“Just because it's written
down it's true, huh?” By 1978 the heyday of the Italian murder mystery
– or 'giallo' – had been and gone, but that didn't mean there was nothing of
interest still to rinse out of the well-strained genre. Writer/Director Flavio
Mogherini's murder mystery casts aside much of the classic tropes and visual
styling of the typical giallo film (black gloved killers, gleaming knives,
an escalating series of grisly deaths, European glamour) in favour of –
egads! - just one murder in, of all places, Australia's Sydney with its
sun, sea, and sand. Do not go into this movie expecting killer thrills by any
means and, whatever you do, don't read the spoilerific blurb on the back
of the box!...
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