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I paladini - Storia d'armi e d'amori (1983)
Just a query?
I have managed to locate this film on video, but according to Leonard Maltin, it was originally made as a TV mini-series. Does anyone know any information about the length of this particular version, how many parts, etc, and whether it was made for the US or Italy. If you liked this a little, try looking for Giacomo Battiato's BLOOD TIES. The 98 minute version is good, but try to hunt for the original 4-part 4 hour mini-series. A much better story and a damn good film to boot!
Manhunter (1986)
Some curious points
Just a few observations about this movie. 1) For some reason, Hannibal Lecter's name in the original novel by Thomas Harris (Red Dragon) was called Lecktor, but in Silence Of The Lambs and the film of Manhunter and its sequel, the author or director's changed it to Lecter, as it also appears in the books sequel "Hannibal". Does anyone know why this was/is?
2) It is a fantastic film, but has a few flaws which reduce my 9/10 rating to 8/10, and these are
2a) When rescuing Reba towards the end of the movie, the scene in which Will Graham jumps through the plate-glass window, it appears to either shatter first before he actually breaks the glass with his body, or shatters as he jumps through it, but the sound of the glass breaking appears one second too late, thus ruining the whole effect. Anyone else notice this?
2b) At the end, when Dolarhyde has been massacred, in the various TV and video versions, their appears to be editing problems. Whilst he is being shot to death, the editing shows Dolarhyde to be "jerking" from one position to another. Depending on the print, the "jerking" can vary from missing just one frame of film, to a quite severe case of missing four or five frames, making the death scene look almost "spasmodic". Was this an editing error, or what? Was this rectified for the Director's Cut that was shown at the National Film Theatre in London, about 3 years ago?
2c) When Dolarhyde has been slain, watch for the glaring continuity error. The camera shows us an overhead shot of Dolarhyde's bloody body sprawled out on the floor of Reba's kitchen. His body is surrounded by a large pool of blood. When the camera comes back, a few seconds later, we see the same shot, but with the camera at floor level, looking at Dolarhyde's body. Now there's no big pool of blood! Where did it all go?!
3) Love the film, fabulous soundtrack (if you can locate it) by Michael Rubini & The Reds, and great direction by one of the century's most awesome crime directors. Will there be a Director's Cut released on VHS video in the UK? We have just had a limited release of the original 1986 version in both pan and scan format, and Widescreen, but not the longer edit I would have preferred. Any news on this? What about the recent Region 1 DVD release? What's on that disc?