Almost Blue

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Audience Member Yes, they were still making giallo in 2000 in Italy, as this Alex Infascelli-directed (he also made the giallo The Vanity Syrum and the great S Is for Stanley, a documentary about the relationship between Kubrick and his driver Emilio D'Alessandro) film tells the story of a serial killer called the Iguana, a serial killer who is constantly changing his appearance. It helped that Sergio Donati was in the writing team of this, as he worked on The Weekend Murders, Slap the Monster on Page One and, yes, Orca. Actually, he has a really deep screenwriting career and I enjoyed the fact that this movie had some of the feel of the past while moving toward the future. Much like Taking Lives — made four years later — the story is really about who the Iguana is at any time. Female profiler Grazia Negro (Lorenza Indovina) must work with a blind hacker (Claudio Santamaria) to discover who the killer — who takes his victim's body jewelry and mutilates himself with it — is before he becomes someone new. This may be very Seven in look, but hey — I'm just happy people remember the giallo. Almost Blue was based on the book by Carlo Lucarelli, who would go on to be one of the writers on Argento's 2001 movie Sleepless. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Il film non è riuscitissimo e forse la cosa peggiore e' (stranamente) la trama. Non avendo letto il libro non saprei, anche se viene considerato un buon libro, probabilmente il problema sta nella trasposizione cinematografica. C'e' anche qualche idea registica interessante (sicuramente non e' il solito piattume) anche se a volte si esagera con gli effetti e spesso si ha la sensazione che accada qualcosa al di fuori della telecamera, probabilmente un effetto voluto ma che dopo un po' stanca. P.s. sembra un film degli anni '90. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent hight tech thriller which is just lacking a little bit of originality or surprise. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member bella trasposizione del libro, anche se ovviamente Lucarelli, come dire...rocks!!!! poi c'è santamaria... Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member good thriller, debut for italian director Alex Infascelli. Check out his more recent movies "Il siero della vanità" and "Hate2 O" they're both excellent. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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