Forgotten Gialli: It's A Poor Sort of Memory That Only Works Backwards
David CairnsLucio Fulci’s psychic thriller hinges on the interpretation of images, making it a meta-narrative about the act of movie-viewing itself.
David Cairns
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Forgotten Gialli: Nosferatu Industries
David CairnsA junior exec is sent into the mountains to meet the mysterious magnate, Engineer Nosferatu, in this oddball giallo satire.
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The Forgotten: Dark Shadows on the White Seas
David CairnsJean Grémillon stages a murder on an elegant ocean liner, but the mystery is not the murder: it’s everything.
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The Forgotten: The Addiction
David CairnsAn African-American arthouse vampire movie which is really a love story and a spiritual trip-out.
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The Forgotten: Krank!
David CairnsAn interrelated group of people become emotionally entangled, resulting in EXTREME NERVOUSNESS.
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The Forgotten: Youth Runs Wild
David CairnsA detective is assigned to juvenile liaison work and uncovers his sensitive side in Basil Dearden’s gritty postwar thriller.
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The Forgotten: The Place of the Skull
David CairnsThe true story of Patrice Lulumba, Congolese leader, is combined with the story of Christ in Valerio Zurlini’s political/religious allegory.
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The Forgotten: The Love Rack
David CairnsThe first adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Pierre Chenal’s Le Dernier Tournant hews closer to the book than most.
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The Forgotten: Death From Above
David CairnsWilliam Wyler’s second WWII documentary, Thunderbolt, avoids jingoism and presents a curiously clear-eyed yet psychopathic outlook on war.
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The Forgotten: Cracking Up
David CairnsStaff, their relatives and inmates, at a psychiatric hospital wrestle with their demons in Gregory La Cava’s screwball tragedy.
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The Forgotten: Grave of the Fireflies
David CairnsThree kids stake out an old man’s house to see if he’ll die, in Shinji Sômai’s magical coming-of-age drama.
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The Forgotten: The White Balloon
David CairnsHarry Langdon is sentenced to spend six months as a woman. But he directed the film, so I suppose that must be what he wanted.