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Now THAT was a cute baby, but it was waaay too noisy.
I’ve been on a Jess Franco marathon for a couple of weeks and it IS addictive. :)
I need to go back and revisit that one. Of all the Italian genres, the post apocalyptic films sometimes blend together for me unless it’s a really standout entry. If Puppo’s got a good role in that one I’ll move it to the top of my watchlist.
I just rewatched the ending of The Big Racket (1976) a few days ago and you can’t get any better than that one. Men on a mission film with Massimo Vanni, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Sal Borgese and Romano Puppo all in the cast. Fantastic soundtrack too!
I do like the film, also and I place it in 16th place out of 38 I’ve seen thus far.
It’s just that it’s very conventional compared to Franco’s preferred way of film making. He loved to use a hand held camera with lots of zooms while incorporating natural lighting or one source lighting for indoors. His stories commonly drifted in and out of dreamlike states confusing the viewer as to what’s real and what’s not. Here he was actually forbidden by the producer from operating the camera, and it shows. The film looks wonderful, but in my opinion it lacks his trademark vibes. You’re quite right, in that it really has a bit of a Hammer feel to it.
I have the Full Moon Release on DVD and have just given it another viewing, and I must say I really liked the interaction in the carriage between Kinski and Romay. You can really feel his insanity bubbling to the surface just before the attack. Great scene.
Die hard Jess Franco fans probably won’t place this entry high within his filmography, but it is interesting. As you said, it has great atmosphere and the lead, Klaus Kinski as the Ripper here, is always fascinating to watch. It was also nice seeing Lina Romay, and her part was well acted. On a negative note, the police investigation sections seemed to slog on forever and didn’t seem to add much to the film. I would love to see how Jess would have handled this story had he not been restrained by Dietrich‘s limitations.
That certainly makes sense as to why some of the dialogue would seem so “off” with some characters, but not so much with others. I really enjoy your trivia on these films!
It was cool seeing Romano Puppo as Dino here. If anyone is not familiar with him, you really should check out his filmography. He was an actor / stunt man in many great films, and was often Lee Van Cleef’s body double.
He messaged me on Letterbox and unfortunately said he has been busy and is tired of the negativity of many of the posters here.
Then “workin pa nub in all the wong places.”
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