Title: Never thought I’d see FACCIA DI SPIA on DVD.
Description: So, do I need to?
Description: So, do I need to?
Anthony Thorne - March 31, 2008 06:38 AM (GMT)
This relatively obscure, seemingly trashy political conspiracy film with grindhouse elements included has started to pop up at a few of the usual e-tailers. It could be great, it could be rubbish, but it certainly sounds eccentric. Is this a misguided attempt to put forward a sincere political viewpoint by hyping it with inflammatory exploitation imagery ala FAREWELL UNCLE TOM, or something else entirely? (That noted, don't ask me to elaborate on the 'sincere political viewpoint' of FAREWELL UNCLE TOM as I'm not sure there is one).
Ferrara’s Il Caso Moro sounds interesting, and I can think of at least one bigshot U.S conspiracy writer with unusual ties to the investigation of the Moro case who would be sympathetic, but the part of me attracted to the schlock imagery noted wonders whether the rest of the movie would be intriguing, or a chore.
Ferrara’s Il Caso Moro sounds interesting, and I can think of at least one bigshot U.S conspiracy writer with unusual ties to the investigation of the Moro case who would be sympathetic, but the part of me attracted to the schlock imagery noted wonders whether the rest of the movie would be intriguing, or a chore.
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| Before directing such relatively restrained films as Centa Giorni a Palermo and Il Caso Moro, Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Ferrara made this dogmatic screed, supposedly an exposé of clandestine CIA activities around the world. The familiar exploitation names in the cast — Claudio Volonte, Dominique Boschero, Francisco Rabal — only hint at the film's utter perversity as it paints a bloody tableaux of ruthless American mayhem in the name of capitalist expansion. "Bloody" may be an understatement, as the film lovingly depicts rape, breast-burning, eyeball-ripping, arm-hacking, hot needles in the penis, and — as an extra bonus — a woman's privates filled with big nasty leeches. Mariangela Melato co-stars with Giorgio Ardisson, Umberto Raho, and Lou Castel. |
Matt Blake - March 31, 2008 08:35 AM (GMT)
If you're interested, you can check out slightly contrasting opinions about this film on the European Film Review forum (scroll down a bit) and my blog.
It's an interesting film, and made by a skillful director, but I personally found it a bit wearing. I like my political cinema a little more subtle...
It's an interesting film, and made by a skillful director, but I personally found it a bit wearing. I like my political cinema a little more subtle...