Looking round recently on Ebay for any interesting DVD that were on sale,I was delighted to spot a near forgotten Giallo title from 2003.With a poll being held on IMDb's Classic Film board for the best titles of 2003,I felt that it was a good time to find out how 'square' this Giallo really is.
The plot:
After successfully conning 3000 Euros,small time artist Mirta Valenti notices a stranger attempting to steal from her car.Stopping the thief,Valenti discovers that the stranger is actually a former art student of hers called Donatella,who has fallen on hard times.With having caught Donatella red-handed,Valenti decides that instead of taking her to the cops,she will use Donatella to copy a recent murder,with Valenti target of victim being herself (unbeknownst to Donatella,Valenti has other,secret plans.)
As Valenti begins to make plans for her copy-cat killing,Public Prosecutor Rita Facino begins to suspect that a recent spree of killings involving a set-square may not all have been committed by the same person.
View on the film:
Placing the original murder on the side lines,the screenplay by co- writer/ (along with Enzo Gallo and Gianluca Curti) director Pierfrancesco Campanella takes a swift satirical stab at the characters obsession with fame and attention,with the writers showing the city's residence to be excited,rather then terrified,of the mysterious killer lurking in their mists.Whilst the writers do take a rather original approach,the screenplay is sadly unable to build any real sense of gripping tension,thanks to the murder-mystery element of the Giallo being pushed completely to the sidelines.
Shot in a smooth,glossy style by Campanella,and backed by a classy score from Alberto Antinori,each of the cast (some of whom appear completely naked) give very good performances,with Florinda Bolkan showing a real eeriness in her performance as Valenti,whilst 'special guest star' Franco Nero gives a wonderful manic performance,as Rita Facino (played by a pretty Mirca Viola) begins to fear that others may be following the killers brush strokes.
The plot:
After successfully conning 3000 Euros,small time artist Mirta Valenti notices a stranger attempting to steal from her car.Stopping the thief,Valenti discovers that the stranger is actually a former art student of hers called Donatella,who has fallen on hard times.With having caught Donatella red-handed,Valenti decides that instead of taking her to the cops,she will use Donatella to copy a recent murder,with Valenti target of victim being herself (unbeknownst to Donatella,Valenti has other,secret plans.)
As Valenti begins to make plans for her copy-cat killing,Public Prosecutor Rita Facino begins to suspect that a recent spree of killings involving a set-square may not all have been committed by the same person.
View on the film:
Placing the original murder on the side lines,the screenplay by co- writer/ (along with Enzo Gallo and Gianluca Curti) director Pierfrancesco Campanella takes a swift satirical stab at the characters obsession with fame and attention,with the writers showing the city's residence to be excited,rather then terrified,of the mysterious killer lurking in their mists.Whilst the writers do take a rather original approach,the screenplay is sadly unable to build any real sense of gripping tension,thanks to the murder-mystery element of the Giallo being pushed completely to the sidelines.
Shot in a smooth,glossy style by Campanella,and backed by a classy score from Alberto Antinori,each of the cast (some of whom appear completely naked) give very good performances,with Florinda Bolkan showing a real eeriness in her performance as Valenti,whilst 'special guest star' Franco Nero gives a wonderful manic performance,as Rita Facino (played by a pretty Mirca Viola) begins to fear that others may be following the killers brush strokes.