Giallo Collection (Standard Edition)

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Alongside the spaghetti western, the giallo is one of the most famous Italian export genres: films steeped in mystery and intrigue, delivered with stylised violence and unforgettable musical themes.

The Possessed (1965) masterfully combines noir, mystery and giallo tropes in a proto-giallo based on one of Italy’s most notorious crimes. It tells the story of a depressed novelist (Peter Baldwin) in search of his old flame (Virna Lisi) who has disappeared under suspicious circumstances, prompting an investigation that finds him plunged into a disturbing drama of familial secrets, perversion, madness and murder. The Fifth Cord (1971) boasts a complex, Agatha Christie-esque plot of investigation into a series of brutal assaults. As the body count rises, whisky swilling journalist Andrea Bild (Franco Nero) finds himself under suspicion, making it all the more imperative he crack the case. The Pyjama Girl Case (1978), inspired by a real-life case that baffles to this day, takes us to Australia where former inspector Timpson comes out of retirement to crack the case of a young woman, found on the beach, shot in the head, burned to hide her identity and dressed in distinctive yellow pyjamas…

The first of a multi-volume series of Giallo Essentials. Each film is restored from the original camera negative and presented with many interviews and featurettes.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • 2K restorations of the film from the original camera negative for The Possessed, The Fifth Cord and The Pyjama Girl Case


  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations


  • Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks


  • English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks


  • Optional English subtitles for the English soundtracks


  • Rigid box packaging with newly designed artwork by Adam Rabalais in a windowed Giallo Essentials Collection slipcover

THE POSSESSED

  • Commentary by writer and critic Tim Lucas


  • Richard Dyer on The Possessed, video appreciation by the cultural critic and academic


  • Cat’s Eyes, interview with the film’s makeup artist Giannetto De Rossi


  • Two Days a Week, interview with the film’s award-winning assistant art director Dante Ferretti


  • The Legacy of the Bazzoni Brothers, interview with actor/director Francesco Barilli, a close friend of Luigi and Camillo Bazzoni


  • Original trailers


  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips

THE FIFTH CORD

  • Commentary by critic Travis Crawford


  • Lines and Shadows, video essay on the film’s use of architecture and space by critic Rachael Nisbet


  • Whisky Giallore, interview with author and critic Michael Mackenzie


  • Black Day for Nero, interview with actor Franco Nero


  • The Rhythm Section, interview with film editor Eugenio Alabiso


  • Rare deleted sequence, restored from the original negative


  • Original Italian and English theatrical trailers


  • Image gallery


  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Haunt Love

THE PYJAMA GIRL CASE

  • Commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films


  • Interview with author and critic Michael Mackenzie on the internationalism of the giallo


  • Interview with actor Howard Ross


  • Interview with editor Alberto Tagliavia


  • Interview with composer Riz Ortolani


  • Image gallery


  • Italian theatrical trailer


  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
Additional information
Number of discs

3

Language

Italian

Product dimensions

14 x 18.11 x 5.21 cm; 167.83 Grams

Director

Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini, Flavio Mogherini

Run time

4 hours and 38 minutes

Media Format

Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen

Release date

26 October 2021

Actors

Wolfgang Preiss, Silvia Monti, Franco Nero, Michele Placido, Dalila Di Lazzaro

Studio

Arrow Video

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