#mario bava
Day 26
Reflections on: Blood and Black Lace(1964)
- This may have the greatest opening credit sequence of all time! The colours! The shapes! Molto bello!
- Everyone is dramatically lit and acts over-the-top.
- The cast consists of so many beautiful women that it’s hard to keep them all straight.
- As with many gialli, the dubbing is ridiculous. The diction is bizarre. One of the male characters sounded like a computer speech synthesizer.
- This was the first giallo! I can see why it was so widely imitated. It’s a beautiful melodrama!
- Whenever a woman is attacked by the killer she makes absolutely no attempt to fight back. They’re so helpless they practically go limp :/
- Excellent clothes and decor.
- Don’t ask me to explain the plot to you. Murder…. fashion. That’s about it.
Post link
