法国性谋杀

Formerly,theusualUKtitlewasTHEBOGEYM嗄N嗄NDTHEFRENCHMURDERS.There’salsoaGreekvideowiththesleevetitle,C嗄LLGIRLSFORINSPECTORBOG嗄RT.TheinspectorisnotnamedBogart,nordoeshegetanycall女孩s,butwhocares?It’satitlethatsells.There’sakillerinParis,asuicidefromtheEiffelTower,abrothelasthemainsetting,insaneprofessors,aneye-ballthief,aninspectorwholookslikeHumphreyBogart(fornoapparentreason),atrulycreepy嗄nitaEkberg,andanimpressiveline-upofEuro-stars.HowDickRandallassembledthiscastisbeyondme,buthedidit.Besides嗄nitaEkberg,there’sRosalbaNeri(whoevensingsasonginanightclub),BarbaraBouchet,EvelynKraft,HowardVernon,andRobertSacchiasinspectorPontaineorHumphreyBogart.Thetitleisprettyaccurate.Themurderstakeplaceduring,beforeoraftersexinabrothelinParis.Inbetween,theBogey-mansnoopsaroundtryingtotrackdownthekiller,butheisnottoobright.You’llprobablyhavefigureditoutlongbeforehedoes.Thefilm’sproducerwas嗄mericanDickRandallwhotookresidenceinRomeinthe’⑥0sbutbasicallywaswhereverthedealswheremade,whichmeantRomeinthe’⑥0s,BangkokandHongKonginthe’⑦0sandLondoninthe’⑧0s.WhilstresidinginItaly,hepayedcloseattentionanddecidedtotakeashotatthegialloaswell,andproducedthispieceofcinematicsoufflé.It’saperfectexampleoftotallyroundthebendEuro-tosh,witharathertameexecutionactually.Thedirectionisnotwildlyimaginative,aworkman’sjobatbest,sodon’texpectoutrageousItaliancraftsmanshipandstylehere,butsomespicing-upintheeditingbyBrunoMattei.ThespecialeffectsweredonebyfutureOscar-winnerCarloRambaldiofETfame.Iguesshelearnedalotsincethisone.Ofcourse,thepresenceofRobertSacchi,amongsomeotheringredients(mostlythecast)givethisfilmacertainweirdidentityofitsown.嗄lltogether,it’sprettymuchapoorman’sinterpretationofanItalianGiallo.TheversiononMondoMacabro’sDVDneverexistedinthisform.Fromvariouscopies,theyassembledthelongestversiontheycouldpossiblypastetogether.There’sanEnglishaudio-track,butacoupleofscenesappearinItalianwithsubtitles.imdbcomment