Tag: murder mystery
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Jade (1995)
Why was Joe Eszterhaz the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood at one point? Maybe I need to watch more of his movies to find out, but I’ve seen a fair few now, and my overall impression is that he’s a witless hack who can’t write well-motivated characters and can barely even plot coherently. Harsh? Perhaps. But…
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
The giallo is a curious breed. Italian for “yellow”, the word refers to the colour used for paperback crime fiction that was sold in Italy and intended to be quick, exploitative, pulp entertainment. The term in its colloquial sense means murder mystery or horror thriller. Also known as Spaghetti Slashers (a la Spaghetti Westerns), the…
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