{"id":14777,"date":"2016-11-22T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14777"},"modified":"2016-11-22T13:46:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:46:51","slug":"the-germanic-giallo-masks-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14777","title":{"rendered":"The Germanic Giallo: Masks (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14782\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks_pic-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"Masks_pic\" width=\"549\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks_pic-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks_pic-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks_pic-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks_pic-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks_pic.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the interview that accompanies Reel Gore Releasing\u2019s 3-disc edition of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14776\">Masks<\/a><\/strong> (2011), director Andreas Marschall traces the giallo\u2019s roots from German krimi films to genre pioneers Mario Bava and Dario Argento, making it perhaps logical for someone to tackle a Germanic giallo and Argento homage in one outing.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve scribbled a lengthy review outlining the film\u2019s pros and cons, but it is unique among giallo films in having a central heroine propelled by the Protestant work ethic; amid the film\u2019s style, lush colours, prog-rock music theme, and more than mere echoes of <strong>Suspiria<\/strong> (1977) lies an undercurrent that\u2019s arguably unique to this particular Germanic effort.<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming shortly:<\/em> a review of <strong>Stay as You Are<\/strong> \/ <strong>Cosi\u2019 come Sei<\/strong> (1978) from Cult Epics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of Andreas Marschall&#8217;s Germanic giallo Masks (2011), packaged in a sexy limited 3-disc edition from Reel Gore Releasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[4793,2562,2563,517,4794],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Masks2011_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-3Ql","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14777"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14791,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777\/revisions\/14791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}