- Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:51 am
#153103
Last year I watched a lot of werewolf movies (still needs some to catch up on). This year I will try to watch a lot of SciFi movies made in Italy. I am basing my choices on the book Science Fiction Italian Style by Matt Blake.
I am starting with the last part of the book: Part Five - Alternative Futures because that contains the post-apocalyptic stuff I wanted to watch before I got the book.
However, this part of the book starts with three films of Elio Petri. A totally different type of science fiction. Think more in the likes of Soylent Green and A Clockwork Orange.
1. The Tenth Victim (La Decima Vittima) (1965)
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress and Elsa Martinelli
Fantastic score by Piero Piccioni
I really loved this movie. It looks fantastic. Great music. Elio Petri has a incredible sense of style and framing. This is also very apparent in the next one I watched.
2. One Way or Another (Todo Modo) (1976)
Starring Gian Maria Volonté, Marcello Mastroianni and Mariangela Melato
Score by Ennio Morricone (still unreleased)
Totally different movie than The Tenth Victim. Not an easy one. But again, the way it was made and shot impressed my from start to finish.
It is a critique on the Italian society of the time with corrupt politicians and clergy in charge.
3. Good News (Buone Notizie) (1979)
Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Angela Molinaand Aurore Clément
Score by Ennio Morricone
The most strange and absurd movie of the three (and that is saying something if you have seen Todo Modo before watching this one. I honestly don't know what to say. I loved it. It has more explicit humor than the previous movies.
(clip does not embed, probably because it is age-restricted ;-) )
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti-AOlApOGE&t=122s[/youtube]
If someone wants to watch any of these and doesn't have a copy: let me know.
I am starting with the last part of the book: Part Five - Alternative Futures because that contains the post-apocalyptic stuff I wanted to watch before I got the book.
However, this part of the book starts with three films of Elio Petri. A totally different type of science fiction. Think more in the likes of Soylent Green and A Clockwork Orange.
1. The Tenth Victim (La Decima Vittima) (1965)
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress and Elsa Martinelli
Fantastic score by Piero Piccioni
I really loved this movie. It looks fantastic. Great music. Elio Petri has a incredible sense of style and framing. This is also very apparent in the next one I watched.
2. One Way or Another (Todo Modo) (1976)
Starring Gian Maria Volonté, Marcello Mastroianni and Mariangela Melato
Score by Ennio Morricone (still unreleased)
Totally different movie than The Tenth Victim. Not an easy one. But again, the way it was made and shot impressed my from start to finish.
It is a critique on the Italian society of the time with corrupt politicians and clergy in charge.
3. Good News (Buone Notizie) (1979)
Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Angela Molinaand Aurore Clément
Score by Ennio Morricone
The most strange and absurd movie of the three (and that is saying something if you have seen Todo Modo before watching this one. I honestly don't know what to say. I loved it. It has more explicit humor than the previous movies.
(clip does not embed, probably because it is age-restricted ;-) )
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti-AOlApOGE&t=122s[/youtube]
If someone wants to watch any of these and doesn't have a copy: let me know.