Photo of Virna Lisi
Photo of Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi

[Tom Vallance on Virna Lisi]: She was unhappy, though, at her image, and wanted to escape constant comparisons to Marilyn Monroe, turning down the title role in Roger Vadim’s Barbarella (which went to Jane Fonda) and terminating a Hollywood contract, allegedly paying a hefty sum to be released.

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    THE POSSESSED

    LUIGI BAZZONI, FRANCO ROSSELLINI Italy, 1965

    Building a bridge between noir and the then-nascent giallo genre, co-director Luigi Bazzoni’s innovative debut is an ominously atmospheric true-crime mystery. With liminal spaces reminiscent of Antonioni, The Possessed marries arthouse to grindhouse for a fevered tale of madness and murder.

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