[1] Samuel Z. Arkoff offered the producers $200,000 for American International Pictures to have the US and Canadian rights, but was knocked back as Arkoff wanted to cut a scene from the Fellini sequence. TMDb "William Wilson" offers a slight uptick due largely to a fierce performance from Alain Delon as the titular sociopath whose twisted games of abuse are continually interrupted by…. This is a list of movies based on books, short stories, novels, novellas, poems, etc. Duration: 4min 02sec Views: 21 843 Submitted: 5 years ago Submitted by: Description: Movue based on three short stories by Edgar Allen Poe. Part 2: Alain Delon sword fights with himself (not a euphemism). Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. During a routine scan, a young couple navigating their first pregnancy discover a health condition that could gravely impact their baby, forcing them to re-examine their relationship and their future. In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of…. Has a few decent shots, some nice locations, but otherwise I was bored to tears. Fonda should not be cast as a dislikeable character, because she cannot pull it off. Toby Dammit, Federico Fellini’s contribution, is the only one I watched due to lack of time but also because the other two would have been a poor introduction to their filmmakers - Louis Malle and Roger Vadim. In Vadim's part, Jane and Peter Fonda…. Federico Fellini's gloriously strange closing segment is almost entirely disinterested in adapting…, Review by Michael's Cinema Paradiso ★★★★½. Nowhere near the level of the later segments. Breathtakingly gorgeous movie. Also bears zero resemblance to the Poe story. Horror anthologies are fun, but this is the first arthouse horror anthology I've undertaken. Want the OST…. All I wanted to see was 45-year-old Blink-182 burp out the lyrics to "Feeling This" for the millionth time. A schlocky anthology of three weird Edgar Allan Poe tales, translated to the screen by some of the biggest names in 1960s European cinema: Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini. 349 Lists; IMDB TMDB Fanart.tv JustWatch Wikipedia; Refresh Data; Set Profile Image; Advertisement. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Categories: Uncategorized. Spirits of the Dead is a real treat. "Metzengerstein" seems to be a very introspective story that never quite manages to manifest on the screen, even with the assistance of narration. Now I'm a disenfranchised 782-year-old man, who doesn't like music at all, except for the sound my microwave makes…. They start…. Everything is going fine until she meets a long lost cousin (curiously played by real life brother Peter Fonda) who unfortunately isn't DTF which throws her off the rails. Fellini is really good, Malle is just okay (very professional! (As of 09/7/20) Sort list by last added for latest additions…, Jayce Fryman 18,695 films 2,800 99 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. Disclaimer: This site does not store any files on its server. I'm generally not a big omnibus fan, but the brevity of the episodic format worked for me here, I think because each tale was interesting and exactly the right length. Vadim kicks off the morbid triptych with "Metzengerstein," a semi-incestuous gothic tale of Renaissance Fair proportions. A woman who loses her husband in a police encounter plots to take revenge on the gangsters who had framed him. It was a stormy night, with lots of rain, thunder and lightning---the conditions were perfect for a Poe adaptation. It's the type of film I'd expect from Roger Vadim. Spirits of the Dead was released in Italy on September 12, 1968 in Italy where the film was distributed by P.E.A. Spirits of the Dead on mubi.com. All the performers (who are amongst classic cinema’s sexiest…. "William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills. Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics. It's nice seeing some of Poe's lesser-known works on screen. “Metzengerstein” features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion – who it turns out is really her dead lover. Louis Malle invents a ridiculous card game. It's hypnotic at first, but it becomes tedious. A list that is trying to contain every horror film made that is not lost and is found on the…, Tobias Andersen 7,996 films 16,046 742 Edit, Rules: Generate a number (from 1 to x) via: www.random.org, See how many number of films there are in the…, Darren Carver-Balsiger 316 films 9,145 499 Edit, Movies made by auteur directors with a very arthouse sensibility, that happen to be genre movies (e.g. "William Wilson": More or less does justice to my favorite Poe story. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Two boys playing in an abandoned surface mine take turns outdoing each other until the stakes are suddenly raised and it’s no longer a game. This woman has been in a…, Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. No black cat, House of Usher, or pits and pendulums in this one! Three Poe adaptations and no premature burials? It grossed a total of 512 million Italian lira on its domestic release in Italy. I couldn’t pick just one joke, so have one for each section:•Jane Fonda plays a horse girl, and Peter Fonda plays....the horse•What’s better to look at than one Alain Delon? 0 Comments; All lists. TWO Alain Delons•His name is Toby, Dammit! Oh, and did I forget to mention it’s an anthology horror film made up of offerings from Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini?! Look at the fancy lad logging two French films in a row. 1968 Mobile site. The eerie, chilling atmosphere Fellini creates is almost ahead of its time, completely in sync with Nino Rota’s phantasmagoric compositions - thus complementing the eerie story of a…, I'm in love with louis malle's characters. Autopsy experiment on living people. Alain Delon is the main highlight, as he demonstrates his ability to act out…. ʜᴏʟʏ ꜱʜɪᴛ. What a stacked cast! Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. Having seen nothing else by Fellini, I can see why people like him so much. ‘Histoires extraordinaires’ Every Horror Film Made from 1895 - present, Every Film Available on The Criterion Channel, twitter.com/edgarwright/status/758339515421433856, mubi.com/lists/edgar-wrights-favorite-movies, The Chronological History of the Cinematic Macabre, ️Déjà Vu : A Chronological History of French Cinema Since Time Began - Une vitrine chronologique du cinéma français depuis la nuit des temps, "This is the movie!" HORROR HUNT SEPTEMBER 2020 22 of 30"Watch a movie with 'Evil', 'Bad', or 'Dead' in the title". Film data from TMDb. ), Vadim is bad trash. I wanna live in a world where Alain Delon exists twice. 1968 ‘Histoires extraordinaires ’ Directed by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle … Synopsis The ultimate orgy of evil. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. The middle segment is also good, but Delon's outfits are quite boring in comparison. I love it. ᴊᴀɴᴇ ꜰᴏɴᴅᴀ ɪꜱ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴀᴍɴ ɢᴏʀɢᴇᴏᴜꜱ. With Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp. Directors Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim; Writers Louis Malle (adaptation) + 7 more, Bernardino Zapponi (adaptation), Pascal … Undeniably the film possesses qualities comparable to Fellini’s best efforts, particularly in the cinematographic and musical fields. I'm glad we were able to get in a few Baltimore-related films before they had to leave. That's unpossible! Hide ads with . Spirits of the Dead 1968. Sure the pacing is questionable, the sound editing is lazy at best and Fonda seems to have walked out of the dubbing booth altogether halfway through, but I’ll take medieval Barbarella over that Fellini bullshit any day. A woman celebrates her 40th birthday by having her three best friends come and stay with her and her husband for a long weekend. The first two films in this anthology can kind of be described as seeing a really bad opening act when you go to a concert. Spirits of the Dead consists of three screen adaptations of Edgar Alan Poe stories. Still, Poe's grim fatalism is delicious. More details at "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who it turns out is really her dead lover. allan deion is gorgeous and evil in malle's. Roger Vadim's opening segment is all style and no substance, but Jane Fonda's ridiculous outfits and the presence of some kind of adorable leopard kitten make the absence of any real plot a formality. Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. The next story involves an evil man and his wet blanket of a doppelganger that always…. Watch Later; Add to New Playlist... Video Details; Report Video; Screenshots; Share; Comments (1) newbie3 no photo. Then Fellini just comes out of nowhere with Toby Dammit.A film in which a perpetually drunk Terrance Stamp stumbles around looking at pretty people, hallucinating little girls, and complaining about being rich and famous. Each short film is loosely based on an Edgar Allen Poe story. This is a bit of a departure from Portrait and can't be considered very high brow. “William Wilson” tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills. interesting mix. Lurid colours, baroque lighting, and pure gothic attitude.A wild, decadent, gloriously excessive piece of pulp.It's a ridiculous, gorgeous masterpiece. "Toby Dammit": The best of the three, no doubt. I haven't read the original material of Edgar Allan Poe that the stories are based on but, I felt like the narratives of the first 2 were done a little awkwardly. I doubt it would be this cool. Afterthoughts: With a poster that reads “Edgar Allan Poe’s Ultimate Orgy” and a stellar ensemble of aesthetically-pleasing stars, Spirits of the Dead has ‘must-see’ written all over it. Copyright 123movies © 2019. Jane Fonda is abused, once again by her husband/director. Jane Fonda plays a decadent aristocrat who spends her days executing her enemies and hosting some of the…, Inesperadamente, volví a ver Historias extraordinarias como homenaje a Peter Fonda, lo cual es absurdo, porque probablemente es el papel más corto de su carrera.