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Four Flies On Grey Velvet [Uncut remastered] [Blu-ray]

Michael Brandon , Mimsy Farmer , Dario Argento    Suitable for 18 years and over   Blu-ray
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Product details

  • Actors: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer
  • Directors: Dario Argento
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, Digital Sound, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Italian
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Shameless
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Jan 2012
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B005PM6M3M
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,421 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Forty years after its release and twenty years after the film disappeared from the public eye, Shameless Screen Entertainment is releasing the first ever worldwide Blu-ray of Dario Argento s lost masterpiece, Four Flies On Grey Velvet and, also for the first time ever, in the original version in which it was made. This special 40th Anniversary Edition has been fully remastered in HD from the original negative and includes four inserts of previously missing footage known amongst Argento fans as the legendary missing forty seconds . Additionally, the original pristine English audio has been remastered exclusively for this Shameless release from the original magnetic soundtrack and is being made available for the first time since the film s initial theatrical release in the 1970s.

Described by DVD Times as essential viewing , this final instalment in what is unofficially referred to as Argento s Animal Trilogy (following The Bird With The Crystal Plumage and The Cat O Nine Tails ) is a classic of the giallo genre, featuring music by Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone (The Untouchables; The Mission; The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) and starring Michael Brandon (Captain America: The First Avenger; Dempsey And Makepeace), Mimsy Farmer (The Black Cat; More), Jean-Pierre Marielle (Micmacs; The Da Vinci Code), Bud Spencer (They Call Me Trinity) and Francine Racette (Au Revoir Les Enfants; The Disappearance).

Going about his everyday life of band rehearsals and socialising with his wife, Nina (Farmer), and their hip friends, rock drummer Roberto Tobias (Brandon) notices he is constantly being followed by a strange man dressed in black. He decides to turn the tables on his stalker and follows him into an abandoned theatre, where a confrontation between the two ends with Roberto accidentally stabbing the man, who falls into the orchestra, apparently dead. Suddenly, a flash of light alerts Roberto to a figure in the upper wings of the theatre, where a mysterious person wearing a bizarre puppet mask and brandishing a camera has been taking photos of the fatal struggle. Roberto flees the scene, but the next day receives the dead man s ID card in the post. Naturally assuming it has been sent by the unknown witness, he becomes immediately concerned by the lack of any blackmail demands and is haunted by the question of what it is the masked figure wants from him. Roberto s fear and paranoia increase, and the mystery deepens, when his and Nina s housemaid is found murdered in a local park and it becomes apparent that an intruder has had access to their apartment.

Special Features:

- Introduction to the film by Luigi Cozzi.
- New, exclusive and extensive recent interview on the making of Four Flies On Grey Velvet with writer and assistant director Luigi Cozzi.
- Original English audio remastered in HD exclusively for this Shameless release from the original magnetic soundtrack and available for the first time since the film s original theatrical opening in the 1970s.
- Shameless re-build edit of the complete version of the film including four inserts of previously missing footage known amongst Argento fans as the legendary missing forty seconds (the inserts are in Standard-Definition quality). The Blu-ray will allow for seamless branching of the four inserts giving viewers two versions of the film: one all HD without the re-inserted scenes and one longer version including the inserts.
- Restoration of all individual damaged frames, most notably with respect to the removal of the black diagonal frame line (caused by the film jumping the high speed camera gate) in the final car crash sequence.
- Optional Italian audio version in HD with English subtitles.
- Italian and English trailers.
- Alternate English opening and closing credits.

Review

The Rarest Of Dario Argento S Giallo Thrillers Finally Comes To Dvd/Blu-Ray - A Twisted Tale Of Tortured Paranoia And Homicidal Frenzy. --Alan Jones

As A Work Of Celluloid Skill, Four Flies On Grey Velvet Has No Equal. (9 Out Of 10) --Popmatters.com

As A Work Of Celluloid Skill, Four Flies On Grey Velvet Has No Equal. (9 Out Of 10) --Popmatters.com

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars mood and melancholic murder from Argento 8 Oct 2012
Format:Blu-ray
I watched the Shameless Blu Ray release of this film and was incredibly impressed. Firstly it was nice to see Shameless keep the 'giallo' (yellow) colour for the case, contrasting it nicely to the normal blue casing for BLu Ray films. This helps it stand out in any collection. The film itself is incredible and while it is decades old the transfer and quality is superb. Needless to say Shameless packed in some nice extra's, an insightful interview with Luigi Cozzi gives an awesome insight into Argento's process for making the film as well as everyones contribution. It does go into detail for how they shot the final climatic death scene of the killer so be careful of spoilers if you're watching this interview- I fast forwarded past this part, enjoying the rest of the interview.

The film is spectacular. Some lost footage has been added and this admittedly is inferior quality but none the less highly entertaining and gives the film more weight for ardent Argento fans.

In short, the story centres around a young musician who participates in the murder of an old man, who for unknown reasons is stalking the protagonist. Straight away the film opens with intrigue, uncertainty, and taut tension as the lead is haunted by an assailant who witnessed and recorded the accidental murder. The protagonist's life is thrown upside down by remorse, fear, and shame as his life is torn apart from the intruder who violates his home and stalks after him and his wife. I refrain from calling the lead a hero because in essence he isn't. Rather being an anti-hero he comes across as a wholly human character, flawed and trepid, yearning for a life outside of the normality he's faced with in the relationship with his wife.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
NB: As is Amazon's Wont, they've very unhelpfully bundled all the reviews for various editions and formats together. This review refers to the US Region 1 NTSC DVD release.

Long lost in a prolonged rights battle and unseen for years, Dario Argento's Four Flies On Grey Velvet may come from his most consistently inspired period but it's still such thin and often tedious stuff you'd half suspect he was keeping it hidden himself out of embarrassment until you realize that he's happy enough for the far worse Phantom of the Opera and The Card Player to still be out there. The chief problem is the disjointed and unconvincing plotting, but Michael Brandon's insipid performance as the unlikeable and uninterestingly passive musician being blackmailed after accidentally killing someone shows up just how rickety this one is without a charismatic or proactive figure to hold it together. It's not without its compensations and a couple of striking pieces of imagery - a recurring sequence of a Saudi execution and an ultra-slow motion car crash - although Argento seems to be expending far more energy and visual flair into purely expositionary shots like letters being delivered or phone calls being made than the surprisingly few setpieces. Too often he relies on cheap gimmickry, be it Jean-Pierre Marielle's camp gay private eye ("Oh, you heterosexuals!") who has never solved a case or the old `image caught on dead person's retina' plot device, while the main character treads water. The less said about the clumsy comedy (much of which comes from brutally beating an Arab postman), the better.
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Forgotten Masterpiece 29 Jan 2012
Format:Blu-ray
There are few who would argue Dario Argento's influence and key role in cinema (espcially Italian Cinema)with his importance to the giallo genre and such classic films as SUSPIRIA and TENEBRAE. However, despite his much loved filmography, FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET has not been treated kind by time and for a lengthy period was even thought to be lost. But thanks to Shameless, this film is now available in glorious high definition - looking and sounding better than it has ever done before.

Completing Argento's notorious 'Animal' trilogy of films, FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET will keep you hooked to the set and hanging on the edge of your seat. The plot is one of the strongest in giallo cinema and has plenty of red herrings and one hell of a twist ending! See if you can work it out - I'm sure you wont. Acting is top-notch, the music by Ennio Moriconne is superb and Argento's direction is at it's peek. This truly is a marvelous film.

The Shameless Blu-Ray (and DVD) comes with plenty of extras from reversible artwork and an incredible audio.

I highly recommened this release to all Argento fans and those who enjoy cult cinema. Don't miss it!
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Four Flies On Grey Velvet, Dario Argento's 1971 closer to his debut "Animal Trilogy" of thrillers, was long thought of as the lost Argento film due to decades of rights fights and missing footage. And now we have this great edition from Shamless which restores all the lost footage, making it the definitive blu-ray edition. Argento's trademark style and atmosphere are here, albeit in their early stages. One notable difference is this movie has an orchestral score which was done by Ennio Moricone, rather than the rock music scores from Goblin that would be a trademark in Argento's later films. A good early film from one of the world's finest horror film directors, however I wouldn't say it was one of his best.

The movie introduces us to band member Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon), a drummer in a rock band, married to Nina (Mimsy Farmer) a beautiful and rich woman. He lives in a stylish, comfortable villa; he's popular at parties, and he basically leads a perfect life. But Roberto then notices a man stalking him. Wherever he goes, the man is right behind him. And he's not even making an effort to remain out of sight. One night Roberto loses his patience and confronts the stalker at an abandoned theatre. Circumstances cause the man to die accidentally but Roberto is photographed by a person wearing a creepy, baby-like rubber mask. Soon a mind game begins between this watcher and the protagonist.

Some people may think that Dario Argento only makes movies with one formula: mysterious killer bumps off victims one by one until amateur sleuth stops him. I wouldn't argue with this description. But his earlier work showed some creativity within this formula.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The weakest of the animals trilogy
Although Four flies on grey velvet is a stylish giallo, it isn't Dario Argento's best work by far. Although (in my opinion) this is the weakest in the "animals" trilogy there are... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Russell C. Witheyman
5.0 out of 5 stars a excellent giallo.and a excellent blu ray.
Even though I have a all region blu ray player, I am glad to see that this classic giallo (italian murder mystery horror movie) from 1971 has gotten such a fantastic treatment; in... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Michael Dobey
4.0 out of 5 stars A must watch Argento missing piece
It's been a long time trying to get to see this missing film from this talented director. Argento very rarely fails to impress me with his unique approach to camera angles and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by darrenthewinner
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Blu-ray, so-so film.
I was thrilled to see Argento's once long-sought-after coda to his Animal Trilogy coming to Blu-ray. Read more
Published 15 months ago by grounden1985
4.0 out of 5 stars four flies on grey velvet
I had seen this film before at a friends and was really impressed. Dario Argento
is a director ahead of his time. Ideal for those who like their films non mainstream
Published 15 months ago by drummer
5.0 out of 5 stars Pointless for anything other than a 5
As someone who has been after this for at least 20 years anyone who says this is anything less than a 5 is an idiot. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Zak Stargrinder
3.0 out of 5 stars Argento's Badly Aged Fantasy Thriller
I found Argento's third movie as Director a little disappointing.Although Shameless have done a fantastic job with the product itself,it's a pity they couldn't have improved the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. Robert A. Davies
5.0 out of 5 stars A mere 40 years later...
A mere 40 years after its original release, Dario Argento's "Four Flies On Grey Velvet" arrives largely unseen on dvd and blu-ray. Read more
Published 16 months ago by manfromanotherworld
4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality, fair price.
Four Flies on Grey Velvet is one of Dario Argento's best films. After more or less legitimate copies with poor quality in image and sound, we can appreciate this long-forgotten... Read more
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