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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Just arrived...
9:32 PM / DVD / 
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RIVELAZIONI DI UN MANIACO SESSUALE AL CAPO DELLA SQUADRA MOBILE (DVD, Camera Obscura, Region 2, Germany)
...a.k.a. SO SWEET, SO DEAD. This is the third instalment in the Italian Genre Cinema Collection from German label Camera Obscura, which has been generating quite a bit of positive buzz since its launch (they will also be releasing Dario Argento's INFERNO on BD in Germany later this year). The film itself is by pretty much anyone's standards a lower-tier giallo (despite the presence of Hitchcock stalwart Farley Granger and several giallo mainstays, and some nice Maurice Binder-inspired opening titles) at the more right-wing, reactionary end of the spectrum, but this is a quality package clearly put together by people who understand and love this sort of film. Perhaps best of all, for English speakers, the whole thing is bilingual, with the menus, extras and even the included booklet in both German and English (the film itself includes Italian and German audio, and a choice of German and English subtitles). It features an excellent (subtitled) commentary by critics Christian Kessler and Marcus Stiglegger, which does an impressive job of making a third-rate giallo seem like a fascinating historical document of its time... which to be fair, all gialli are, otherwise I doubt I'd be researching a PhD on them.
The PhD, incidentally, is currently taking up most of my time. I need to get the second draft of my current chapter finished by Monday. After that, it's back to my CASUALTY shadow scheme script. Plus, I've got my faulty motherboard being picked up tomorrow. Here's hoping for a swift conclusion to that little calamity.
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Baron:
You wouldn't envy me if you were working to the deadline I'm working to! It's not so much watching Euro films all day as glancing at them out of the corner of my eye while I wade through Carol Clover and Barbara Creed, both of whom can be pretty heavy-going.
(Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM)
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1. Christopher D. Jacobson said:
Where'd you pick up the DVD?
(Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 9:27 AM)