbero revealing what the couple have gotten themselves into.
Final view on the film:
A very different Giallo,with a terrific tension-building screenplay and excellent dream-decaying directing from Lenzi.
A few days ago I was making breakfast in the morning,and I realised that I needed to get some Jam from one of our shelves.To my surprise when I went for the jam,I noticed some DVDs that had started to gather dust,which my dad had been passed a few months ago from a friend.Not being able to stop my curiosity,I looked at the now dusty titles and to my complete amazement,I discovered that one of the DVDs was a Giallo by Umberto Lenzi!
View on the film:
For the screenplay,writers Lucia Drudi Demby and Antonio Altoviti (with the story by director Umbero Lenzi) have written a surprisingly "bloodless" Giallo,which is able to give a great feeling of increased threat,as the relationship between the couple and Barbara starts to disintegrate into a battle of dominance,with the writers excellently showing the couple slowly change from being fun loving to becoming very sadistic.
Although Lenzi's directing is not as weird and wonderful as it was with his underrated film Spasmo,he is still able to do some amazing things with this pretty original (no sign of any black gloves at all!) Giallo.
During the section of the film, where Dick and Ingrid are trying to sell there amateur pictures at sight seeing spots,Lenzi shows with stunning fast-cuts the sightseers disgust of the naked photos,whilst they are standing around looking at accent stature's of naked men.Umbero also smartly changes the lighting of the whole film,with the first half being mostly very brightly lit,to match Dick and Ingrids care-free life,and the second half (especially the bird sanctuary scene) being very dark and grim,with Umbero revealing what the couple have gotten themselves into.
Final view on the film:
A very different Giallo,with a terrific tension-building screenplay and excellent dream-decaying directing from Lenzi.