Photo of Luigi Bazzoni
Photo of Luigi Bazzoni

Luigi Bazzoni

Bazzoni was clearly not interested in fulfilling genre expectations. Each of his features confounded expectations in different ways, and each of them displayed a level of technical excellence frequently missing in other genre cinema of the time.

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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.

    THE FIFTH CORD

    LUIGI BAZZONI Italy, 1971

    He may not have the brand recognition of Dario Argento, but Luigi Bazzoni was every bit the giallo master. With a score by Ennio Morricone, cinematography by the legendary Vittorio Storaro, and a cast of genre stalwarts led by Franco Nero (Django), this alluring murder mystery has style to spare.

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