Dario Argento The Cat O' Nine Tails [Blu-ray]

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Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer / director Dario Argento with delivering a follow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatly enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as nine times more suspenseful than its predecessor, was The Cat O Nine Tails.

When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò (Karl Malden, Patton, One-Eyed Jacks), who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute s scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperilled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, Cannibal Apocalypse), Franco s young niece, may also be in the killer s sights...

This second entry in the so-called Animal Trilogy found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (Il Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron Blood), and featuring another nerve-jangling score by the great Ennio Morricone (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), The Cat O Nine Tails remains one of Argento s most suspenseful and underrated films.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original mono Italian and English soundtracks
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• New audio commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
• New interviews with co-writer/director Dario Argento, co-writer Dardano Sacchetti, actress Cinzia De Carolis and production manager Angelo Iacono
• Script pages for the lost original ending, translated into English for the first time
• Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp

• Director ? : ? Dario Argento
• Media Format ? : ? PAL
• Release date ? : ? 2 July 2018
• Subtitles: ? : ? English
• Language ? : ? Italian (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Studio ? : ? Arrow Video
• ASIN ? : ? B07CF6X6Y6
• Number of discs ? : ? 1

Some might say that the true pioneers of the giallo film were Argento and Fulci, but I would like to throw another name in the ring, my father.

My father's one and only venture into giallo came a few years before the Italian directors were making their mark. My father wrote, directed and starred in 'The Lady With Three Fingers Up A Duck's A**e.' I have had to slightly censor the last word, but I am sure you can work it out.

The film was a commercial failure, but met well with one critic, the editor of the local town newsletter, who described it as' 'brave and disturbing.' My mother was asked to resign from her post as editor shortly after the review was published.

The Cat O' Nine Tails is a better film, but only just and that is mainly because my father forgot to include a cat in his film, which is a staple for the giallo genre.

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