 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 1969 Italian giallo film So sweet so perverse, which this is the second installment that Umberto Lenzi did of a trilogy of films The first one was Orgasmo or as it was known in the United States paranoia This is the second installment of that trilogy and then there's the third Which is a quiet place to kill which I've heard is supposed to be the best of them now I haven't figured out. Well, okay. I have a theory on maybe what the theme is for the trilogy and maybe it's crappy rich people You can let me know in the comments if I'm right about that or not if you've seen all three of them But I'll have more of an idea after I watch reply a quiet place to kill that is now this is in the severing box set of Lenzi Baker for the four films that Umberto Lenzi worked with Carol Baker and I will say This is my second time seeing any of Carol Baker Baker's work and I like her acting I really do even though in this film They actually dubbed over her voice with someone else's voice Which is weird because she was delivering her lines in English and then they dubbed over her voice with another person speaking English I don't understand but whatever But anyway, let's get into this so sweet so perverse which by the way the title I'm kind of like I don't I don't know that it needed to be that racy in the title because like yes, there's some nudity in it But it's not an insane amount of nudity and it's not really all about the sex either So Don't really get the title as much. Maybe it's just like more Lured so therefore more people would want to check it out. I mean, that's that's my best guess on that So directed by Umberto Lenzi like I said And he's done other films directed other films such as blood Seven bloodstain orchids, which I have a review for at the moment on my channel Orgasmo slash paranoia, which I also have reviewed for a quiet place to kill which I will Knife of ice which I also will and then I hope to get to these other ones spasmo Eyeball eaten alive cannibal furrow Ghost house and hitcher in the dark. That's just some of what he's done. That's not all of what he's done So the script for this was written by Ernesto Gestaldi Now Gestaldi's worked on a bunch of giallo films doing scripts So I had very high hopes for this for that reason and is a pretty good script He's done scripts for the vampire and the ballerina Werewolf and a girl's dormitory. I always think that's a fun title The whip in the body. That's a bava film. Love mario bava the case of the scorpion's tail All the colors of the dark the case of the bloody iris The strange vice of mrs. Ward torso The suspicious death of a minor the scorpion with two tails and the longest title of giallo ever Your vice is a locked room and only I have the key which I have a review for actually I have a View for a bunch of those if you don't know on my channel I have an entire playlist of just giallo film reviews and I'm Am I at like 30 at this point? I think I'm over 30 at this point. So I'm gonna keep going So Riz or telani is the person who did the music for this film and he did a ballad for it called Why and if you watch the film or if you remember watching the film if you've already watched it before There's a song that repeats a few times. It is a ballad you can tell and it features why in it So you know what I'm talking about This was actually reused for the film seven bloodstained orchids, which I watched that before watching this So I didn't you know see that but when I did watch this and I knew that information I was like, oh, yeah, I think I kind of remember this from that film. So I see where it was used So this was originally released in Italy and France only and actually the filming of it was in Italy France and West Germany. So those were all those places Um, all right So getting into the actual events of the film you get the idea something bad Either did or is going to happen in the very beginning of this film because that's when you see Jean Driving his car on the road and you're just like, okay Well, this is kind of a normal opening not much going on and then they start showing his rifle And that's when you're just like Either something happened already and he's like going away from killing someone or this is setting it up to say Oh, something's gonna happen. Someone's gonna die Well, I mean it does foreshadow that someone's gonna die, but you know, you would assume that knowing it's a giallo film but uh It's it's that kind of twist of you think something's bad happened or is about to happen But it doesn't and then you're just kind of like, oh, okay He's just going to shoot some clay pigeons But then he also has sex with someone who is not his wife And I didn't even catch what her name was. I was looking at imdb And at first I thought that was his wife Danielle because she kind of looked like her But then as it went further on I'm like, oh, no, that wasn't her So they kind of do that to set it up as Establishing the relationship between Danielle and John very very early. So we see that it's contentious He's cheating on her But she knows about it, which is weird, you know The part where he comes home and he's basically like they have that exchange where You know, he's kind of like lovey and more like I guess worked up sexually Uh, and and she's kind of like, oh what's got you all hot and he's just like, oh, I'm not getting it here So you get that exchange that really sets up that there's a problem there And then later on you learn that, you know, they kind of kind of have an open marriage situation But I don't think she's having sex with anyone and it's this thing where like she acts like whatever about it But then when she's When he's away and she knows that that's what he's up to Then she's like crying in bed that we end up seeing and so it's this thing where she's trying to play it off like Okay, you know, this is what it is Uh, and you're just gonna go out and be with all these women and have mistresses and I'm fine with it Like I could care less, but she actually does it actually hurts her and that's why you find out in the end that You know, she tried to have him killed Because she's just like, well, so unhappy in this marriage Why don't I just off this guy and just take his money basically? But that doesn't work out, obviously But we'll talk more about that in a minute I did like the slick transition going from John and the brunettes at the shooting club Shooting at the clay pigeons and then immediately going to like post-coital bedtime where they're just kind of like Hanging out in bed after obviously they had sex Yeah, so I I thought the transition was good. I I don't mean that I thought that I loved that Topic I just the transition was was well done And in the in general like Lindsey what I've noticed with you know, this is my third film of his now I've noticed that he has a lot of movement with the camera. He doesn't like the camera to like sit stationary for very long So there are lots of movements whether it's actually like following a character somewhere Or just kind of like doing rotations around a character and that's something that I feel like Mario Bava Did a lot of that and I don't know if That's where Lindsey got inspiration for that because obviously in the film Industry no matter what country you're in or what time period it is People take inspiration from those that come before them. So yeah So and I believe I do believe that Bava was in the industry before Lindsey was The way John looks at the jewelry he found in the elevator conveys conveys this longing intrigue that's coming from John Kind of letting you know where he said that He even pays attention to the noises of the woman in the apartment above him So I think those were done really well to really Drive home how he's looking for more women to be with Like he just finds a piece of jewelry in this elevator at his apartment complex and is just like oh this You know this belongs to a woman Maybe I can give it to her and then bang her base is basically how he is and then that starts his intrigue You get it just keeps his mind going down this path So much so that he's distracted when he's in his own apartment and just hearing things up above He's just like oh, I think that's that woman and he's just like you see his brain just going and just wondering about What a relationship with her might be and obviously that ends up happening But it doesn't end up going the way he would like it to I like how Nicole finds John in her apartment and he's so casual about how he broke in Nicole's response is also not normal either. It was just this very like He gets caught and then he's basically like oh, hey, sorry. I'm prowling in your house. Sorry. I broke in But he's just like not sorry obviously by the way he's acting and then she doesn't really properly react to it but That can be accounted for because much later you find out that you know She was in on this plan to get rid of him anyway And part of her job was to seduce him So, you know, it was things were going well because he broke into her apartment So she was fine with that although I do think if she didn't want, you know, any sort of suspicion Although he was pretty dense. She should have played it off like oh my god. Why are you in my apartment? But yeah, it's just one of those things but it also adds to the quirk of the film. It's it's a quirky thing I Like how Jean leaves Danielle with the store to follow Nicole when he's dropping her off in the car And she goes into the store and then he sees Nicole walking on the street And he just like takes off after her follows her and then he never goes back for Danielle so I I mean Maybe he just dropped her off at a place that was close to where they lived but I feel like it was so weird that like he would go drop her off somewhere and then just be like Oh, whatever or maybe that was just showing how much he doesn't care about his wife anymore Because obviously that's kind of set up in the beginning with their kind of terse exchange that they have Nicole's flashback montage about Klaus looks cool And it's very effective in telling the backstory of her and Klaus and you know from a visual standpoint without having to Actually put words to it. So I think that was very effective. I think it looked good. It was very well done But looking back when you know the end of the film, I guess her relationship with Klaus is real because everything kind of gets thrown into question at the end when You realize that it was all set up to try and kill Jean and get the money well What purpose does that montage serve then? I mean at the time when you're watching it and you don't know how it's gonna end You think that she's you know going through this flashback of having this traumatic situation with Klaus But then at the end you're like, well was that fake? but I guess it could have still been real, you know Her relationship with Klaus then is just kind of in question It's kind of like what is her actual relationship with Klaus and I think that Based off the way she acts in the in the end and how the kind of power dynamics in her relationship with Klaus shift I think that that montage was Real like it was supposed to be real in the context of the film Not, you know a setup just for the story There's a component of trauma and Nicole trying to leave it behind by being intimate with Jean But then she also says a part about how she gets excited Because of Klaus's abuse toward her so that kind of gives you an idea that you know She keeps going back to Klaus because You know, she just can't help herself because she hates being with him But there's this little portion of her that gets excited by the terrible things that he does to her So yeah, and I think that's kind of telegraphed when You know you have Jean Opening her kind of I guess boudoir or whatever it is and seeing that there are all these kind of like Flogs and stuff like that that would indicate like snm type sex that she's having with Klaus so There's a jealousy that stirs in daniel when she realizes jaune is getting close with nicole This speaks to taking what you have for granted until it's at risk and not getting and not being there anymore Now I say that and that's how it kind of plays But then when you go further on you realize that maybe she's just always felt that way And she's just been trying to put on a facade the whole time to just act like everything's fine You know to the outside world. She was probably just being like oh, we're happily married me and me and jaune But then to him she's also putting on a different mask and saying You know, I could care less you go be in be with whatever woman you want. I don't even really love you anymore We're just in this just for the marriage so Nicole telling jaune that klaus made her lure him in is a good twist But you get the feeling that's only part of what's going on which ended up being true Like nicole said before she likes what klaus does to her She does set this thing up of letting you know that she is not All that she seems because who she appears to be initially then changes pretty quickly By her own admission and she keeps saying oh klaus will always come back klaus will always come back So I think that's also an indicator that there there's much more at play here The kiss between jaune and nicole at the party is unbelievably flat. That was a very unsexy un passionate kiss And it goes on way too long. That's another thing for a large portion of it They it's like they just had their lips just sitting there on on one another and like nothing was actually happening I was just like How unsexy this is? I had a feeling danielle was the one who wanted jaune dead. I did see that coming I did have a feeling on that one because once it's revealed That there was going to be an attempt on his life, which actually nicole tells jaune, which you know, they kind of need to Orchestrate things the way that they end up orchestrating them so that they can have the desired effect that they do at the end When they made such a big point of jaune's body being unrecognizable because it was burned in the in the crash I started to think he wasn't actually dead and he was in cahoots with nicole and klaus all along Now that's great writing because that's what you're supposed to believe as an audience member I thought I was seeing something in it that maybe I wasn't supposed to see but actually it was the great writing by Gestaldi tricking me into thinking that jaune was still alive. Now obviously that's the story point going forward of tricking danielle into then thinking that jaune is Not dead because and it's played very well though, too because it's not this situation where it's done Outright it's done in a very clever manner where they kind of just leave these small things around like I actually wrote it down what it is like The cigarette case they place a cigarette case at claus's when they go over when nicole and danielle go over there The rifle that ends up being found in the place. That's not supposed to be Which was jaune's rifle the shaver in the cigarette that is still lit that uh is the brand of jaune's That danielle ends up finding in the bathroom at one point and then nicole's called a claus that danielle over Over here's which obviously she was just talking loud enough. She would definitely over here If she makes it sound suspicious like she's talking to jaune, but then she's like, oh no I'm talking to claus So there were all these kind of small things that would indicate to danielle And then kind of make her maybe feel like she's going crazy, too That she would start putting together herself the idea that jaune is still alive and she thinks she's clever She thinks she's seeing things. She's not really supposed to see and she's putting it all together when actually They're just carefully laying out all these pieces so that she comes to that realization and thinks that she has a drop on them in a way And for for how suspicious nicole So sorry for how suspicious of nicole danielle ends up getting in this she sure has no problem taking a random pill that she gives her That one scene where she actually starts to say that she kind of thinks that jaune is actually not dead and that there's something else going on nicole's response is basically like here calm down take this pill it'll you know, like knock you out and she's just like Okay, like like she she doesn't even hesitate So it's this weird thing where it's so disconnected from what's actually going on how she reacts that it's just like Okay, that's that doesn't make any sense. But yeah, there's a few of those things So jaune's ring in the apartment attendant hearing danielle yelling his name before being shot Was the setup to make people think jaune was still alive And by people i mean not necessarily the audience people in the world inside the movie in that story world So because they you know that attendant apartment attendant hears her You know going crazy. Obviously someone's after her obviously she gets shot and she's yelling the name jaune before it happens even though it's not it's claus um And that was basically all to make sure that nicole could get the inheritance then because then You know they end up offing danielle because Yeah, got to get that money and I like that that's the twist I did not see that twist coming because obviously I started going down the path that was intended of thinking jaune was actually alive I thought maybe he actually was showing up to shoot danielle So good writing in that sense I like when nicole tells claus. She's innocent She's basically putting him on notice that he does what she wants from then on And that basically she's going she can easily blackmail him She has something over him because he's the one who actually committed the crimes She was involved, but there's nothing that can prove that she was involved The only thing is really claus's word. That's it. And if he was actually involved and that can actually be proven No one's going to take his word basically so Yeah, and plus who's going to take the word of some very suspicious looking guy over this very beautiful very innocent seeming woman Just saying so I really love how that shift happens because early in the film you get the idea that the The power dynamic is obviously very much in favor of claus so much So that he's basically abusing being abusive to nicole and by the end of the film You have that one moment on the plane where it shifts based on what she says to him That basically things are going to be different and now she has the upper hand and she gets to call the shots And he will be submissive to her So you could look at look at it as submissive dominant relationship In the beginning that switches who's submissive and who's dominant at the end So I do like that that cool switch Interiors and exteriors of buildings used in the film are gorgeous and they make for wonderful eye candy I do have to say I love that aspect of it looks very good and the directing and cinematography Quite good. I'm a fan I feel like this film is more slick and stylish than orgasmo slash paranoia was Now I think story wise. I liked orgasmo slash paranoia more just because it's so over the top It's so crazy. It's so whacked out and it's intense and it moves faster. That's another thing. This one's relatively slow But stylistically, I think this is way more stylish. I think the directing is better. The cinematography is better. Just saying Lindsey uses a lot of shots that start with or transition to Mirrors looking at the reflections of characters either starting there or ending the scene there There are also a bunch of cool shots through things or that move around things With the character one of the earliest ones that you end up seeing is when john's walking outside And he goes kind of around the front of the building And then the camera goes around the other side around a bunch of these bushes And kind of meets up with him on the other side of it as he's coming around So there's a lot of that type of stuff where it will like move around objects But then there's also like shooting through things like towards the end. There's some sort of like metal lattice type thing that that they shoot through to look at People and then the other one was When john and nicole are on that island getaway Um Just I guess to just you know, have fun and have sex And then a boat goes by and nicole's like, oh my god, I think it's clouds So they kind of try and hide there's a pan that goes over and then it shoots It's shooting through a like rock structure that shows the boat In the distance through it, which I think is it looked great. It's cool. So I'm a fan of that type of stuff The pacing of this film is a lot slower than orgasm. Like I said The score for this is good and actually more restrained than an orgasmo in orgasmo. It is very in your face is very Crazy. It is cacophonous. It's nuts. Uh, this it's a lot more light It's more restrained. It's not so in your face but I think The music then is matching the feel and the uh content of the films properly. So Proper music use. I like it And that's all I have to say because the last note I had was about that power dynamic shift, which I think is awesome So overall, you know, it's not the best yellow film I've seen like I said, you know, I like orgasmo more, but this is a solid film. I think it's good I think I wanted it to be Less slow though because it is pretty slow. It doesn't move at the great clip that orgasmo does So I kind of hate the fact that I watch orgasmo first Because it set me up to be like, oh man, I hope so sweet so perverse is just like that. It's not it's pretty different So I'm now interested to see what a quiet place to kill will be like. So yeah So out of five stars with half stars in play. I'm gonna give this Three and a half stars. I think I think I was between three and three and a half But I think it's good enough looks good enough stories good enough. I'm gonna give it three and a half stars I enjoy this film. 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