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"Ooh ooh music" . . . ? 
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They forgot to add-
Difficult to follow plot/ outcome nicely explained with one line of dialogue. Just as some one watching, with you, decides to talk. (Usually my mum). 
Pause rewind.
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"Goofy police inspector"
Or kind and reliable police inspector...who turns out to be the killer.
Or kind and reliable flatmate of stalked heroine...who turns out to be the killer.
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"Ooh ooh music" . . . ?
Isn't there usually a woman or woman's chorus going, "Ooooooh, wahhhh, oooooh" for the romantic bits in giallos?
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I dont think Edda Dell'Orso or Nora Orlandi ever went "Ooooh waahhh Ooooh" lol
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Sep 24, 2022 - 10:42 AM
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By: |
Tall Guy
(Member)
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Cat O’Nine Tails (Argento, 1971)
Argento’s gialli are very different in tone to other high profile directors in the genre, so I wasn’t expecting too many common features, but in fact I counted eleven. I gave the benefit of the doubt to “man slaps woman” because it was a young girl who got the flat of the hand. I could have counted “naked woman” for the only love scene but it was brief and out of focus and so I didn’t bother.
I did include music both funky and ooh ooh, but not inappropriate/overloud, which is subjective. And it’s Ennio - who am I to say it’s inappropriate?
I enjoyed it more this time around, even though I watched it in English (how else would you know if there were a random scene in Italian). I’ve reassessed Argento again - at first I thought him the mutt’s nuts, and then more or less dismissed him as a hack after watching other directors’ work, and now I rate him quite highly again.
I’m enjoying this trawl through the wacky world of the giallo. More to come…
Edit - upgraded from ten giallo bingo points to eleven. I didn’t initially think the railway station picture was sufficiently important, but on reflection although it didn’t give away the killer it implied there was one; and it demonstrated Arnò’s uncanny ability to use his other gifts, no longer being blessed with sight. So eleven it is.
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Have that on.e too, it's been a while
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One of my favorites is Argento’s Deep Red, coming in at
15 of 24 by my count. No “ooh ooh” points I’m afraid.
Maybe someone has a video of The Strange Vice of Mrs
Wardh which, if memory serves, might have a score of
twenty or higher?
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