So Deadly, So Perverse: Volume 2: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol. 2 1974-2013 By Troy Howarth

So Deadly, So Perverse: Volume 2: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol. 2 1974-2013 By Troy Howarth Paperback 1936168588 9781936168583 So Deadly, So Perverse: Volume 2: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol. 2 1974 2013 The giallo—an Italian brand of thriller known for its stylish and lurid excesses—got its start in the cinema with the release of Mario Bava’s THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1963. Other filmmakers explored the possibilities of such material throughout the 1960s, but it took the release of Dario Argento’s impressive debut THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE in 1970 to ensure the giallo a place alongside the Spaghetti Western and the poliziottesco (violent police thrillers) in the public consciousness. All good things must come to an end, however, and the glut of imitations throughout the early 1970s gradually wore down public interest in the genre. Even so, it stubbornly clung to life and mutated throughout the 1970s even as American filmmakers like John Carpenter and Sean S. Cunningham took inspiration from it to create the slasher film. SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE: 50 YEARS OF ITALIAN GIALLO FILMS VOLUME TWO offers a look at the gradual decline of the giallo from 1974 until 2013. The decline of the Italian film industry in the 1980s hit every genre hard and the giallo is no exception. Despite the best efforts of directors like Argento to keep it alive and vibrant, the giallo simply never managed to rebound after a late period of stylistic and gory excess typified by offerings like Argento’s TENEBRAE and Lucio Fulci’s THE NEW YORK RIPPER in 1982. Author Troy Howarth explores the genre’s decline and picks out some late period entries worthy of serious praise and consideration. Volume two also offers an overview of the giallo and its place in the Italian film scene by Italian writer and filmmaker Luigi Cozzi, of CONTAMINATION fame. Like volume one, this edition is also lavishly illustrated with colorful still, posters and advertising art.

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Exploitation and the cannibal movie towards the end of the decade before the few who survived mostly making horrors and action movies in the 80s Some of those films with giallo elements can be found in here but it s important to recognise this as a book about gialli rather than wider genre film. There's nothing more toxic or deadly Once we moved beyond the early 70 s we entered the sleazy giallo era where sexuality and eroticism took a back seat to explicit sex and nudity a number of films inserting hardcore pornography into the films ranging from an odd scene in films like Killer Nun and Sister of Ursula to being a focal point in films like Play Motel The genre has always had a complicated and challenging relationship to women but towards the end of the decade and the start of the 80 s some of the films were unpleasantly misogynistic like The Monster of Florence and The New York Ripper A number of these films I haven t seen yet and to be honest I am unlikely to the beauty in the early giallo was the design.

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The giallo an Italian brand of thriller known for its stylish and lurid excesses got its start in the cinema with the release of Mario Bava s THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1963 Other filmmakers explored the possibilities of such material throughout the 1960s but it took the release of Dario Argento s impressive debut THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE in 1970 to ensure the giallo a place alongside the Spaghetti Western and the poliziottesco violent police thrillers in the public consciousness All good things must come to an end however and the glut of imitations throughout the early 1970s gradually wore down public interest in the genre Even so it stubbornly clung to life and mutated throughout the 1970s even as American filmmakers like John Carpenter and Sean S Cunningham took inspiration from it to create the slasher film SO DEADLY SO PERVERSE 50 YEARS OF ITALIAN GIALLO FILMS VOLUME TWO offers a look at the gradual decline of the giallo from 1974 until 2013 The decline of the Italian film industry in the 1980s hit every genre hard and the giallo is no exception Despite the best efforts of directors like Argento to keep it alive and vibrant the giallo simply never managed to rebound after a late period of stylistic and gory excess typified by offerings like Argento s TENEBRAE and Lucio Fulci s THE NEW YORK RIPPER in 1982 Author Troy Howarth explores the genre s decline and picks out some late period entries worthy of serious praise and consideration Volume two also offers an overview of the giallo and its place in the Italian film scene by Italian writer and filmmaker Luigi Cozzi of CONTAMINATION fame Like volume one this edition is also lavishly illustrated with colorful still posters and advertising art So Deadly So Perverse Volume 2 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol 2 1974 2013This is the second volume of Troy Howarth s history of the giallo and it is a brilliant attempt to catalogue the giallo in it s leaner years. So deadly so perverse epub free Without being lazy I d like to draw attention to my review of the first volume So Deadly So Perverse 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Volume 1 1963 1973 because everything I said in my review of the first book stands here The book is beautifully presented with photos artwork locadinas etc The reviews of the films are honest and bearing in mind some of the dross that was released Howarth doesn t hold back despite it being a genre he loves Whilst each review and history of each film can be read standalone dipping in and out and reading chronologically one can track the history of the giallo and also the wider Italian film industry. What are perverse words The reader can probably guess about the heydey of the giallo Volume 1 covers 1963 1973 and is as thick as this book covering 40 years from 1974 to 2013 Volume 1 is the place to start for newcomers to the genre and most of the best films can be found in here Volume 2 catches the end of the giallo heyday but many of the Directors who dabbled in the genre moved into the Poliziotteschi in the mid 70 s and then horror murder as art the music and style the convoluted plots and the challenging of conventions and reflections on society Some of the later efforts accentuated the sleaze and forgot everything that made the genre special. There's nothing more toxic or deadly Still the late 70s and 80s did see some good stuff come out Argento cemented his place as a master of the genre with Opera Tenebrae and Phenomena it s funny because once the 90 s and 00 s hit you see how sad it is with Argento s later work referring back but being a shadow of itself basically much of his work in the last 20 years should never have been made. What are perverse words In much the same way as Brian de Palma s Dressed to Kill and Body Double were major influencers of the American Giallo drawing on their Italian antecedents these films influenced the erotic thrillers of the late 80 s and early 90 s like Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct Following suit most of the Italian gialli of the 90 s were derivative erotic thrillers drawing on these American hits The noughties too are largely lean pickings although I loved 2004 s Eyes of Crystal towards the end of the book we see the emergence of the neo gialli but few films draw the reader s interest Indeed they often read as missed opportunities or failed projects. Epub so deadly so perverse download I feel a bit mean only rating this four stars because the presentation is excellent and the writing interesting and consistent throughout It s a four star because I know quite a lot of the films fail to pique my interest or I have watched them and weren t keen so my rating is a reflection on the movies than the book. What are perverse words That said I have already bought So Deadly So Perverse Giallo Style Films From Around the World Vol 3 which covers both borderline gialli my scope is wider than Howarth s so looking forward to some favourites here non Italian gialli Spain Germany and the UK and US have films quite close to giallo to be fair I can point to Greek Turkish and Hong Kong films that do too I also note that the publication date is 2019 so I hope some of the neo gialli are in here films which take the tropes of the giallo and subvert them: Epub so deadly so perverse pdf This is a great book for giallo fans but beginners should stick with the first volume Paperback

So Deadly, So Perverse: Volume 2: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol. 2 1974-2013 By Troy Howarth
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