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Year: 2008

September 23, 2008

Florestano Vancini obituary

Here’s a translated version of the Flrestano Vancini obituary that appeared in Reppublica. The film world is in mourning following the death of director…

September 22, 2008

R.I.P. Florestano Vancini

Apparently the great Italian director Florestano Vancini, who made a mixture of political dramas, spaghetti westerns, crime films and other fare, died on the…

September 22, 2008

Rodd Dana in Video Watchdog

Actor Rodd Dana, who appeared in the great spy flick Sicario 77 and the entertaining spaghetti western Kill the Wickeds, among other stuff, is…

September 17, 2008

Imprevisto, L’

A well received early crime film from a highly respected director, L’Imprevisto has rather sunk into obscurity; I don’t think this is even available on DVD in Italy.

September 16, 2008

Il papa di giovanna

The new Pupi Avati film Il papa di giovanna has just been released in Italy to moderate success, taking just under a million euros…

September 16, 2008

Wild Westerns – part 2

“No one wears cuffs on the Veneto, and the pocketless pants are so tight the men carry their money in their shirt pockets.”

September 15, 2008

Romanzo criminale

Here’s an excellent, classy, Italian crime thriller that takes its cues from City of God and The Godfather and also resembles another recent film, Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, in using a true story set in the criminal underworld to tell the history of a city through the seventies and eighties.

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  • Cinematografo Italian language database of all Italian Films
  • European Trash Cinema Craig Ledbetter’s excellent magazine ETC has now made it online…
  • Giallo Fever Superb website about giallos and other Italian films
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