简介:For Le Genou d'Artemide Jean-Marie Straub once again chose a dialogue by Cesare Pavese. And not just any dialogue, but one that tears open a painful, mystical abyss between love and the one left behind. The film is one single exhilaration and one single rush, a spell and dispersion into nature. It rises from a dark screen and chant to disappear in the woods with the whisper of the wind. It has little to do with what is generally called «cinema». It has one foot in the world beyond.Nature has ten million times the imagination of the most imaginative of artists. (Jean-Marie Straub)
简介:Fernando Di Leo's "Milano Calibro 9" is an out-and-out masterpiece of Italian Crime cinema and, in my opinion, one of the most astonishing crime stories ever told. The first film in Di Leo's excellent 'Milieu' trilogy, "Milano Calibro 9" was followed by "La Mala Ordina" (aka. "Manhunt", also 1972) and the brilliant "Il Boss" (1973). The three films are not connected story-wise, but all three are excellent, and highly realistic portrayals of organized crime. As far as I am concerned "Manhunt" is (allthough excellent) slightly inferior to this one and "Il Boss" which both stand out as absolute all-time highlights of crime cinema. "Milano Calibro 9" is the best of them all, a film that is astonishing in all aspects, be it the ingenious plot that, apart from a compelling story and clever twists, includes social criticism, the performances, the gritty atmosphere and suspense or the brilliant score. I can hardly find the right words to express my admiration for this masterpiece which easily ranks among the greatest Gangster flicks ever brought to screen.Gastone Moschin stars as Ugo Piazza, a tough and elliptical ex-convict who has just been released from prison. Immediately after his release, Ugo is approached by members of the Milan mob lead by the irascible gangster Rocco (Mario Adorf), as they suspect him to be responsible for the disappearance of a large sum of money belonging to their boss, an American (Lionel Stander) who controls the organized crime in Milan..."Milano Calibro 9" is a film that delivers an astonishingly realistic mood of the underworld like hardly another. The intriguing storyline goes in hand with interesting characters, raw atmosphere, suspense and breathtaking action, social criticism and brutal violence. The film is simply stunning from the beginning to the end, which is even intensified by the brilliant score, a collaboration of the famous composer Luis Enríquez Bacalov and the Italian Progressive Rock band Osanna. Ugo Piazza must be one of the most charismatic gangster characters ever in cinema, and Gastone Moschin was the prefect choice for the role. Moschin delivers a brilliant performance, and the rest of the cast is also great. Mario Adorf is irascible like a rabid dog as the ferocious gangster Rocco, a role that fits him like a glove. The great Lionel Stander fits perfectly in his role of the American Mafia Don.The two cop characters in the film are played by two of the greatest regulars of Italian genre-cinema, Luigi Pistilli and Frank Wolff (who committed suicide before the film was released). The ravishing Barbara Bouchet is astonishing and incredibly sexy in the role of Ugo Piazza's stripper girlfriend. Bouchet is both a stunning beauty and an excellent actress and this is doubtlessly one of her most memorable roles. This is also a political film and director Di Leo embedded a lot of social criticism about topics like corruption. This film simply has everything one can possibly desire in cinema. Films like "Milano Calibro 9" are the reason why I love cinema. This is an absolute masterpiece in all regards and, without exaggeration, one of the greatest Crime flicks ever made! The ingenious opening scene alone is more memorable than most films get in two hours.
简介:Milan. On the night before his retirement after 35 years without having fired a shot, Lieutenant Amore sees his world turned upside down. But maybe it is the world around him that has changed. A thriller poised perilously between law and criminality.
简介:Marcella (Fenech) inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime all done up 70's Italian comedy style
简介:The city of Thebes has come under the cruel domination of Sparta. Diomedes and several of his friends strive to throw off the Spartan yoke even while Diomedes romances Dorida, daughter of the Theban governor who's collaborating with Sparta.
简介:在元首的领导下,纳粹政权逐步稳固。为了进一步控制纳粹军官们的行为和思想,政府执行了一个邪恶的计划。他们将一批被完全洗脑的漂亮女子训练成共军官们玩弄的高级妓女交由凯蒂夫人(英格里德·图林 Ingrid Thulin 饰)管理,在占有军官们的肉体的同时,姑娘们也在暗中监视着他们的思想,以此排除异己。玛葛塔(特蕾莎·安·萨沃伊 Teresa Ann Savoy 饰)是一名纳粹的忠实拥护者,年轻的她义无反顾的加入了妓女的行列。可是,在执行任务的过程中,她发现现实并不像她曾经了解的那样美好和光明。在猛然醒悟后,她决定献出自己微薄的力量,为摧毁纳粹的阴谋做出贡献。
简介:性情冷酷残暴的约瑟夫·霍菲尔(卡尔·马克维斯 Karl Markovics 饰)是一个被警方通缉的罪犯,此时此刻他驾驶汽车来到荒郊野外,几经辗转因爆胎而落脚一间小木屋。可是还没等到他安顿下来时,便被小木屋的主人——一个面容极度恐怖、有如妖怪的女孩(纳迪娅·亚历山大 Nadia Alexander 饰)猎杀了。杀戮之后,女孩生吃约瑟夫的尸体,随后又钻进这个恶徒的车里四处翻检。这时,她听到后备厢传来的声音,结果竟在里面发现一个双眼被弄瞎的少年(托比•尼克尔斯 Toby Nichols 饰)。这个少年似乎饱受约瑟夫的虐待和折磨,身心均遭受了极大的摧残。怪物女孩米娜解救了失明少年,却也因此勾起了她心中的恐怖回忆……