LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN 1. Would I pay good money to see a film titled Lizard in a Woman’s Skin? I’m absolutely crazy about it, and have been since first seeing a. Sunday San Francisco Chronicle back in ’7. The US release dropped the. A” from the beginning of the title, making this hallucinatory. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin soundtrack from 1971, composed by Ennio Morricone. Released by Death Waltz Recording in 2014 (DW28) containing music from A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Una lucertola con la pelle di donna) (1971). A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971) (Blu-ray Review) Directed By: Lucio Fulci Starring: Stanley Baker, Florinda Bolkan, Jean Sorel, Anita Strindberg Rated: R/Region A/1:86/1080p/Number of Discs 1 Available from Mondo Macabro. Italian- French- Spanish co- production sound even more enticingly like a retro, Creature Features programmer, or one of. Even now, as I type out. Lizard in a Woman’s Skin - I’m. I had forty- five years ago: “That is one GREAT title!”. Perhaps too much so, I’m afraid. For (irony of ironies) the. I (a little too- casually). I were headed downtown to see Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (I also seem to recall a request for bus. Turning a deaf ear to what I believed was a very. The film was R- rated, its. Market Street. No, I’m afraid my folks (rightfully) detected the low- brow. So completely, in fact, that I really forgot all about it until it resurfaced. US, unedited glory—on. Blu- ray. I wasted no time in securing a copy. A title which—like those of the best. A quality that can also be said to be one of the chief attributes of. For the wide US release, the cryptic Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (which I suspect was retained in. Schizoid, and in some international markets it was. Carole. Weighing heavily on. Carol’s mind and contributing to her severe guilt complex are the sexually. Anita. Strindberg); a beautiful, free- love bohemian who hosts loud, drug- fueled orgies. Carol and her family are given an earful of during their formal, deadly- silent. And in a manner uncannily similar to one of Carol’s bloodier. Was there an unknown witness. Is there really someone trying to kill her, or is she imagining it all? And. who placed that mysterious phone call? Nor can I remember a detective crime thriller so spectacularly. There's never a dull moment in Lizard in a Woman's Skin, and now having seen it, I'm seized by how well- suited a film it is to be promoted with the tagline used for Ken Russell's Tommy in 1. Your Senses Will Never Be The Same. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT. A 1. 97. 8 film review citing Faye Dunaway’s Eyes of Laura Mars as an American take. Italian “giallo” was the first time I’d ever heard of the film. Typically a detective/crime thriller combining elements of. Technicolor overlay. I’ve only seen about four), but of the few I’ve seen, Lizard in a Woman's Skin stands out as something pretty special. I’d have been more than happy had the film proved to be just an amusingly. I know “Never a dull moment” is an oft- used clich. Between. the gorgeous, color- drenched cinematography (with swooping, subjective camera angles. Ennio Morricone’s unsettling music score; and the pitch- perfect. Lizard in a Woman's Skin gives giallo a good name. PERFORMANCES. learned from the DVD commentary that colorful supporting characters are something. Lizard in a Woman's Skin doesn’t disappoint.
Stanley Baker as the whistling. Jean Sorel as the something- to- hide husband, and especially Leo Genn. Carol’s concerned father, are all top- notch. But for me, the entire film. Brazilian. actress Florinda Bolkan. Not only is she stunning in. I don’t know how any. Network Awesome is a platform for entertaining and interesting TV. It's fun and you should go there. Bolkan is actually mesmerizingly good. I suspect her voice. THE STUFF OF FANTASY. I tend to have two reactions to grotesque images or bloody. If I’m lucky, I can avert my eyes quickly enough before. I thereafter. tell myself I never saw. I see it briefly, but before I. Terminator- vision”. Thus. long after I’ve stopped looking, my mind’s eye is still seeing. For me, this is where the limitations of 1. I’m. also thankful to have been able to experience this unique film for the first time in its uncut entirety; probably looking and sounding even better than it did when originally released. I've noted countless times in previous posts how much I adore hallucinatory, dreamlike films. So much so that I frequently resort to the term . Well, Lizard in a Woman's Skin is all that and a bag of chips. You have to see the movie. Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1.
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