A fascinating noir that preceded the Italian thriller genre invented by Dario Argento
La morte non ha sesso is a noir-come-thriller Italian style, a genre that will soon boldly explode onto the big screen (Dario Argento’s L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo is released a few years later). In fact, it even has a killer with an easy penchant for black gloves and stabbing people. At play is not simply a complicated criminal case to be solved, as the bigger problem is perhaps to be found inside the head of the detective, whose obsessive jealousy has driven him dangerously close to the edge of mental instability. The result is a fascinating thriller on more than one level, enriched by stylish direction (let’s not forget that Massimo Dallamano was also a great cinematographer – For a Few Dollars More). In its own way, the film is also a tragic moral tale with an unashamedly pulp heart.
Inspector Franz Bulon investigates a gang of drug traffickers. The case begins to get complicated when a serial killer arrives on the scene, but above all when the detective starts to suspect that his wife is cheating on him with the criminal boss he is trying to put in cuffs. Blinded by jealousy, he goes as far as to free the killer with the idea that he will murder the alleged cheating wife. Not a great idea…
A fascinating noir that preceded the Italian thriller genre invented by Dario Argento
La morte non ha sesso is a noir-come-thriller Italian style, a genre that will soon boldly explode onto the big screen (Dario Argento’s L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo is released a few years later). In fact, it even has a killer with an easy penchant for black gloves and stabbing people. At play is not simply a complicated criminal case to be solved, as the bigger problem is perhaps to be found inside the head of the detective, whose obsessive jealousy has driven him dangerously close to the edge of mental instability. The result is a fascinating thriller on more than one level, enriched by stylish direction (let’s not forget that Massimo Dallamano was also a great cinematographer – For a Few Dollars More). In its own way, the film is also a tragic moral tale with an unashamedly pulp heart.
Inspector Franz Bulon investigates a gang of drug traffickers. The case begins to get complicated when a serial killer arrives on the scene, but above all when the detective starts to suspect that his wife is cheating on him with the criminal boss he is trying to put in cuffs. Blinded by jealousy, he goes as far as to free the killer with the idea that he will murder the alleged cheating wife. Not a great idea…