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Another Mario Bava masterpiece - THE WHIP AND THE BODY - has royally entered the DVD market thanks to an admirable treatment from VCI. If you are not aware that, under the pseudonym of John M. Feeble, is hiding Mario Bava and that 90% of the initial credits are also english pseudonyms of well (or less -) known italian actors or technicians, you could mistake THE WHIP AND THE BODY for a Hammer production. At least during the first 10 minutes.
Then, you would have certainly recognized the maestro touch ; who else could have filmed in 1963 a sadistic Christopher - Kurt - Lee whipping the exquisite Daliah - Nevenka - Lavi who asks for more after each strike. I doubt Terence Fisher would have dared to shoot such scenes. Mediate also of the delirious travelling of Tony Kendall whose face has a different colour each time he appears in the light of the corridor. Thank you once more VCI to let us be pleased all the subtleties of Mario Bava’s work on light.
Once again, the surprisingly rational Bava leaves room for a psychologic explanation at the destroy of THE WHIP AND THE BODY. Until his last movie - SHOCK -, the italian director will remind us that Cinema is a sizable liar and that reality is so simple to define. This theme will be treated masterfully by Bavain in his last genial movie RABID DOGS.
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In short, a DVD for your library.
While watching this `uncut’ European version of La Frusta e il corpo (1963) aka The Whip and the Body (1965), I had a hard time conception unbiased what the heck was so controversial about it at the time of its release that it should have been hacked to pieces the blueprint it was by various editors (I consider the U.S. version destroy up being the most mutililated) …I guess it is objective difficult for me to fathom the seemingly excessive stringent nature of film censorship in spot some thirty plus years ago, when the film was originally released…by today’s standards, the `shocking’ material is fairly collected…but then I regain a lot of things I judge tame in the cinematic sense tend to have a stronger accomplish on less avid movie fans. Directed by Mario Bava (Murky Sabbath, Planet of the Vampires), the film stars Christopher Lee (Circus of Awe, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave), Daliah Lavi (Lord Jim, The Silencers), and Tony Kendall (Kiss Kiss, Slay Slay) . Also appearing is Gustavo De Nardo (Baron Blood), Harriet Medin (Schlock, Death Bustle 2000), Ida Galli (The Leopard), and Luciano Pigozzi (Yor, the Hunter from the Future) …impartial a price, if you’ve seen this film and don’t notice many of the names of the writers, crew or the supporting cast, that’s because it wasn’t original for producers to require the usage of `American’ nom de plumes as it was deemed easier to schlep a film to the U.S. if it had familiar sounding names rather than `crazy’ names with more vowels than consonants…and example of this is the listed director John M. Obsolete, which is actually a pseudonym conventional by Mario Bava. Was this a product of American arrogance? Or a ruse archaic by European producers to more easily introduce their films into the lucrative American market?
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The film begins with an older woman eyeing a glass case containing a dagger and roses (some people impartial accept Hummel figurines), and then we ogle a lone figure on horseback arriving at a castle perched on cliff above a beach. The rider, known as Kurt Menliff (Lee), has arrived home, but not necessarily to the warmest of welcomes. Turns out Kurt was the cause of some `unpleasantness’ though-provoking the housekeeper’s daughter and her subsequent suicide by employ of the dagger we saw earlier (hence why the mother keeps it under glass, I boom) …anyway, Kurt claims his return was prompted by his desire to wish his brother Christian (Kendall) and his current wife Nevenka (Lavi) well, but the steady reason is because he wants to lay claim to what he believes is rightfully his (the land, the castle, etc.) as Kurt and Christian’s father, Count Menliff (De Nardo) isn’t in the best of health. By the map, did I mention that Kurt and his current sister-in-law Nevenka were somewhat of an item in the past? Oh, Nevenka claims she hates Kurt now, but we all know right savor never dies, especially between spruce freaks (of which both Kurt and Nevenka are, given their microscopic S&M adventure on the beach) . Soon after this there is a violent death (whose, you ask? I won’t say) and thus begins the loyal scoot demonstrate as them vengeful bones view comeuppance from the living…
If you’re looking for buckets of blood and gallons of plain gore, you best turn around and sustain on keeping on as, while this is an Italian panic film, its not really of the normally visceral kind churned out by the likes of Lucio Fulci (City of the Living Tedious), Dario Argento (Suspiria), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), or even Bava (A Bay of Blood) himself…there is some violence, and even some blood, but what I consider most jumpy people at the time was the scene featuring the reaction of Nevenka as she was being flogged (she appeared to be having the ample O, if you collect my drift) …the movie may seem dreary, even dreary, to some, but I conception of it more as deliberate, as Bava stale the element of panic as sort of a backdrop to focus on the strange relationship between Kurt and Nevenka, one I had a hard time thought not because it wasn’t clearly developed, but only because my gain, personal preferences in terms of romantic relationships don’t include such overt acts of dominance. A number of aspects stand out in this salubrious production, the three most prominent being the performances, the direction, and the thoughtful development of the main characters. Lee does especially well (despite miniature veil time) coming across more as an colorful, seductive, malevolent force of injurious rather than atrocious character with a penchant for flogging. Lavi is also agreeable as a woman tormented by the denial of her inner desires, exacerbated by the return of her ex-lover. The direction is such that it creates a sullen, brooding, gothic atmosphere soaked with tension (some scenes were dragged out a minute long for my tastes) that will retain the attention patient viewers as the mystery unfolds, and the seemingly supernatural elements kick in…Bava does especially well presenting sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle, metaphorical life/death imagery that compliments the chronicle, adding to the overall production. Two other key elements is the difference of vibrant (fair short of gaudy) colors compared with the deep, shadowy, spooky shadows, along with the lush and sweeping musical fetch. There are a couple of weaknesses, in my belief, one being the unnecessary dubbing of Lee’s vow…why this was done I don’t understand. The person they got to do the dub does sound similar to Lee, but he couldn’t reproduce the commanding, authorative, and aristocratic tone normally indicate in Lee’s declare. The other weakness was in the dialog itself…sometimes it was arrive perfect, and then sometimes it came off awkward, but perhaps this was due to the Italian actors having to assert their lines in English…regardless, neither of these would be cause for me not to recommend this film to someone fervent in one of the better (if not best) examples of European anxiety I’ve seen yet…
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VCI Home Entertainment presents a very good-looking, wide hide (1.85:1), uncut European version of this film. There are signs of wear due to age (some lines, white specks in the shaded scenes), but overall the recount comes across very sure. The audio, presented in Dolby Digital mono, comes through well. Special features include musical tracks by composer Carlo Rustichelli aka Jim Murphy, an fresh theatrical trailer, biographies, a photo gallery, and trailers for a couple of other Bava films including Planet of the Vampires (1965) and Blood & Dismal Lace (1964) . Also included is a commentary track by Tim Lucas, and editor for Video Watchdog. If you obtain a chance, I would highly recommend listening to this commentary as Lucas is like a human computer when it comes to details and information about this, and other films in the genre. And it’s not that he impartial spews forth facts, but he really seems to have a passionate, comprehensive, knowledgeable belief of the material that may provide a perspective on this film one may not fetch from viewing the movie itself…four stars for the movie, and one extra for the commentary.
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By the blueprint, if I were one of the characters in this narrative, I probably would have chucked that dagger (you know, the one that kept turning up and killing people? ) in the ocean…I would have also secured some chains around the gates of that crypt, as it seemed a current spot for many to visit…
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