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Filmbar70 presents EDWIGE FENECH - Giallo Queen (720p)
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Uploaded on Apr 6, 2011
Following the first ever UK release on DVD of 'The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh', Filmbar70 is proud to celebrate the queen of giallo herself - Edwige Fenech - and the sextet of films released between 1970 and 1975 that brought her international acclaim.
Her immaculate beauty, uninhibited approach to erotica and a willingness to plummet unrestrained into the abyss made her the natural choice for a sensual, beleaguered heroine, constantly pursued by many a maniac sporting the de rigour black leather gloves. And so her luminosity burned brightly in the tenebrous world of perverted desires and psychopathic misdeeds of many a giallo classic.
She made her first foray into the genre under the guidance of the acknowledged maestro and giallo propagator Mario Bava in 1970, breathing life into the slight but stylish pop-art extravaganza '5 Dolls for an August Moon'. Playing a gyrating party girl with attitude, she was disappointingly dispatched far too early in the proceedings.
Her next engagement elevated her to deserving star status, and Fenech seized the opportunity, immersing herself completely in the fraught, romantic and emotionally challenging 'The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh' ('71) to create one of her most iconic characters. It was here that she would form an alliance with the producer and director sibling team of Luciano and Sergio Martino -- an alliance that would guide her throughout the majority of her acting career.
Returning to the screen soon after the birth of her son, Fenech resumed her association with the Martinos in 1972 to give her most shattered and paranoid performance in the occult laced, London bound 'All the Colors of the Dark', a gothic giallo that pushed the level of psychotic delirium to breaking point, fracturing the narrative and thrusting the neurotic heroine into a schizodelic nightmare.
The same year saw Fenech play another English woman with a bout of urban paranoia in the Carmino Giuilano helmed 'The Case of the Bloody Iris' ('72). Recycling the motifs of the earlier Sergio offerings with a somewhat lighter touch, 'Iris' is the shallowest and breeziest of Fenech's thrillers, who nevertheless looked utterly resplendent in the most stylish attire of her career.
Reuniting with Sergio later in the year, she was offered more to engage with in 'Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key' ('72), transforming her deep, empathic gaze into the cold, steely stare of a predator. This fetid and claustrophobic uber-chamber giallo could adequately be described as 'Sartre through a sexploitation lense', and Fenech's superb turn as a manipulative and super sexy femme fatale makes one wish that she had been cast as the bad girl more often.
After the enormous financial success of 1972s decamerotic 'Ubalda, All Naked and Warm' (no prizes for guessing the reason for the films success), Fenech and the Martinos would concentrate on the lucrative mine of the sex-comedy. It was here that Fenech really hit her stride -- her combination of unfettered sexuality and a mercurial gift for comedy gave rise to some of her greatest and memorable performances.
She would return for an unabashed wallow in the giallo's salacious extremes in 1975 with Andrea Bianchi's notoriously entitled 'Strip Nude For Your Killer'. Bianchi's blood 'n' boobs bonanza is not quite as irresponsible as the name would suggest, and, with excessive intentions tempered by knowing humour, the film sky-rockets into a deliciously camp orbit.
After her retirement from acting in 1984, Fenech returned briefly for Deodato's 'Phantom of Death' ('88) and in 1994 produced and starred in a TV Mini Series with giallo overtones - 'Private Crimes', where she got to hire Sergio Martino.
But it is her appearances in the 6 features presented here that Fenechphiles truly cherish. Sexy, stylish and suspenseful, they prove that there is only one ennobled enough to bear the crown -- the elegant, incredible Edwige Fenech.
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Uploader Comments (Filmbar70)
hologramviolins 1 year ago
Wow! This was amazing! What's the classical piece for "The Strange Vice"?
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Filmbar70 1 year ago
Thank you! It's actually from the film itself - composed by Nora Orlandi, one of the few female composers around at the time...
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Friendow 1 year ago
@Filmbar70
Thank you very much! Very good music. I looked for it, but I couldn't find the version you used in your video, though. What version did you use?
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Filmbar70 1 year ago
I used 'Jennifer' taken from the soundtrack album - it's a cutdown version of the main theme. Actually, a pretty good album overall, works better on its own than in the film...
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Friendow 1 year ago
First of all, this is the greatest video i've seen on youtube in a long time.
And by the way it's the best hommage on beautiful actress Edwige Fenech i've ever seen.
I find myself seeing it over and over again. I just can't get enough of it.
I have a question, though: What's the name of the track at the beginning of this video and what's the name of its composer? Thanks.
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Filmbar70 1 year ago
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it...
The title track is the main theme from 'The Case of the Bloody Iris' (AKA 'Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?') by the fantastic Bruno Nicolai.
Thanks again!
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All Comments (37)
mymistake71 2 days ago
Complimenti...per il montaggio e per le musiche,ma soprattutto...per quel gusto raffinato,certo "vagamente" morboso e psichedelico(ma che ci piaceva e che ci piace ancora tanto),che si respira durante tutta la visione di questo bel video.
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j j Yen 1 month ago
the Goddess forever!!!!
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Drunketh Wizard 3 months ago
Magnificent video!!
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transparence 3 months ago
<3 giallo
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tristan watson 4 months ago
Wow that music at 6mins in, what's that its great.
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tristan watson 4 months ago
Great stuff, Always loved the theme from the case of the bloody Iris, that piano music from Strange Vice is awesome reminds me of Roy Budd's concerto for Harry which is a personal favourite 70s movie theme.
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jodirlester 5 months ago
Fantastic!
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RaidenfighterKirkov 5 months ago
brilliantes Video ! man merkt hier sind wahre Profis am Werk. freue mich schon auf neue Videos. herzliche Grüße RFK
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Laly Maubecin 5 months ago
Bellissima Edwige Fenech
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ferbs54 8 months ago
Love all six of these wonderful films! Thanks for the memory refresher!
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