tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30886366.post382366407101327827..comments2024-01-02T15:27:47.049-05:00Comments on I'M IN A JESS FRANCO STATE OF MIND: MARIO BAVA'S EVIL TWINRobert Monellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06309327472702575547noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30886366.post-69910612386639850682008-02-10T22:41:00.000-05:002008-02-10T22:41:00.000-05:00When you have a minor character having to explain ...When you have a minor character having to explain the second half of the film you have a major structural problem, espeically if it's all telegraphed into the last scene. I guess it's an interesting mess, something to watch at a party and laugh at. It certainly has a lot of auteur touches and elements.Robert Monellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06309327472702575547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30886366.post-1794790512696835412008-02-10T15:06:00.000-05:002008-02-10T15:06:00.000-05:00Pepe Calvo is the only one of the fine supporting ...Pepe Calvo is the only one of the fine supporting actors given any chance to shine. And given his average appearance and his proclivity to play good-natured characters, it was paradoxically a good stroke to choose him for that role. <BR/>As for the others, it looks as if, for example, Paul Muller happened to be around and they simply shoved him into the cast. <BR/>As for the script, I found it well enough structured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30886366.post-14295068946557957022008-02-10T13:08:00.000-05:002008-02-10T13:08:00.000-05:00It has an interesting supporting cast including Jo...It has an interesting supporting cast including Jose Calvo from FISTFUL OF DOLLARS as Satan! I had heard that about Gianna Maria Canale directing part of it from another person also. Interesting. It seems to me that Freda had only limited interest in that some scenes have his stylistic touch and others look just bland and that anyone could have directed them. And it's poorly scripted by hack Mario Bianchi.Robert Monellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06309327472702575547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30886366.post-29239514957683007952008-02-10T10:38:00.000-05:002008-02-10T10:38:00.000-05:00I suppose the "evil twin" refers to Freda's notori...I suppose the "evil twin" refers to Freda's notoriously nasty character. I personally like TRAGIC CEREMONY (more so than IGUANA, which I didn't like at all) even if the photography (at least as rendered in the Spanish Filmax DVD) is mediocre, the young leads are poor and Camille Keaton (not the best of actresses to begin with) is poorly dubbed into Spanish. <BR/><BR/>Rumour has it that some of the film was actually directed by Gianna Maria Canale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com