Movie Matters #20 - Florinda Bolkan double bill

We're back, doing what we do best, discussing cult Italian murder-mystery cinema. In this much anticipated (well, by us at any rate) return episode co-hosts Lee Howard and Michael Mackenzie 'come home' by taking an in-depth look at the Oscar-winning, satirical crime-drama INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION (1970) directed by Elio Petri and Lucio Fulci's hallucinatory and erotically charged giallo A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN (1971), both of which star Brazilian beauty Florinda Bolkan.

We also take a brief pause to highlight what new releases have caught our attention in the first six months of 2013 as well as casting an eye over a selection of recent BD/DVD purchases.

 

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The audio and music sampled in this episode is taken from A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION and A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN. Both scored by Ennio Morricone with orchestration by Bruno Nicolai.

The article by Gino Moliterno about INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION referred to on the show can be accessed here.

The two highly recommended books we reference during our discussions are:

• Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower and published by FAB Press
• La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven and published by The Scarecrow Press

Created by Lee Howard & Michael Mackenzie
Edited by Michael Mackenzie
Music/audio selection and editing by Lee Howard

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