Frizzi 2 Fulci at The Opera House: Recap
Recap of Frizzi 2 Fulci, Fabio Frizzi’s tribute concert to director Lucio Fulci which occurred at Toronto’s The Opera House Oct. 8, 2015.
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Fabio Frizzi’s Frizzi 2 Fulci, Contraband (1980) and more!
Podcast interview with composer Fabio Frizzi on his tribute concert Frizzi 2 Fulci, coming to Toronto October 8th, and a review of the Frizzi-scored Contraband (1980), whose music debuted this year on CD from Italy’s Beat Records.
DVD: Contraband / The Smuggler / Luca il contrabbandiere (1980)
As much as Contraband is affected by weak dubbing (many of the male voices don’t wholly fit the age of the actors) and a sometimes uneven script with odd bouts of humour, there’s much to admire in this rare non-horror effort by Lucio Fulci, especially the film’s semi docu-drama style, with Sergio Salvati’s loose camerawork trained on grungy Naples locales, and Vincenzo Tomassi’s razor sharp editing which keeps the film’s pacing quite tight…
Schlesinger, Raimi, and Kinski go Boo!
Reviews of three 1980s shockers of varying quality: John Schlesinger’s deliciously trashy occult thriller The Believers (Twilight Time), Sam Raimi draws blood in Josh Becker’s Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except (Synapse Films), and Klaus Kinski reprises Nosferatu in Vampire in Venice (One 7 Movies).
Frizzi to Fulci, Part 1 + Soundtrack Reviews
Just uploaded is Part 1 of a lengthy podcast with renowned Italian film composer Fabio Frizzi in anticipation of his Halloween concert “Frizzi to Fulci” at London’s Union Chapel. AAlso uploaded are soundtrack reviews for a quartet of La-La Land releases: Jerry Goldsmith’s The Challenge, James Horner’s Patriot Games, Alan Silvestri’s Red 2 (2013), and Shirley Walker’s Turbulence.
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