this gives away a lot of endings of films
but its a nice list
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Oh, I didn’t know Roeg’s Don’t Look Now was a giallo title…. __
It certainly has some of the hallmarks of one, but Giallo is a state of mind.
It doesn’t even rely too much on gore and serial killings but on the hero’s mental state and paranoia. It’s not even Italian!
But the backdrop is pure Giallo, prostitutes being murdered in Venice.
Grazie molto bene!
“But the backdrop is pure Giallo, prostitutes being murdered in Venice.”
I’ve always thought of it as exhibiting the influence of gialli. Come on: that ending….it makes total sense and no sense at the same time. To paraphrase the darkly comic closing line of the short story: “Oh God,” he thought, “what a foolish way to die.”
edit: I also think BLOW-UP is a total proto-giallo without—obviously—classifying as one.
^ Yes and the nature of the source material from Daphne du Maurier works well with the aura of fear, dread and repression that leads to violence. The hero’s guilt is right in line with the tropes of this genre.
Re: Ben- love the last line from the book. And def agree re: Blow-Up – the style, sound and mood of that period is the main influence on the genre (and of course the little “yellow” novels of course!)
Elric
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Giallo fever