The Italian giallo film genre--the equivalent of the American
whodunit but incorporating extreme violence and sex--was based on
popular British and American fiction of the 30s and 40s, adapted to
the explicitly liberal filmmaking of 1970s and 1980s Europe. Seldom
released in American theaters, these films were usually distributed
as redacted bootlegs, awaiting digital technology to be restored to
their original content and pristine visual form. This book analyzes
the censored sex and violence of giallo films, finding in them an
inherent beauty and tracing their literary antecedents to the
elements of the fairy tale as described by Russian folklorist
Vladimir Propp. Each chapter covers a film and its director, from
1962 to 1987. The author argues that despite their formulaic
production and designation as ""Euro-sleaze,"" these films are
works of individuality and artistic virtue.
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