Year: 1971
Duration: 01:42:16
Directed by: Dario Argento
Actors: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Language: English
Country: Italy | France
Also known as: 4 mosche di velluto grigio (Original title), 4 Flies on Grey Velvet
Description: Roberto is a rock drummer that is being followed by a lurking fellow.
One night he is able to chase the man that turns a knife on him. During the struggle Roberto kills the shadowy figure.
But the fight was witnessed and the accidental killing was registered on a photograph.
Roberto starts to be haunted by nightmares and sees the witness to the fight trying to pin a murder on him.
He decides to hire a detective to help him just as his wife is about to leave him and his maid turns up dead.
Review: ” 4 flies on gray velvet ” crowned with so -called animal collection Argento, of which seemed to me the most successful “The Cat o’ Nine Tails” , “Bird with the Crystal Plumage” not bad, but not impressed . “4- flies ex … ” at the moment I would call the most bizarre picture of the maestro.
Musician quite by accident, and indeed absurdly killed a man . This strange man was watching him and trying to find a musician , why, some strange gestures and by his own knife – and here And this strange person in black lying prostrate in the orchestra pit . Time of the murder filmed even more strange person in the doll mask. Now this person does not unbind from the musician , somehow she sneaks into his house , we launched reserves and threat campaign is a series of murders in some way close to the musician people …
The above story several welter and heaped , but it is such a movie. Atmosphere detective is not felt , although the detective line is present , but rather something akin syuru , jerking story , interspersed repetitive set of strange dreams and other inserts that apparently involved a baby and not memories of past experiences and feelings heroes. The ending is reduced to psychologism with a hint of psychedelia , although slow motion at the end of the topic incredibly , a pleasure to watch . Also incredibly liked the scene in the park in the green maze – it’s great !
” 4 flies … ” very strange film , stringy , sometimes almost with a sense of freaky ( although the subject of drugs is not affected) – dreams, some flashbacks , general confusion of the plot to create a similar atmosphere. Parrot there and Chekhov, and some person whom God calls YY , and professor ( who are these people ? From SG knows? ) And hissing cat (why it so ?) , And a private investigator homosexual , and the poor postman … heaped up , are mixed with many vivid characters, many parallel storylines , most of which are not disclosed, but the humor , a little bit, but still the place to be . Many points are not clear , even the motives of the main villain , I realized at once (though perhaps this terrible translation costs ) . All submitted smeared some strokes.
” 4 flies on gray velvet ” leaves a mixed impression , and stands apart from the rest of the pictures Argento , as viewed in the works I like psychedelia not observed . Recommend dared, the film is very amateur, except that fans can look Dario .
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