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Month: January 2010

January 19, 2010

R.I.P. Nicoletta Rizzi

Although an obscure figure to the rest of the world, actress Nicoletta Rizzi was well known within Italy, primarily because of her winning performance as a beautiful and mysterious alien in the 1972 TV series A come Andromeda

January 15, 2010

The Road to Salina

Here’s an entirely fabulous French / Italian co-production from 1970, directed by Georges Lautner. A kind of perverse (or more perverse) reworking of The Postman Always Rings Twice, it’s the type of film which really reminds me why I love European cinema of the time quite as much as I do. And, as with so many of these kinds of films which bridge the arthouse and the exploitatative, it’s rather fallen through the cracks today, probably better known for it’s ubercool soundtrack (which features on Kill Bill Vol 2) than anything else.

January 4, 2010

Comedy, Italian Style

Just picked up this new book – well, it’s not all that new, it came out in May last year, but I haven’t seen any other mention of it. Comedy Italian Style: The Golden Age of Italian Film Comedies, by Remi Fournier Lanzoni.

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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
  • M.E.C.D. Database A great database with information about Spansih cinema (and other films shot in Spain)
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