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Actors: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Horst Frank, Aldo Reggiani
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Cat O' Nine Tails |
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Written and directed by Dario Argento in 1971, THE CAT O'NINE TAILS, a giallo, is the second movie of the italian director.
Karl -Franco Arno- Malden is a blind man living with his 10 years old niece near a medical institute specialized in genetics. When someone breaks in the institute and, the next day, one of the researchers is run over by a train at the railway station, Arno decides to begin a private investigation. He convinces James -Carlo Giordani- , a journalist working on the case, to help him as they remark on a photography that someone has pushed the scientist under the train. But each time they think to get an information from someone, the murderer is faster and kills the potential witness by strangulation. Little by little, they narrow the circle of potential killers to the people working in the institute. They are told by its founder's daughter, the beautiful Catherine Spaak, that some of the scientists were working on a special governmental project about genetics. The killer could be a spy working for a rival organization. Or maybe not.
Great job from Karl Malden and artisanal special effects more efficient than those produced by today computer technology.
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| Analysis of The Cat O' Nine Tails |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Medical Thriller?
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- poisoning
- getting cure/new technology
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- nearly 100%
Murders of set profession?
- doctors
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- scientist
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- dropped from large heights
- crushed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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