TY  - GEN
T1  - Danger : Diabolik
T2  - Cultographies.
A1  - Hunt, Leon, 1961-
LA  - English
PP  - London
PB  - Wallflower Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1037354290
AB  - 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
CN  - PN1997.D284 H86 2018eb
SN  - 9780231851121
SN  - 023185112X
SN  - 0231182813
SN  - 9780231182812
KW  - Bava, Mario, : 1914-1980.
KW  - Danger, Diabolik (Motion picture)
KW  - Bava, Mario, : 1914-1980
KW  - Cult films : Italy : History.
KW  - Motion pictures : Italy : History.
KW  - Films cultes : Italie : Histoire.
KW  - Cinéma : Italie : Histoire.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Reference.
KW  - Cult films
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Italy
KW  - History
ER  -