Urgh. Need to disinfect me laptop after using that lyric!
Anyhoo, after much in the way of accolades, and cheapage in clearance, I purchased what many claim to be a worthy successor and celebratory study of the Giallo genre.
Giallo, my best hat! Arty-Farty nonsensical bobbins more like! Tributey homage - most deffo!
But no Giallo.
Part 1 - This just screams "I wanna be Dario!". Lots of close up eye shots, phantasmagorical lighting, object panning, troubled child, scary witchy types, water, Goblin/Carpenter soundtrack. But no Giallo. Or actual plot, for that matter.
Part 2 - WTF?? This is just poncey French arthouse arse! Lots of close-ups of lips chewing hair, women in light summer frocks walking, meaningless looks, sun shining through dresses, hats held 'significantly', close ups of hair stirred by breeze. But no Giallo. Or actual plot. Or even dialogue for that matter.
Part 3 - Ah, she returns home to the mansion in disrepair. At last a teeny bit of Giallo - black gloved handage, straight razor, chasery stuff, and incomprehensible twistage at the end.
Oh well, lovely looking film (in part), but not a patch on a proper Giallo.
Only in Amer... France!
