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Bird With The Crystal Plumage [DVD] [1971]

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  • Actors: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho
  • Directors: Dario Argento
  • Writers: Dario Argento, Fredric Brown
  • Producers: Artur Brauner, Salvatore Argento
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Platinum Media Distribution
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Jan 2001
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004WCL5
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,953 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
DVD 5
English
Italian
Region 2
Dolby Digital AC-3 English Italian
Dolby Digital AC-3
Picture Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Behind The Scenes Segment


Synopsis
The first directorial effort by Italian suspense master Argento. An American writer in Italy becomes an amateur sleuth when he witnesses a failed attempt by a serial killer to take the life of the wife of a wealthy gallery owner. A stylish beginning to a distinguished career, featuring the black-gloved killer that became the director's trademark.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Bring in the perverts!", 28 Jul 2006
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bird With the Crystal Plumage [1971] (NTSC) [DVD] [US Import] (DVD)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is not particularly gory, but it does establish a blueprint for most of Dario Argento's later work, with the crucial misunderstood attempted murder both referencing Antonioni's Blow-Up and prefiguring the killer-in-plain-sight twist of Deep Red. Best of all is Argento's mastery of vivid color and the Scope frame (the gallery window is even designed at an exact 2.35:1 to match the screen ratio). It still lacks the bravura and panache that would distinguish Deep Red, Suspiria and Inferno, and the best that can be said of the performances is that they don't get in the way: Tony Musante's hero and Mario Adorf's cameo as a cat-eating artist pass muster, as does Enrico Maria Salerno, the Italian voice of Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's westerns (the perverse side of my nature thought Eastwood could at least have returned the compliment by dubbing him into English), but Suzy Kendall definitely looks better than she acts and some of the supporting cast pull out most of the stops. Still how can you not love a film with lines like "How many times do I have to tell you, Ursula Andress belongs with the transvestites, not the perverts!"

Blue Underground's new Region 1 NTSC DVD is some 30 seconds longer than the previous VCI issue and boasts superb picture quality and a choice of English or Italian tracks (it was shot in English, as per all of Argento's films). The extras aren't plentiful enough to justify a second disc - some 47 minutes of interviews, including an inadvertently revealing one by Eva Renzi pretty much badmouthing anyone who ever offered her a part for destroying her career - but if you don't have the film it's worth picking up for the remastering alone.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent debut, 8 Feb 2006
This is the first Dario Argento film I have seen and chose to see it first because it is his directorial debut. Unlike the films he is best known for, namely horror, this film is more of a suspense thriller. The plot surrounds the murders of three women in Rome and an attempted murder of another women. The attempted murder is witnessed by an American tourist who then becomes involved in the police investigation when they confiscate his passport. The direction is excellent and right up until the final scenes you have no idea who the killer really is. This film may look a bit dated now compared to some of the polished, modern hollywood productions. However the film is still excellently put togehter and well worth seeing before you see other films by Dario Argento.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars DONT BUY THE UK VERSION, 22 May 2005
This review is from: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [DVD] [1971] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
This film is great it deserves the 4 stars I gave it. It is a wonderful debut from a brilliant film directer. But this UK version is cut. Why? I dont know the BBFC said they would have no problem releasing it uncut. Oh well.

The film is great thought using many of the cinematic techniques and tactics that would be so brilliantly portrayed in his later films. This film shows a talent in the making and at the time a man who even Hitchcock feared would take him down.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cult classic arrives on Blu Ray
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5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF CINEMA'S GREATEST DEBUT FILMS
Walking home after work, Sam Dalmas, (Tony Musante) witnesses an attack on Monica Ranieri, (Eva Renzi) at a museum gallery. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent early-Argento slasher/mystery.
As other have noted, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage was Argento's first stab (no pun) at the horror genre, and it's surprising to see how quickly his trademark style and key... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Early Stirrings from the Master.......
It starts well with the usual collection of shots: the murderer up high, cut to a close up with a lot of attention to the (gloved) hands. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Early Stirrings from the Master.......
It starts well with the usual collection of shots: the murderer up high, cut to a close up with a lot of attention to the (gloved) hands. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Stunning Debut
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars for film but don't buy this copy
This copy is cut and doesn't include key scenes!

Go to Amazon.com and buy the VTI copy being sold which is full and uncut... Read more

Published on 26 Mar 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars It is still cut.................after all these years!!!!
I was really looking forward to this film, and my disappointing 3 stars is not due to the film itself but to the fact that the film is still apparently censored after all these... Read more
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As Dario's first film this is an extra-ordinary piece of work. Displaying the style and twists that he is known for and the camerawork that captures the feel and mood of the... Read more
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