Danger : Diabolik /
Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years, featuring a masked master criminal'part FantOmas, part James Bond'and his elegant companion Eva Kant. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster,...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Wallflower Press
[2018]
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| Series: | Cultographies.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/hunt18281 |
| Summary: | Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years, featuring a masked master criminal'part FantOmas, part James Bond'and his elegant companion Eva Kant. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster, subverting public officials and the national economy, and places him in a luxurious and futuristic underground hideout and Eva in a series of unforgettable outfits. A commercial disappointment on its original release, Danger: Diabolik's reputation has grown along with that of its director, Mario Bava, the quintessential cult auteur, while the pop-art glamour of its costumes and sets have caught the imagination of such people as Roman Coppola and the Beastie Boys. This study examines its status as a comic-book movie, including its relation both to the original fumetto and to its sister-film, Barbarella. It traces its production and initial reception in Italy, France, the U.S., and the UK, and its cult afterlife as both a pop-art classic and campy "bad film" featured in the final episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-131) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231851121 023185112X 0231182813 9780231182812 |