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Lose yourself in the previously thought long lost classic thriller that is Footprints. Never before released in the UK and unavailable worldwide on DVD until now, this exclusive re-build edit, which restores previously lost scenes, is not to be missed.
In this masterful, surreal and extraordinary film, Florinda Bolkan (Flavia The Heretic) plays Alice, a young translator who finds the real world slowly merging with her nightmares as she tries to solve her memory loss of the past few days. A postcard leads her to the island of Garma where the people there not only seem to know her but also her vivid dreams of an astronaut left behind on the moon become steadily stronger...
Directed by Luigi Bazzoni (The Fifth Cord) and boasting chillingly atmospheric cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now), Footprints is the loneliest, most haunting and beautiful giallo you will ever see.
Footprints (aka Le Orme) (cert. 18 overall DVD rating) is released uncut on DVD by Shameless Screen Entertainment. The film is presented in an exclusive Shameless re-build edit and remastered in 1.85:1 with optional English 2.0 sound (the preferred language for viewing this film) and Italian 2.0 sound mixes plus optional English subtitles. Extra features include alternate English opening credits, a theatrical trailer, US video trailer, image gallery, a Shameless original trailer gallery of all 20 trailers of the Shameless collection so far and a reversible sleeve. Region 0.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Remastered, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Italian filmmaker Luigi Bazzoni (Giornata Nera per l'Ariete) directed this stylish and surrealistic giallo thriller reminiscent of such paranoid classics of the form as Il Profumo della Signora in Nero and Tutti i Colori del Buio. Florinda Bolkan stars as a translator named Alice Cespi, whose life is falling apart due to strange memories from childhood when she was forced to watch a film called "Footprints on the Moon" involving an unethical experiment in leaving astronauts stranded on the moon's surface. Alice has terrible dreams and begins to become addicted to tranquilizers, desperate to shake surreal visions such as being chased across a beach by fully attired astronauts. The drugs and her deteriorating mental condition cause her to miss work and she is eventually fired, whereupon she travels to a dilapidated former tourist area called Garma after receiving a mysterious postcard. There, she runs into a girl named Paula Burton (Nicoletta Elmi from Profondo Rosso), who tells her that she looks exactly like another woman, Nicole, currently staying at the faded resort. Alice then encounters a series of strange people and circumstances, all leading her closer to unlocking the possibly deadly mystery. Shot by award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now), the film -- based on Mario Fenelli's novel Las Huerras -- uses its haunting settings and Alice's disorienting visions to create an air of sustained dread. Peter McEnery co-stars with Ida Galli (aka Evelyn Stewart), Klaus Kinski, and Lila Kedrova. Various available versions run from ...Footprints on the Moon ( Le orme ) ( Primal Impulse )
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Thanks to Shameless for unearthing this obscure and worthwhile giallo title. It's very different in style and scope than any other giallo I've seen, certainly more creative and ambitious; a work of art. If you're attracted to this because of Klaus Kinski, be warned that his presence is very short; his scenes are black and white flashback or dream scenes; they're hallucinatory, come as a shock to our main character, and as such are tantalizingly brief. Of course we could have done with a bit more Kinski. But it doesn't matter. The film is impressive, intriguing, with solid and daring direction. The DVD is beautiful on all accounts, my only quibble as a French customer being the absence of French subtitles; still, there are English subtitles which are very helpful. Some short moments are in Italian, since these had not originally been dubbed in English and were missing from cut versions. So this is a very good quality release of a film deserving of your highest attention if you're into Italian cinema, or underground cinema of all stripes. This release also shows the ability of this DVD company to please the demanding film buff and prompts me to buy more of their releases, which are presented as appetizing trailers on this DVD.
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Interesting and entertaining 'mind game', dream-like, moody mystery, as
a woman can't account for several lost days of her life, or why so many
people at a resort she's never visited seem to know her.
She's also haunted by very odd black and white dreams where an
astronaut is betrayed and left to die alone on the moon.
The film is slow in parts, and some of the big twists are easy to see
coming, but it is beautifully photographed by Vittorio Storraro, and
eschews the gratuitous violence and awkward sex of most of the Italian
thrillers of the era.
This doesn't feel like its trapped by any formula or rules. And the
acting is pretty good for a dubbed film.
Not in the class of films like 'Don't Look Now" or "Vertigo", but gets
points for trying to be and doing so in a classy way. I'll be
interested to see this again.
a woman can't account for several lost days of her life, or why so many
people at a resort she's never visited seem to know her.
She's also haunted by very odd black and white dreams where an
astronaut is betrayed and left to die alone on the moon.
The film is slow in parts, and some of the big twists are easy to see
coming, but it is beautifully photographed by Vittorio Storraro, and
eschews the gratuitous violence and awkward sex of most of the Italian
thrillers of the era.
This doesn't feel like its trapped by any formula or rules. And the
acting is pretty good for a dubbed film.
Not in the class of films like 'Don't Look Now" or "Vertigo", but gets
points for trying to be and doing so in a classy way. I'll be
interested to see this again.
15 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Finnaly Luigi Bazzonis giallo Footprints gets a world exclusive dvd release from Shameless!!
Fullly remeastered in 1.85:1 16:9 with english and italian audio ( with optional subs )along with the theatrical trailer, english opening sequence, picture gallery and a whopping 20 trailers!.
Fullly remeastered in 1.85:1 16:9 with english and italian audio ( with optional subs )along with the theatrical trailer, english opening sequence, picture gallery and a whopping 20 trailers!.
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How is this considered a "Giallo"?!!?
I had been looking for this film for YEARS so was quite excited to see it offered by Shameless DVD. Giallo films are a particular guilty pleasure of mine, I couldnt wait to see... Read more
Published 4 months ago by T. Hardin
fantastic crazy film
I love films from this decade most are just mad and crazy and this fits the bill .what is going on half the time is a mystery but that's half the fun trying to work it out LOL.
Published 7 months ago by polly40
Expected more
To be honest, I expected more. The film crawls along. From the cover, I expected the story to take place on the moon, which its doesn't. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Shaun
Where is the suspense?
So far this movie received only excellent reviews - a fact that actually urged me to buy it - in addition to my experience with many great titles in the Shameless catalogue. Read more
Published 24 months ago by M. Springer
At Long Last, The Complete Version!
Director Luigi Bazzoni and lighting cameraman Vittorio Storaro are just two of the artists behind the creation of Le Orme (Footprints), one of the most atmospheric gialli ever... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by D. Bell
Like discovering a new film
Footprints aka Footprints On The Moon aka Le Orme is one of my favourite Giallo films. It's not as bloody and brutal as others, but it's chilling and a real attack on the... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by Michael R. Leslie
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