Necropolis (Franco Brocani, 1970)

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Coming soon (May 22) on English-friendly DVD.

Time Out Film Guide:

"Brocani conjures together all your favorite European cultural and historical myth figures in order to attack the centuries of 'sublimation' that have produced our cities and their inhabitants. The gang's all here: Frankenstein's monster gropes towards the awareness that his mind is a universe; Attila, naked on a white horse, liberates his people from their ignominy; the ultra-caustic Viva bemoans the frustrations of married life and drifts into the elegiac persona of the Bloody Countess Bathory; Louis Waldon is a hip American tourist searching for the (missing) Mona Lisa. The range is extraordinary, from stand-up Jewish comedy to a kind of flea-market expressionism."

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Thanks for the heads-up, this sounds quite bizarre.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Never heard of it... looks like this might be a clip from it?

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

I've never seen this. Is this an Italian DVD, Vizzini?

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Yes, an Italian DVD to be released by RHV.

[mmyersisgod Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mmyersisgod]

Is this the one that Full Moon put out on their Grindhouse line?

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No, this is not. Have a look at the clip Ian Jane posted ;)

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

Yes, an Italian DVD to be released by RHV.

Thanks, Vizzini!

[Lee Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lee]

Drunk 1970's avant-garde existential socialist ramblings about historical and cultural monsters and filmmakers like Truffaut and Kenneth Anger? Sure, why not. I'm in.

This feels like something Criterion would be all over. Does it not?

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New specs announced via facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIPLEY...O/118686660055

Three shorts included as bonus features:
â€œíˆ ormai sicuro il mio ritorno a Knossos” featuring Mario Schifano and Luca Patella
“Lo specchio a forma di gabbia”
“La maschera del Minotauro”, based on a story by Jorge L. Borges

New cover:

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Now available.
http://www.amazon.it/Necropolis-Tina...dp/B00BX8PP62/

Screenshots:

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

So I take it that there are English subs on the disc?

[Wllm Clys Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wllm Clys]

Those screenshots look intriguing! Is it English-friendly?

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Yes, English-friendly!
Actually the film is partly spoken in English, so you have to read subs only for the Italian and French dialogues.

[Wllm Clys Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wllm Clys]

Just realised there are English subs on the screenshots