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Four Flies on Grey Velvet ****½
Original title: Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio
Italy: Dario Argento, 1971 Well, I've finally seen it. Okay, so it was on a crummy bootleg DVD-R obviously mastered from a beat-up 8th generation VHS tape, the colours were distorted, detail was non-existent, it was virtually impossible to make out what was going on in the night scenes and the audio was warped beyond recognition, but I've seen it. The most elusive of all Dario Argento's films, Four Flies has never seen an official release on DVD, and the prospect of that ever happening continues to look unlikely. Which is a damn shame, because in my opinion this is the best of his early "Animal" trilogy, elipsing The Cat O' Nine Tails and just managing to beat The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. It's certainly the most heavily stylized of the three, with superb camerawork and an off-beat, jaunty jazzy score by Ennio Morricone. Also, even though I already had read a number of analyses of the film and therefore knew not only who died but when and how, as well as the identity of the villain, the storyline was still hugely compelling and seeing it all unravel was a real treat. Please, please, please, someone give this film an official release so I can appreciate it fully. IMDB reference
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This section is an archive listing every movie I've seen from January 1 2005 onwards. Films I have already seen are included and will be marked with a (*), but probably won't be reviewed except under special circumstances. I will be including a rating for each film (in stars, out of 5), and hope to be able to include a brief 1-2 paragraph review of each film, although due to time constraints that won't always be possible.
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