TERZA IPOTESI SU UN CASO DI PERFETTA STRATEGIA CRIMINALE
WHO KILLED
THE PROSECUTOR AND WHY?
Director:
Joseph Warren (Giuseppe Vari). Sc: Thomas Lang.
Music: Mario
Bertolazzi. Cast: Lou Castel, Beba
Loncar, Adolfo Celi, Massimo Serrato.
A local
prosecuting attorney is killed and the murderous act is witnessed and even more
importantly, photographed by Carlo and his girlfriend, Olga. They take the
photos to Marco Cecarelli, alias Ivan Smirnov, alias Uncle "Fifi".
Marco is confined to a wheelchair and makes his living filming nude models for
magazines. He advises them to contact local Mafia Capo Don Salvatore (one of
his minions was arrested as a suspect) to see if he would pay for the pix. When
they are snubbed by the Godfather they decide to go to the local tabloid for a
quick sale. From here on, everyone Carlo comes in contact with, including
"Fifi" and Olga are killed by a mysterious assassin, out to get the
negatives. In the finale, we learn who the killer was and why he was involved in a drug ring that the prosecuting attorney had uncovered.
The obvious
failing of this film, besides Vari's utter lack of talent, is the uneven
mixture of genres. Just when you think it's about to become a full-fledged
thriller, the Mafia subplot intrudes, and vice versa. Giuseppe Vari has proven
himself, with this and many other films of his I've seen, to be the Andy Warhol of the Italian film industry. He takes the simplest action, and drags it out ad
infinitum. For example, do we really need to see a man, getting in his car,
roll down his window, look around to see if there is any oncoming traffic, put
the car into reverse and slowly back his car down the driveway. I think
not. Vari at times seems obsessed with minutia. If he ever starts filming
endless parades of walking feet, WATCH OUT DORIS WISHMAN!! Oh yeah, the score
belongs in a Ron Ormond opus.
