#indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto

[falsenote]

Florinda Bolkan and Gian Maria Volonté in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

[mtonino]

A short clip with Marcello Mastroianni, Gian Maria Volonté and others in some of Elio Petri's movie where him is director or writer

@falsenote

[blackjackaught]

Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion is the movie that explains fascism best. And it's not about the psycho-sexual angle or the fetish and power dynamics in play. It's about the belief that repression and criminalization and punishment are for your own good. It explains why people like JD Vance don't see themselves as weird, but good. They are weird. It's fucking weird to seek to mold a country in your own image, but fascism is about the belief that people who are too free will inevitably turn to no good.

If you've never seen this Italian film, it is striking to see the connection made so clearly between people who protest and take action to make things a little better and those in power who see them as subversives. Just another category of criminal. There are respectable citizens, who keep their heads down, and then there are trouble-makers who are different or act different.

Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto) is about the fascist desire for a heavy hand that keeps the bad things at bay no matter what personal freedoms are offered-up in trade.

Fascism is absurd and yet it is intoxicating for many. Because it promises stability and safety and destroys anything that challenges those feelings.

[mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora]

Volevo fare un film contro la polizia, ma a modo mio.

Elio Petri

Per una volta, un'analisi che risulta lucida, intelligente, tagliente come un bisturi, invece di essere pretenziosa, invece di essere strumentale, invece di deplorare l'insicurezza o di far uso di slogan come le solite analisi. [Quella di Petri] È un'analisi interna, un'analisi umana. Per me, i maestri di Petri sono Visconti, Renoir. C'è la testa e c'è il cuore. Senza cervello, non c'è cuore. Senza cuore, non c'è cervello.

Alexandre Astruc

[valentinarestivo]

INDAGINE

[theunbearablelightnessofbein]

[vietgiorgio]

"Repression and civilization!"

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

Director: Elio Petri

Cinematography: Luigi Kuveiller

[xltn]

[sslimbo]

[what-am-i-outside-my-google-tabs]

Oh God American Psycho really saw this movie and went, i love the idea of chatarsis being denied to the horrible horrible protagonist.

[falsenote]

Gian Maria Volonté with his daughter Giovanna on the set of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

[quickpa]

I Controlli Fiscali "in pillole"

Per controlli fiscali si intende l’attività di controllo intrapresa da organi appositi allo scopo di combattere il rischio di evasione e frode fiscale da parte dei contribuenti e di conseguenza, regolarizzare il versamento delle imposte. Il controllo fiscale riguarda chiunque percepisca un reddito, sia esso un pensionato, un lavoratore dipendente o il titolare di una partita IVA

[spilladabalia]

Elettronoir - Il dovere di reprimere

[ozdeg]

[valentinarestivo]

INDAGINE

[ginkovskij]

Thank you @sainteverge for the tag!!

rules: list your five all time favorite films and have people vote on which one matches your vibe

To pick ONLY five movies is so unfair let me cheat. Let me cheat!!

Mentioning in turn @silenthillmutual @sneez @frankensteinmutual @inuhodo @potatosonnet and everyone else who is a moving picture enthusiast (: