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Perché si uccide un magistrato (How to Kill a Judge, 1975)
"Did he say anything before he died?"
"Didn't have the time. They were pros."
"If you know anything, tell me! Don't be an idiot. You saw how easy it is to die."
#perché si uccide un magistrato#how to kill a judge#italian cinema#damiano damiani#crime film#fulvio gicca palli#enrico ribulsi#franco nero#françoise fabian#pierluigi aprà#giancarlo badessi#eva czemerys#renzo palmer#vincenzo norvese#luciano catenacci#ennio balbo#giorgio cerioni#tano cimarosa#riz ortolani#elio zamuto#marco guglielmi#intensely good conspiracy thriller which offers a low key examination of italy's years of lead through the eyes of a film director#damiani asks questions about guilt vs culpability and isn't afraid to pull the strings on how the media (very specifically the media he was#personally involved in) reflects on and has the potential to interact with the violence and the civil unrest of the era. Nero's lead may be#getting to the bottom of a mystery like any good gialli or poliziotteschi protagonist but there's more than a hint that his drive isn't#purely justice based‚ but a desperate need to vindicate himself and to prove that he isn't responsible for a political assassination#when it comes down to it he chooses truth and right‚ despite its inconvenience‚ but again this isn't treated like a badge of honour: it's a#millstone round his neck‚ the choice he makes because he has to but the one through which nobody wins. spectacular filmmaking and#an unabashedly complex and intelligent treatment of genre staples. a brilliant cast too‚ with Renzo Palmer's disarmingly#charming and easygoing mafioso contact a particular highlight of the wide ensemble of characters. a very good film
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