Death.Laid.An.Egg.1968.DVDRip.avi

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Titolo originale: La morte ha fatto l'uovo
Paese: Italia
Anno: 1968
Durata: 90'
Colore: colore
Audio: sonoro
Rapporto:
Genere: giallo
Regia: Giulio Questi
Soggetto:
Sceneggiatura: Franco Arcalli, Giulio Questi
Produttore: Franco Marras

Interpreti e personaggi

* Jean-Louis Trintignant:Marco
* Gina Lollobrigida: Anna
* Ewa Aulin: Gabri

Fotografia: Dario Di Palma
Montaggio: Franco Arcalli
Musiche: Bruno Maderna
Scenografia: Sergio Cavenari

Mark (Jean-Louis Trintignant) only married his wife Anna (Gina Lollobrigida) because of her wealth. They run a chicken farm between the two of them. Mark has been having several affairs including one with Gabriella (Ewa Aulin) Anna’s cousin. Things start to heat up when Gabriella moves in with Mark and Anna. Gabriella and mark continue their affair and plot Anna’s death. Gabriella is also involved with Mondaini (Jean Sobieski) who has dirt on Mark that the two plan to use against him. At the chicken farm they have created a chicken without a head or wings which repulses mark as he promptly kills the beast. Anna receives a letter informing her of her husbands’ affairs and with Gabriella’s help they plot to get him out of the picture. The remainder of the film is filled with double and triple crosses.

Death Laid an Egg is Giulio Questi’s only foray into the wonderful world of giallo films and just like Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! Questi’s only entry in the spaghetti western genre his films are full of surrealism that often overshadows actors’ performances. Giulio Questi only directed a handful of films most of them were made between the late 1950’s and early 1970’s. Giulio Questi had a small role as Don Giulio in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce vita. Jean-Louis Trintignant in the late 1960’s and 1970’s worked with some of Italy’s best director’s starring in films like, So Sweet So Perverse, The Great Silence and The Conformist. Giulio Questi has a knack for making dream like images that mesmerize the viewer like one of Stendhal’s paintings. His compositions are rich in detail and beneath his chaotic story telling is a deeper meaning about hidden psychosis and depths one will go to if desperate enough. Bruno Maderna’s score perfectly captures the films paranoia atmosphere with its dissonant tones and bizarre arrangements. Death Laid an Egg is blessed with a solid cast Gina Lollobrigida, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sobieski and especially Jean-Louis Trintignant sympathetic portrayal of Mark. The most disturbing moment in the film has to be when Mark kills the mutated chickens. Death Laid an Egg has all the right elements we have come to expect when watching a giallo, still like the other Giulio Questi film that I have seen Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! The film at times can get confusing and repeated viewings are recommended.

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