#Luigi Pistilli

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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Sergio Martino, 1972)    

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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)

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Apparently, there's another representation of Prieur, very different from the skinny catty soldier-nerd shown in that documentary on the metric system:

This fancy dude is Luigi Pistilli and, according to the play script that I own, he's starring as Prieur de la Côte-d'Or in the play "The Jacobins" by Federico Zardi, which was staged for the first time on April 14 1957 in Milan.

A peculiar choice that one of making him a seductive dandy, but I can't say I'm disappointed.

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A Bay of Blood (1971)

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Ecologia del delitto (1971) - Italian Poster

AKA A Bay of Blood, Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve, The Antecedent, Snuff Is My Game, Massacre at Blood Lake, Last House Part II, Carnage Erotica, Bloodbath, Bay of Death

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Press photography of THE GREAT SILENCE (1968) dir. Sergio Corbucci

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A Bay of Blood (1971)

A Bay of Blood is probably more appealing to horror historians and/or Italian Giallo films than casual viewers. It isn’t quite a proper slasher film but you can see its influence upon the Friday the 13th and later entries in the Halloween franchise - some of the deaths we see here are recreated almost shot-for-shot in the latter. Though its pace is slower than it should be and there are too many characters to keep track of, its mystery is engaging and the body count shocks.

Wheelchair-bound Countess Federica Donati (Isa Miranda) is strangled to death by her husband Filippo Donati (Giovanni Nuvoletti). Moments later, he is himself murdered by an unseen assailant before hiding the body. In the morning, the police discover the dead countess but a note suggests she committed suicide. As the investigation continues, several people begin converging on the property either because they hope to inherit it or want to buy it from the new owners. With a mysterious killer on the loose and everyone’s greed running wild, the bodies begin piling up.

There are A LOT of characters in the film: real estate agent Franco Ventura (Chris Avram) and his lover Laura (Anna Maria Rosati), the creepy groundskeeper Simone (Claudio Volonté), an insect enthusiast named Paolo Fassati (Leopoldo Trieste) and his wife who cares nothing for him, Anna (Laura Betti), the countess’ daughter Renata (Claudine Auger) and her husband Alberto (Luigi Pistilli) as wekk as four teenagers who happen to be visiting the bay - Louise (Brigitte Skay), Sylvie (Paola Montenero), Luca (Guido Boccaccini) and Bobby (Roberto Bonanni). I’m sure someone could remember every face and all of their relationships without taking notes but I wasn’t. This is the kind of movie that needed to cast one Black guy, give someone else an eye patch, a third one some weird verbal tick, etc. Unless you already know how everyone relates, you’ll lose track. Further complicating things are your expectations going in. This is not the story of a lone madman picking off one person at a time for mysterious reasons. Nearly everyone in this story is a potential suspect because they’ve all got murderous urges and several people act upon them. We have all of these conspirators working independently, hoping to take ownership of the bay. In the middle of a scheme, someone will suddenly get decapitated because they're hindering someone else’s plan. Meanwhile, you’re still wondering who murdered Mr. Donati…

A Bay of Blood does an excellent job of keeping you guessing. From their first interaction, you don’t know if Simone and Paolo are potential suspects or just red herrings. Neither appear to have a motive for killing so it could be that if either one of them is a murderer there also happens to be a lunatic messing around with everyone else’s plans. This decision wouldn’t even come out of left field in this film. The teenagers are randomly there so why not?

Director Mario Bava does not give us a protagonist to latch onto. No character is “safe” until the very end. This further obscures the killer/killers’ identity/identities (let’s not assume only one person murdered Filippo) and makes it even more difficult to keep track of everyone. The gore (quite well executed considering the time and low budget) and sudden deaths are more than enough to keep you entertained but this is one of those instances where knowing a little bit about the plot going in would benefit viewers greatly. I can easily see some people getting frustrated by the opaque mystery and dismissing the whole thing. Back in the day, it would’ve been because of the (then) shocking amount of violence. Now, it might be because the ending comes out of nowhere. I have some affection for the final "twist", but it could’ve been foreshadowed better.

If A Bay of Blood interests you, I suggest you set aside an entire evening. Watch the movie, then read an online synopsis, then watch it again with some sort of commentary to "get it". I know that’s asking a lot. Too much for some people but if you are interested in learning the history of horror films, A Bay of Blood is an important stop along your journey and it’s worth doing right. Even if you just watch it once, you’ll still be engaged by the twisty plot, perplexed by the numerous red herrings, and shocked by its violence. (English dub, November 1, 2020)

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Ramirez Brother HCs/Plot points for story:

Tuco is not good at reading, but he’s REALLY good at mechanical and engineering things. He fixes farm equipment, realizes that he can load dice, and for all that letters are an anomaly, numbers are his friend without him really realizing why.

For all that we call him Badger? Watch the video of the South African honey Badger that CONSTANTLY escaped his enclosure!

Pablo has lofty ideals and is very good at the “lecture and essay” parts of the College of Life, he’s terrible at the “labs,” and has no stomach for farming and the work of being a part of the village land and water co-ops. He convinces himself he is leaving for noble reasons. To eventually have a church and school in the village. But he hides in the Canyon.

Tuco is BROKEN-HEARTED that his brother has left. Together they make an amazing team, but alone he is left to his own devices.

More to come, I’m plotting this now not pantsing, so I will have to make myself turn out a few chapters this weekend.

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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Sergio Martino, 1972)    

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“For a Few Dollars More“ AKA Per qualche dollaro in più by Sergio Leone’(1965) the best framing for Luigi Pistilli and the El Paso Bank #Tabernas #Almeria

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The Great Silence

directed by Sergio Corbucci, 1968