kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) writes:
I would like to read them, too, but I know only a few Italian words so
it is not an option for me.
Yeah, unfortunately that kind of work isn't usually mainstream enough to
get translated into other languages. It's a shame, but it's also what
makes them so fascinating to me. Here is this movement of writing that
was seedy and underground, but still clearly popular and effective
enough that people make movies based on them.
Obviously, pulp exists in all cultures and many film industries have
taken to working with them to produce crowd-pleasing horror and thriller flicks. But there's something captivating about Giallo. Far from the
noir pulp of the USA it seems to revel in color. It forces you to gaze
at horrible things through a heightened lens in a way that should be
farcical but somehow comes across totally sincere. Its characters buy in
to the otherworld so convincingly sometimes that the unreality becomes
reality.
Everything about Giallo is heightened, to be fair. The violence, the
sexuality, the emotions... It's just a joy to behold. Plus, a lot of
Giallo films benefited from some of the best scores ever put to film.
Goblin and Morricone did some of their finest work in this area.
cda
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