Gian Maria Volonte in his normal restrained mode in The Working Class Goes to Heaven

Elio Petri: The Working Class Go To Heaven

October 6, 2016 Matt Blake 0

Volonté and Petri joined forces again for 1971’s The Working Class Goes to Heaven and, impressively, they managed to concoct something that was even more hysterical than Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion.

Gian Maria Volontè is suitably low key in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Elio Petri: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

May 20, 2016 Matt Blake 0

For 1969’s Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion, Elio Petri turned his eye to the then nascent urban crime thriller, a genre that reflected – and some would say preyed upon – the political and economic uncertainties rife in Metropolitan Italy at the time.

Passions rise in We Still Kill the Old Way

Elio Petri: We Still Kill the Old Way

March 13, 2016 Matt Blake 0

After all the high-concept exuberance of The Tenth Victim, We Still Kill the Old Way saw Petri move from sci-fi to the crime genre and, stylistically, marked a return to a more subtle, low-key approach.

Salvo Randone in I giorni contati

Elio Petri: I giorni contati

July 16, 2015 Matt Blake 1

Petri’s second film was I giorni contati (62), which again featured Salvo Randone. This time he plays Cesare, a plumber and widower who is riding home from work on the bus when it’s discovered that one of the passengers has died.

Marcello Mastroianni in The Assassin

Elio Petri: The Assassin

May 25, 2015 Matt Blake 1

After making two shorts, Nasce un campione (54) and I sette contadini (59), Petri made his full debut with The Assassin (L’assassino, 61), based on a script co-written with Tonino Guerra (with whom he would later collaborate on several films).