Celeriac
Some more DVD's we've sat through:
'Der Frosch mit der Maske' ('Fellowship of the Frog' Directed by Harald Reinl 1959)
The first film in the Edgar Wallace box-set series. So-so story about a gang hired by a guy who dons an odd outfit with a mask and googley eyes. All the members of his gang have to have a tattoo done of a frog on their right wrist. Some bird in a Soho night-club sings about enjoying love near the river Thames (as if!) - she gets some nasty bullet holes towards the end of the picture. At one point Richard Gordon (a young looking Joachim Fuchsberger) - an amateur detective and his servant James (the annoying Eddi Arent) get locked in a cellar for a couple of days where they grow massive beards. Enjoyable hokum. DVD features five trailers and a (vintage) interview with the director.
'Stay Hungry' Directed by Bob Rafelson 1976
Bought this thinking it was going to be a comedy, it isn't.
'Last Round' ('Il Conto è chiuso' Directed by Stelvio Massi 1976)
Another cool Italian crime film with Luc Merenda, this time playing a bad guy but looking snappy as ever. The story is a basic reworking of 'A Fistful of Dollars' set in contemporary 70's Rome. Marco Russo (Carlos Monzón - a real life boxing champion) plays the part Clint Eastwood did as Joe - Marco's fighting skills are fantastic, he's superhuman! When the soundtrack started it was all panpipes and I thought it was going to be awful (rare for an Italian crime thriller) but it turned out to be great - loved Marco's music box he carries around with him. There is a very unpleasant rape scene, that I knew would happen the minute I saw the character Nina. Yet another great release from NoShame, with an odd 35 minute interview with Luc Merenda at his antique shop.
Cooked celeriac last night for the first time ever. Won't buy that again.
'Der Frosch mit der Maske' ('Fellowship of the Frog' Directed by Harald Reinl 1959)
The first film in the Edgar Wallace box-set series. So-so story about a gang hired by a guy who dons an odd outfit with a mask and googley eyes. All the members of his gang have to have a tattoo done of a frog on their right wrist. Some bird in a Soho night-club sings about enjoying love near the river Thames (as if!) - she gets some nasty bullet holes towards the end of the picture. At one point Richard Gordon (a young looking Joachim Fuchsberger) - an amateur detective and his servant James (the annoying Eddi Arent) get locked in a cellar for a couple of days where they grow massive beards. Enjoyable hokum. DVD features five trailers and a (vintage) interview with the director.
'Stay Hungry' Directed by Bob Rafelson 1976
Bought this thinking it was going to be a comedy, it isn't.
'Last Round' ('Il Conto è chiuso' Directed by Stelvio Massi 1976)
Another cool Italian crime film with Luc Merenda, this time playing a bad guy but looking snappy as ever. The story is a basic reworking of 'A Fistful of Dollars' set in contemporary 70's Rome. Marco Russo (Carlos Monzón - a real life boxing champion) plays the part Clint Eastwood did as Joe - Marco's fighting skills are fantastic, he's superhuman! When the soundtrack started it was all panpipes and I thought it was going to be awful (rare for an Italian crime thriller) but it turned out to be great - loved Marco's music box he carries around with him. There is a very unpleasant rape scene, that I knew would happen the minute I saw the character Nina. Yet another great release from NoShame, with an odd 35 minute interview with Luc Merenda at his antique shop.
Cooked celeriac last night for the first time ever. Won't buy that again.
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