REVIEW: Dillinger e’ morte [Dillinger Is Dead ]
Thursday, July 1st, 2010© A.J. Malouin 2010
(Rating: 2 by A.J. Malouin.)
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(1969/Italy Directed by [and story and screenplay by] Marco Ferreri.)
This is an Essential Film. The fact is, after seeing this film, your reviewer started putting together a list for his forth-coming book, THE ESSENTIAL FILMS. “Dillinger e’ morte” is the first film in that book — although there will be thousands of “essential’ films in the final manuscript.
“Dillinger e’ morte” is not a well-known film. It is not a “film for the masses.” It was made by a subversive, “dangerous,” smart, “insane” writer/director who pushes against all the comfort levels of all the audiences who ever see any of the films he has ever made. (more…)