For those of you as yet unfamiliar with the genre the “giallo” (plural “gialli”) is a 20th Century Italian genre of literature and film that gets it name from its literal meaning (“yellow”) in reference to its origin as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers. From its birth back in 1963 with Mario Bava’s “The Girl Who Knew Too Much” (“La Ragazza Che Sapeva Troppo”) the genre has given birth to such colourfully monikered fare as Luciano Ercoli’s “The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion” (1970), Mario Bava’s “Twitch of the Death Nerve” (1971), Sergio Martino’s “Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have The Key” (1972) and Pupi Avati’ s “The House With Laughing Windows” (1976). Such masters of the genre as Mario Bava (and his son Lamberto), Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi and Sergio Martino have delighted fans since back in the 1970′s...
- 2/3/2011
- by Nick Turk
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Amer (2009) co-director Bruno Forzani has himself admitted that Dario Argento's cult classic Tenebrae (1982) was one of the main inspirations for the movie, having seen it 17 times as a self confessed "giallo" fan ("giallo" being the Italian equivalent of pulp fiction, named after the Italian word for yellow due to the fact that most pulp crime novels had yellow covers). There is a lot in the film that owes a great deal to Dario Argento and the infamous Italian exploitation style of 1970s and 1980s cinema, but the Belgian-made Amer unfortunately fails to tick all of the necessary boxes, even for die-hard giallo fanatics.
For the uninitiated, Argento films have a number of certain trademarks: murder, pedestrian police work and clunky dialogue, all wrapped up in a delightful mix of high art and ham. The sets are sophisticated and stylish, the women gorgeous, in peril and as mad as march hares,...
For the uninitiated, Argento films have a number of certain trademarks: murder, pedestrian police work and clunky dialogue, all wrapped up in a delightful mix of high art and ham. The sets are sophisticated and stylish, the women gorgeous, in peril and as mad as march hares,...
- 1/31/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Amer (2009) co-director Bruno Forzani has himself admitted that Dario Argento's cult classic Tenebrae (1982) was one of the main inspirations for the movie, having seen it 17 times as a self confessed "giallo" fan ("giallo" being the Italian equivalent of pulp fiction, named after the Italian word for yellow due to the fact that most pulp crime novels had yellow covers). There is a lot in the film that owes a great deal to Dario Argento and the infamous Italian exploitation style of 1970s and 1980s cinema, but the Belgian-made Amer unfortunately fails to tick all of the necessary boxes, even for die-hard giallo fanatics.
For the uninitiated, Argento films have a number of certain trademarks: murder, pedestrian police work and clunky dialogue, all wrapped up in a delightful mix of high art and ham. The sets are sophisticated and stylish, the women gorgeous, in peril and as mad as march hares,...
For the uninitiated, Argento films have a number of certain trademarks: murder, pedestrian police work and clunky dialogue, all wrapped up in a delightful mix of high art and ham. The sets are sophisticated and stylish, the women gorgeous, in peril and as mad as march hares,...
- 1/14/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
127 Hours (15)
(Danny Boyle, 2010, Us/UK) James Franco, Clémence Poésy, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Treat Williams. 94 mins
Boyle keeps his feet on the ground after Slumdog Millionaire by attempting to make the worst date movie of all time. But this true-life tale of "the guy who chopped off his own arm" is at least an intense, jam-packed experience. The inevitable gory climax overshadows all that precedes it, though there are tireless visual flourishes, stark survival details and narrative sidetracks to distract you, and Franco is very good company. When the hacking starts though, you'll wish you'd brought along some anaesthetic yourself – and cancelled that dinner reservation.
The King's Speech (12A)
(Tom Hooper, 2010, UK) Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter. 118 mins
Stiff royals turning out to be human after all – it's the sort of thing we Brits do terribly well, isn't it? But thanks to the force of Firth, this does it better than most.
(Danny Boyle, 2010, Us/UK) James Franco, Clémence Poésy, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Treat Williams. 94 mins
Boyle keeps his feet on the ground after Slumdog Millionaire by attempting to make the worst date movie of all time. But this true-life tale of "the guy who chopped off his own arm" is at least an intense, jam-packed experience. The inevitable gory climax overshadows all that precedes it, though there are tireless visual flourishes, stark survival details and narrative sidetracks to distract you, and Franco is very good company. When the hacking starts though, you'll wish you'd brought along some anaesthetic yourself – and cancelled that dinner reservation.
The King's Speech (12A)
(Tom Hooper, 2010, UK) Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter. 118 mins
Stiff royals turning out to be human after all – it's the sort of thing we Brits do terribly well, isn't it? But thanks to the force of Firth, this does it better than most.
- 1/8/2011
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Directors: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Writers: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Starring: Cassandra Forêt, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk I was really disappointed this Halloween because I thought I did not have any horror films to review...so, in cases like these, I typically pop in old reliable (Dario Argento’s Suspiria) to get me through the night; but tonight, without knowing what to expect, I happened upon a screener of Amer and for whatever reason I opted to pop it into my DVD player. Honestly, I had absolutely no idea that Amer was a horror film -- and I certainly did not suspect that it would send my head spinning in blissed out neo-giallo delight! Amer (French for "bitter") is split into three distinct chapters, each focusing on Ana at distinct points in her sexual evolution: prepubescence, adolescence and adulthood.
- 11/1/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Written and directed by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
Featuring Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk
Supposedly told in three segments, Amer is a giallo-inspired story of young Ana’s sexual and sensual growth from girl to woman. At least that’s what the directors are saying.
Surrealist and extremely hard to follow (or to invest in emotionally), Amer is openly an ode to the films of Dario Argento and Mario Bava, but decidedly leaves out something that both directors usually had a plot. Depicting a series of actresses as the confused and confusing Ana as she grows from girlhood to the prime of womanhood, Amer attempts heavy handedly to repulse and excite without creating any drama or narrative. That kind of thing can work, but it doesn’t work here. Frankly, I’m a little baffled at how...
Featuring Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk
Supposedly told in three segments, Amer is a giallo-inspired story of young Ana’s sexual and sensual growth from girl to woman. At least that’s what the directors are saying.
Surrealist and extremely hard to follow (or to invest in emotionally), Amer is openly an ode to the films of Dario Argento and Mario Bava, but decidedly leaves out something that both directors usually had a plot. Depicting a series of actresses as the confused and confusing Ana as she grows from girlhood to the prime of womanhood, Amer attempts heavy handedly to repulse and excite without creating any drama or narrative. That kind of thing can work, but it doesn’t work here. Frankly, I’m a little baffled at how...
- 8/6/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Amer
Stars: Bianca Maria D’Amato, Cassandra Forêt and Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud | Written and Directed by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
Where to begin with Amer? The film was described on the FrightFest website as an “immaculately executed and flawless valentine to the 70s thriller genre popularized by Dario Argento and Mario Bava. Recreating the motifs, clichés and visual codes from the vintage Italian [giallo genre]“, Amer is less a film and more of an experience – the film features almost no dialogue, with the majority of the story told through the actors performance, character interaction and cinematography. A true arthouse film in all senses of the word, the film is a story told in three acts: childhood, adolescence and adulthood. And what a story…
Amer takes what is essentially the very typically French theme of burgeoning female sexuality and tells the story through the use of Italian giallo stereotypes – from the first act,...
Stars: Bianca Maria D’Amato, Cassandra Forêt and Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud | Written and Directed by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
Where to begin with Amer? The film was described on the FrightFest website as an “immaculately executed and flawless valentine to the 70s thriller genre popularized by Dario Argento and Mario Bava. Recreating the motifs, clichés and visual codes from the vintage Italian [giallo genre]“, Amer is less a film and more of an experience – the film features almost no dialogue, with the majority of the story told through the actors performance, character interaction and cinematography. A true arthouse film in all senses of the word, the film is a story told in three acts: childhood, adolescence and adulthood. And what a story…
Amer takes what is essentially the very typically French theme of burgeoning female sexuality and tells the story through the use of Italian giallo stereotypes – from the first act,...
- 3/1/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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