{"id":11881,"date":"2015-07-23T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11881"},"modified":"2015-07-27T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:16:26","slug":"fabio-frizzis-frizzi-2-fulci-contraband-1980-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11881","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Frizzi’s Frizzi 2 Fulci, Contraband (1980) and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the fall of 2013 I interviewed maestro Fabio Frizzi<\/a> regarding Frizzi to Fulci<\/strong>, his first concert in London, celebrating his friendship with and scores for director Lucio Fulci, and a year later we touched upon the significance of that performance at Union Chapel, and the imminent concert (branded Frizzi 2 Fulci<\/strong>) at London\u2019s Barbican.<\/p>\n

Naturally the topics included scores for Fulci\u2019s most famous films \u2013 Zombi<\/strong> (1979) and The Beyond <\/strong>(1981), the latter recently given a deluxe release by Grindhouse Films \u2013 but we also talked about two early works: Oscar Brazzi\u2019s \u201csexy\u201d film Giro girotondo… con il sesso \u00e8 bello il mondo<\/strong> (1975) and Fulci\u2019s Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza<\/strong> (1975).<\/p>\n

I tried to track down the films to review, and while they (obviously) exist in Italian, there\u2019s no subtitled version, so we\u2019ll have to wait a bit, and rely on Frizzi\u2019s bemused recollections of these films in the podcast.<\/p>\n

\"Contraband1980_Ital_Poster\"<\/a>

Beautiful painted Italian poster with a clean, balanced layout.<\/p><\/div>\n

Also touched upon is the restoration of Contraband<\/a><\/strong> (1980), which makes its soundtrack album debut via Beat Records, the venerable Italian label who also released a 2-CD set of Frizzi\u2019s 2013 Union Chapel concert. (I still have to track down those CDs, but expect eventual reviews.) I\u2019ve added a review of Blue Underground\u2019s DVD which features the uncut Italian edit with all the face burning, cranial trauma, and other meanness that\u2019s more intense than a standard gangster drama.<\/p>\n

The roughly 38 min. podcast \u2013 available on iTunes<\/a>, Libsyn<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a> – features the full interview which was the basis for a shorter profile in Rue Morgue magazine, and Frizzi\u2019s hugely gregarious personality which undoubtedly tickled audiences who attended his prior 2014 and 2013 concerts.<\/p>\n

The podcast was edited a few days before Frizzi announced a Toronto date for Frizzi 2 Fulci<\/strong> (Thursday Oct. 8 at The Opera House<\/a>, where Goblin performed in 2013<\/a>), so where you hear \u2018rumours of a date in the intro,’ just replace with \u2018He\u2019s coming!!!\u2019 As some have pondered in recent Facebook posts, hopefully the concert will include the orchestra as well.<\/p>\n

As I state at the end of the podcast, coming next is a lengthy interview with composer Terence P. Minogue, who discusses his entry into film scoring with Roar!<\/a><\/strong> (1981), the \u2018ferocious comedy\u2019 that cost $17 million and 11 years to make. I\u2019ll pair the podcast with a review of the original U.S. soundtrack LP which I bought a decade ago during an extended phase of LP binge buying.<\/p>\n

I’m finishing up on another blog at Big Head Amusements<\/a> on the filming \/ editing of Marilla Wex’s Lost and Found<\/strong>, videotaped with a vintage 1986 ENG tube camera at the 2014\u00a0Toronto Fringe Festival. The blog’s augmented with a plethora of sexy camera and lens stills + two making-of featurettes, but coming next at KQEK.com are reviews of\u00a0documentaries on a trippy device known as a dream machine: <\/span>William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine<\/strong> (2014) from Cult Epics + <\/span>FLickeR<\/strong> (2008) made by the NFB.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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