FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET
Special Features: 4K Restoration
[4 MOSCHE DI VELLUTO GRIGIO]
A confluence of near-misses and eerie coincidences transforms the past into a prophetic conspiracy in FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET, the final entry in Dario Argento's "Animal" trilogy of giallo thrillers. Directorial doppelgänger Michael Brandon plays the troubled lead, a prog-rock drummer who is blackmailed by a menacing masked figure for a murder that he may or may not have committed and enlists the help of a detective (Jean-Pierre Marielle) to identify his blackmailer before it's too late. The nightmarish set pieces rank among the director's best, and the movie's playfully convoluted mystery plot looks forward to DEEP RED's gleeful synthesis of Hitchcockian sadism and Antonioni-inspired alienation. Ennio Morricone's hauntingly macabre score is a standout in the film, but tensions behind the scenes led Argento to Goblin for his next run of films, before finally reuniting with Morricone 25 years later. (Note adapted from Film at Lincoln Center.) DIR/SCR Dario Argento; PROD Salvatore Argento. Italy/France, 1971, color, 104 min. In Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
4K digital restoration by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Surf Film. DCP courtesy of Cinecittà.
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, June 28, 2024
Genre: Horror
