1988 PATHOS-SEGRETA
INQUIETUDINE
OBSESSION-A
TASTE FOR FEAR
Director: Piccio Raffanini. Sc: Lidia Ravera, Piccio
Raffanini. Music: Gabriele Ducros. Cast:
Virginia Hey, Gerard Damon, Gioia Scola, Carlo Mucari, Dario Parisini, Eva
Grimaldi, Kid Creole.
Diane
(Virginia Hey, from MAD MAX 2) is a photographer, who, though difficult
to work with, is considered the best. She is always striving for the offbeat
and weird which includes her pick of models and what they wear. Her choice of
Teagan (a muscled up androgynous woman who looks like Stallone with tits)
eventually leads to
murder when the model is killed during a bondage tape sent to Diane. The
opening credits read, "To the one I love." A cop, who is a walking
cliche, named Arnold is assigned the case and he takes an instant dislike for
Diane and her entire lifestyle (but that doesn't stop her from trying to get
him into bed). Diane's ex-husband produces bondage tapes and is the most likely
suspect (meaning of course he's innocent). When Teagan's roommate Kim (a big,
beautiful black woman who's as bald as Telly Savalas) is murdered and taped, George
(Diane's ex) is able to use his sophisticated equipment to reveal who the
murderer is.
Giallo-BLADERUNNER
style. A marvelous film that I could watch repeatedly and never tire of.
Along with DEATH LAID AN EGG, this is one of my favorites. It's a true winner
in the style-over-content parade. Although it doesn't call attention to itself,
the film is set in a not too distant future where drugs and bi-sexuality are
the norm. This is a film that needs to be played
with the volume turned way up as the score by Ducros is a sonic delight. The SF
trappings are just that, but certainly help to put across that feeling of
off-centeredness. When Diane and Kim go to a gay nightclub looking for a friend
of Tegan's, you'll think you've entered a Ranexerox Comic (and damn if there
aren't drawings of that character by Liberatore on the curtains). Look for Eva
Grimaldi in a wordless cameo as one of George's toys/models.
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