340 mins |
Rated
R16 (Horror scenes & violence)
Directed by Dario Argento
Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer
The special, opening night event of Academy Cinemas' THE COLOUR OF CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL May 13 - 27.
In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (DEEP RED, SUSPIRIA) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL – a film which redefined the 'giallo' genre of luridly colourful and eroticised murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
He followed with the films that make up his 'Animal Trilogy' and established him with the moniker of the "Italian Hitchcock". Catch them all tonight, restored and on the big screen in one bloody triple bill!
15min intermissions between films.
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THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970)
98 mins
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, THE INCIDENT), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, FUNERAL IN BERLIN) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, TORSO)…
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THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971)
112 mins
When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò (Karl Malden, PATTON), who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute's scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperilled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE), Franco's young niece, may also be in the killer's sights...
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FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971)
100 mins
Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon), a drummer in a rock band murders someone in self-defense, and is caught in the act by a creepy blackmailing photographer. Roberto is also having nightmares about being beheaded and being sent blackmail notes from the doll mask-adorned photographer. Will Roberto be able to figure out what’s going on, or will he end up as yet another dead body?
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The special, opening night event of Academy Cinemas' THE COLOUR OF CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL May 13 - 27.
In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (DEEP RED, SUSPIRIA) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL – a film which redefined the 'giallo' genre of luridly colourful and eroticised murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
He followed with the films that make up his 'Animal Trilogy' and established him with the moniker of the "Italian Hitchcock". Catch them all tonight, restored and on the big screen in one bloody triple bill!
15min intermissions between films.
_______________________________________
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970)
98 mins
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, THE INCIDENT), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, FUNERAL IN BERLIN) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, TORSO)…
_______________________
THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971)
112 mins
When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò (Karl Malden, PATTON), who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute's scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperilled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE), Franco's young niece, may also be in the killer's sights...
_______________________
FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971)
100 mins
Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon), a drummer in a rock band murders someone in self-defense, and is caught in the act by a creepy blackmailing photographer. Roberto is also having nightmares about being beheaded and being sent blackmail notes from the doll mask-adorned photographer. Will Roberto be able to figure out what’s going on, or will he end up as yet another dead body?