“Four flies on a gray velvet” - 1971 Italian-French Jallo directed by Dario Argento . The film is part of the "animal" trilogy along with the films " Bird with crystal wings " and " Cat with nine tails ."
| Four flies on gray velvet | |
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| 4 mosche di velluto grigio | |
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| Genre | jallo |
| Producer | Dario Argento |
| Producer | Salvatore Argento |
| Author script | Dario Argento Luigi Cozzi Mario Foglietti |
| In the main cast | Michael Brandon Mimsey farmer Bad spencer |
| Operator | Franco Di Giacomo |
| Composer | Ennio Morricone |
| Film company | |
| Duration | 96 min |
| A country | Italy, France |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1971 |
| IMDb | |
Content
Story
Roberto Tobias, the drummer of a rock band, receives anonymous messages over the phone, and is also being pursued by a mysterious stranger. One night, Roberto catches up with his pursuer and tries to get him to talk, but in the subsequent fight he accidentally kills him. The musician is hiding from the scene of the crime, but, the next day, he realizes that his troubles only began when he received an envelope with photographs of the murder. Someone kills all his friends and makes suspicions fall on Roberto.
Cast
- Michael Brandon - Roberto Tobias
- Mimsey Farmer - Nina Tobias
- Jean-Pierre Mariel - Gianni Arossio
- Bad Spencer - Godfrey
Film production
The film was the first step in the further cooperation of two figures of Italian cinema - Dario Argento and Luigi Cozzi . Prior to their acquaintance, Kozzi worked as the editor-in-chief of the musical weekly PJSC-2001 and, at one of the periods of his activity, insisted on his own interview with the beginning director, which Argento was. Subsequently, Kotstsi and Argento became friends and the latter suggested that Kozzi leave the newspaper and fully immerse himself in the cinema. [one]
On the role of the main actor and actress of the film, Argento was looking for a woman who would be like his wife and a man who would be like himself. For the filming of the film, Argento discharged a camera from a university in East Germany, whose working speed was measured in thousands of frames per second. This camera was used to shoot a scene in which a bullet flies out of a pistol (then the camera's working speed was 18 thousand frames per second). The final scene of the accident was filmed at a speed of 36 thousand frames per second. [2]
Notes
Links
- "Four flies on gray velvet" (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- "Four flies on gray velvet" (eng.) On the site allmovie