tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post7460729610850762620..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: DELIRIUM (Delirio Caldo, 1972)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-2869055670865479522009-11-11T03:38:51.521-05:002009-11-11T03:38:51.521-05:00I've been thinking a lot about this, and here&...I've been thinking a lot about this, and here's how I'd describe Delirium to someone who wasn't versed in this kinda trash: Take Basic Instinct, replace Michael Douglas with Arnold Schwartzenegger, have the Smothers Brothers direct and set the budget at about a thousand bucks, most of which is spent on bathtub pcp -- for the American version take the above and recut it with randomly selected scenes from Jacob's Ladder. I honestly believe the whole cheap/theatrical quality of the film is intentional, and Polselli is the sort of director who gets a memo from the studio reading "Make a movie with strangulation, nudity and paranoia" (or for Black Magic Rites, "the occult, nudity and psychedelia") and pretty much throws out everything that doesn't deliver on those key points. It's a tough row to hoe if you're used to movies with plot and characters and structure but for unhinged kicks he's one of the best.dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610914455757359201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-73284396088922947202009-11-07T10:16:45.605-05:002009-11-07T10:16:45.605-05:00LA VERITA'SECONDO SATANA,tripped out Polselli ...LA VERITA'SECONDO SATANA,tripped out Polselli madness.A must-see.Stephen Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378055967438573871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-26766792514904156542009-11-06T12:09:29.926-05:002009-11-06T12:09:29.926-05:00The box cover called Polselli "notorious,&quo...The box cover called Polselli "notorious," and now I guess I see why. I saw <i>Reincarnation of Isabel</i> years ago, but I may give it another look soon.<br /><br />Vicar, <i>Bloody Pit of Horror</i> kind of leaves Hargitay twisting in the wind. He goes all out, but the film has a whole has a "pop art" quality (especially the silly music) that undermines the insanity. <i>Delirium</i> is arguably Hargitay's finest hour, apart from his honeymoon night with Miss Mansfield.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-73752172650639741682009-10-30T11:47:42.955-04:002009-10-30T11:47:42.955-04:00I wouldn't mind seeing this. I enjoy bad movi...I wouldn't mind seeing this. I enjoy bad movies if they are fun to watch. This sounds right up my alley.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832710800680256206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-30763577344233820032009-10-30T11:14:16.551-04:002009-10-30T11:14:16.551-04:00I thought I was about to watch this movie once, bu...I thought I was about to watch this movie once, but turned out I had actually selected "Delirium: Photos of Gioia." Now I clearly need to rectify this. I was impressed with Mickey Hargitay's turn in "Lady Frankenstein," and have long meant to see more of his work. I have seen "Bloody Pit of Horror," but for some reason could never get into that one.<br /><br />Thanks for this great write-up! And Happy Halloween!The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-24618272533631342412009-10-30T05:40:56.089-04:002009-10-30T05:40:56.089-04:00I think I desperately need to see this now (and La...I think I desperately need to see this now (and <i>La verita secondo Satana</i>, it seems). Truly good to know that Polselli's baffling <i>Reincarnation of Isabel</i>/<i>Black Magic Rites</i> wasn't an isolated case.houseinrlyeh aka Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548069611516508274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-86140892626418197662009-10-30T02:05:56.176-04:002009-10-30T02:05:56.176-04:00Micky Hargitay is the poor man's Klaus Kinski!...Micky Hargitay is the poor man's Klaus Kinski! Renato Polselli is the poor man's Werner Herzog! I think the fact that Polselli made a film titled Solo Dio mi fermerà, or Only God Can Stop Me, helps to make this tenuous comparison sound marginally reasonable. Or not. All I know is I love this movie as well as Isabel, and if anybody has a line on La verita secondo Satana (The Truth According to Satan) let me know.dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610914455757359201noreply@blogger.com