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Audience Member "Cadaveri Eccelenti" começa por ser um filme de investigação criminal, mas, como quase tudo o que envolve política italiana, aos poucos vai-se transformando numa densa história de conspiração. E aqui o facto de um dos títulos em inglês ser "The Context" ajuda a entender que é necessário ter algum conhecimento de política italiana, da década de setenta principalmente, para estar por dentro do que se passa em "Cadaveri Eccelenti". Sem esse utensílio, o melhor é mesmo ir apreciando a excelente variedade de locais de filmagem (outro trunfo tipicamente italiano) e o ritmo alucinante que Francesco Rosi atribui à primeira hora do filme. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent political thriller exposing a corrupt system. Perhaps a little long as by the denouement it is fairly clear what is going to happen. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Even a second viewing of “Cadaveri eccellenti” doesn’t make one grasp the entire meaning of this attractive Italian movie (spoilers ahead!). The story clearly involves a political plot (the ending, the official version of which is different from what the viewer has seen makes this clear). Whether Inspector Amerigo Rogas (Lino Ventura) was right about the involvement of the chemist, though, remains uncertain. Perhaps he was meant to believe in this wild goose chase, which would serve as a decoy (so that the truth would never come out, but one would go through the motions of an official investigation). If I understood correctly, though, Rogas believes the chemist was involved in the first few murders and the authorities arranged the next ones to implicate the communist party gaining in power. The most plausible explanation to me would be that the murders were all committed by the authorities to blacken the name of the communists (who were supposed to have committed all murders). Their perception of a red scare is so paranoid they would even sacrifice people from their own camp (=the murdered judges) to make their set-up appear believable (the Supreme Court’s President, played by Max von Sydow, is involved in the tailing and eavesdropping of Rogas, but he gets killed all the same). In short, it is hard to get to the bottom of this intricate story in every detail. I am not sure whether it is me or the movie, but I’ve heard similar remarks from other viewers. It must also be remarked that the movie takes its time to present all the facts. A shorter duration would have been reasonable, but at the same time it would have ruined some of the beauty. “Cadaveri eccellenti” excels in the presentation of eye-pleasing images and wonderful shots. I hardly know where to begin: there are great shots of (mostly provincial) Italy, with funeral processions (with matching music), grand houses, quaint characters, not to mention the way some of the murders are being filmed. Varga (Charles Vanel) is shot while plucking some leaves from a tree. We don’t get to see the impact of the shot, but we see the victim fall down slowly while clutching at the branches of the tree. One of the later victims gets shot through his bathroom window while washing his hands. Similar to the first killing, we can hear but not see the impact of the shot. The tap keeps running, bloods trickles down into the sinks and the victim falls down. There are many more such artistic shots in the movie. So “Cadaveri eccellenti” could be summarized as interesting, but difficult, and long, but full of atmospherics. One’s opinion of it will probably improve with multiple watching. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member an adptation of Il Contesto by Leonardo Sciascia. Intrigue and corruption in Sicily goes much higher and much further than meets the eye. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member political thriller. one of the best Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member No, that's not a horror movie. OK, the part with the mummys is, the rest is perfect-as-it can -get 70's Thriller/Crime. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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