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mariocki · 3 months ago

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Una lucertola con la pelle di donna (A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, 1971)

"You dream of having an affair with this woman who lives next door. To you, that woman represents sin, moral degradation. The house next door is a symbol of vice. From what you've told me, Mrs. Durer is not exactly respectable."

"No... she certainly is not."

#una lucertola con la pelle di donna #a lizard in a woman's skin #lucio fulci #italian cinema #1971 #roberto gianviti #josé luis martínez mollá #florinda bolkan #stanley baker #jean sorel #silvia monti #alberto de mendoza #penny brown #mike kennedy #ely galleani #george rigaud #leo genn #anita strindberg #basil dignam #ennio morricone #mesmerising. ymmv of course‚ and this does seem to be fairly divisive; I've read reviews by people who hated this or (even stranger to me)#found it to be poorly made. well not so‚ say i. Fulci in unusually restrained form‚ still stylish as all hell‚ but not allowing the visual #flourishes and artful winks at the audience to drown out the narrative. the plot itself is a twisty turny thing and almost in danger of #getting too involved in itself‚ but it all pulls together by the close. hard to see in the uk for many years because of a scene of animal #cruelty which ironically‚ for once in an Italian film‚ wasn't real but fx work; albeit fx work so convincing that it actually led to a cour #case and fx maestro Carlo Rambaldi having to demonstrate the effect in front of a jury to prevent Fulci potentially receiving a prison #sentence (or so the story goes). a longer waffling review is on my letterboxd but suffice to say that‚ for me personally‚ this was a hugely #satisfying watch after many years of anticipation. Bolkan is fascinating‚ mercurial; Strindberg (strangely uncredited) is understood only #from the pov of other characters; Baker is a wonderfully cold‚ dispassionate investigator of terrible crimes. and it all looks beautiful #plus it's one of a very few gialli set in the uk to actually bother going there to film! which means unexpected brit character actors!

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