Paroxismus
Paroxismus (Venus in Furs) è un film thriller soprannaturale diretto da Jesús Franco.Il film doveva intitolarsi Black Venus. Il titolo definitivo, scelto dalla distribuzione statunitense, crea un falso rimando a Venere in pelliccia di Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
Non è questa l'unica modifica operata dalla distribuzione statunitense: per sottolineare l'elemento onirico, numerose sequenze furono alterate cromaticamente, con l'aggiunta di effetti flou, e trasformate in slow-motion; circostanza di cui il regista si è lamentato nella video intervista inclusa nell'edizione DVD della Blue Underground. La versione italiana presenta le medesime scene nella forma originale, ma reca numerosi tagli e manipolazioni.
Trama
Il trombettista Jimmy Logan trova in riva al mare il cadavere di una ragazza assassinata di nome Wanda Reed. Da quel momento Jimmy è ossessionato dal suo fantasma, di cui si innamora. Wanda troverà pace solo dopo aver ucciso i suoi quattro carnefici.
Venus in Furs (1969 Franco film)
Venus in Furs (Italian: Paroxismus - Può una morta rivivere per amore?, German: Schwarzer Engel) is a 1969 Italian supernatural erotic thriller film directed by Jesús Franco and starring James Darren.
The film (also known as Paroxismus and Black Angel) bears only a superficial resemblance to the 1870 Venus in Furs novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. The title and character names in Franco's original script were changed to the novel's for commercial reasons. Franco's film is a surreal supernatural erotic thriller about unattainable love and how far one is willing to go for the person they desire. It is not a study in masochism as portrayed in the novel.
Plot
James Darren plays a jazz musician who becomes obsessed to the point of madness with the mysterious fur-clad Wanda (Maria Rohm), only to find her dead body washed up on the beach.Cast
- James Darren as Jimmy Logan
- Barbara McNair as Rita
- Maria Rohm as Wanda Reed
- Klaus Kinski as Ahmed Kortobawi
- Dennis Price as Percival Kapp
- Margaret Lee as Olga
- Adolfo Lastretti as Insp. Kaplan (as Aldo Lastretti)
- Jesus Franco as jazz musician (uncredited)
- Manfred Mann as jazz musician (uncredited)
- Paul Muller as Hermann (uncredited)
- Mirella Pamphili (uncredited)
Reception
The New York Times wrote a negative a review of Venus in Furs on its initial release, stating that the film "features much inept fancy moviemaking (including echoes of "La Dolce Vita" and even "Vertigo"), some semi-nudity, and virtually endless confusion". Glenn Erickson was more positive.
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Directed by
| Jesús Franco | |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Written by | Milo G. Cuccia Carlo Fadda Jesús Franco Bruno Leder Malvin Wald |
| Starring | James Darren Maria Rohm Paul Muller Klaus Kinski |
| Music by | Mike Hugg Manfred Mann Stu Phillips |
| Cinematography | Angelo Lotti |
| Edited by | Henry Batista Michael Pozen |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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86 minutes |
| Country | Italy West Germany |
| Language | English |
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