Barbican Cinema, Barbican Centre
She’s So Giallo: Women of 1970s Italian Thrillers
7–28 June 2016
barbican.org.uk/film
Box Office 0845 120 7527
For roughly eight years, the giallo – this quintessentially Italian genre –
stacked up the bodies, scattered red herrings and oozed style before fading
away, nearly forgotten by the general public, though later it would inspire the
likes of Quentin Tarantino, William Friedkin and Nicholas Winding Refn.
Mixing the super-suave
with the super-sexy, set and costume designers went
wild as a new generation of hypersexual leading ladies commandeered the
screen. She’s So Giallo is conceived as a tribute to the leading ladies of the
giallo and as a challenge to the genre’s reputation for unrepentant misogyny.
Presented on rare 16mm and 35mm prints and curated by Cigarette Burns
Cinema, the season showcases four classic and rarely screened examples of
vintage Italian horror.
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (15)
+ Introduction by Alan Jones
Tue 7 Jun 8.30pm, Cinema 3
(Italy/France 1972 Dir Dario Argento 104 min)
Roberto (Michael Brandon), a drummer in a rock band, finds himself
embroiled in a nightmare when he is framed for killing a mysterious man who
has been stalking him. But Roberto’s troubles get worse when he’s
blackmailed by an unknown killer who is knocking off his friends, one by one.
Featuring a playful score by Ennio Morricone, this suspense-filled drama has
rightly cemented itself as one of Dario Argento's greatest giallo features.
One on Top of the Other (18*)
Tue 14 Jun 8.30pm, Cinema 3
(Italy/Spain/France 1969 Dir Lucio Fulci 97 min)
This rarely seen thriller from Lucio Fulci draws us into a sexy and deceitful
world - did a doctor kill his wife? That’s the question hanging over Dr George
Dumurrier (Jean Sorel), when his wife Susan dies suddenly, after a large life
insurance policy was taken out in her name. Under police suspicion, George
starts to question his sanity when he encounters stripper, Monica (Marisa
Mell), who looks remarkably like Susan…
The Frightened Woman (18)
+ Introduction by Virginie Sélavy
Wed 22 Jun 8.30pm, Cinema 3
(Italy 1969 Dir Piero Schivazappa 108 min)
Philippe Leroy stars as Dr Sayer, a rich philanthropist who has a dark secret
to hide in Pietro Schivazappa’s pop art thriller. When Maria (Dagmar
Lassander), a journalist, drops by Sayer's mansion to pick up some
documents, she soon finds herself victim to his unpleasant and degrading
games. But the tables are turned as Maria subverts the doctor's game and
becomes the manipulator.
We're delighted to have Virginie Sélavy, editor of Electric Sheep Magazine,
introduce this screening.
All the Colors of the Dark (18*)
Tue 28 Jun 8.30pm, Cinema 3
(Italy/Spain 1972 Dir Sergio Martino 94 min)
The remarkable Edwige Fenech stars in this psychedelic, gloriously OTT
London-set giallo as Jane Harrison. Jane is troubled and traumatised, living
with the memory of her murdered mother and the misfortune of losing her
unborn child in a car accident. When she seeks help to deal with her
emotional problems, she is unwittingly captured by a satanic cult and forced to
conduct murders on their behalf. Or is it all in her head?
ENDS
Notes to Editors
For further information contact:
Sarah Harvey Publicity 020 7732 7790
Sarah Harvey: [email protected]
Hayley Willis: [email protected]
Ticket prices:
barbican.org.uk/film Box Office: 0845 120 7527
* Local Classification
# Certificate to be confirmed
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