Jean sorel, ingrid thulin, mario adorf, barbara bach, ennio morricone and director aldo lado who made his directorial debut with this film. Bambola today i learned that bambola is the italian word for doll. Greg moore, an american journalist visiting prague with his girlfriend mira is found dead. These beautiful italian wooden dolls are made in italy with authentic details and handpainted faces. Only thing is, gregory is still alive and has been paralyzed in a deathlike. However, we hear his thoughts in voiceover as he tries to recover his memory of the events that lead him there.
Short night of glass dolls dvd 1971 region 1 us import ntsc. At italian childrens market we believe it is never too early or too late for a child to learn about his or her heritage. Although an interesting movie, the pacing is very slow. Del valle author of six reels under and matteo molinari author of the horror movie survival guide. Short night of glass dolls bluray ingrid thulin dvdbeaver. The short night of the glass dolls 1971 cast and crew a doctor of black magic uses the body of a nosy american journalist jean sorel to give students a lesson in anatomy. Femme fatales of film noir paper dolls femme fatale film. Old vintage italian neapolitan creche moro doll glass eyes 17. Kari, lydia, chloe and molly play in a band called the lolita dolls. As you can read through the basic description or even just find out through the first 10 min of the film, most of the narrative takes place within the confines of a man trapped inside his own body. Giallo which simply breaks all the rules of this genre. Next is a 23minute featurette with editor mario morra called cutting glass dolls, in which he goes over doing mondo films for jacopetti and prosperi and handling the challenging editing of this film, which involved significant time jumping and some rapidfire montages. Fear in the night original theatrical trailer 1972 duration. Short night of glass dolls 1971 theatrical trailer youtube.
Short night of glass dolls 1971 directed by aldo lado. The corpse of reporter gregory moore jean sorel is found in a prague. Finalmente le mille e una notte 1972 free vintage movies. A detective stig henrik hoff races against time to save a missing college student from the grasp of a killer. As our scarecrow video comrade matt lynch has observed, the giallostaple sinister sex cult here is a standin for not just good old ingrained fascism andor sexual paranoia but specifically postprague spring communism. Shop short night of glass dolls dvd 1971 region 1 us import ntsc. Director aldo lado short night of glass dolls 1971.
Short night of glass dolls 1971 01291972 it horror, mystery 1h 32m user score. Best movies like short night of glass dolls bestsimilar. A typical giallo tends to be very stylish, often they have several grisly murders and the music can be outlandish. Though his colleague dario argento is gradually gaining a steady following in the us, the giallo genre as a whole is still very much an acquired taste, and some of its major talents have yet to be given the recognition they deserve. I have several dolls that were made there but so far i have not found a great deal of information on the internet in english. Short night of glass dolls is an 1971 italian giallo film.
These italian dolls comes packaged in an attractive, clear cover box, clearly marked made in italy. Short night of glass dolls 1971 the movie database. The dark and sinister movies popular after wwii starred tough guy anti. On this page ill show you some of my italian dolls and maybe someone will be able to tell me a bit more about each of them. This giallo is a crime mystery thriller with a unique hook. Malastrana, short night of the glass dolls, paralyzed director aldo lado is hardly wellknown in the united states. Short night of glass dolls dvd the italian collection 21. Night tide 1961 queen of the damned 2002 demented 1980 nomads 1986 oasis of fear 1971 evil of dracula 1974 the night of the hunted 1980 lake of dracula 1971 the puppet masters 1994 flesh for frankenstein 1973 alien 3 1992 rings of fear 1978 the cabin in the woods 2012 the vampire doll 1970. Dario argentos phenomena 1985, the cat o nine tails 1971, the ring 2002, one missed call 2008, deep red 1975. Short night of glass dolls 1971, directed by aldo lado. Dec 28, 2012 an american journalist in prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.
The australian actress penelope mitchell being naughty, sexy and having sex with nicolas cage in the awful movie between worlds 70. See more ideas about dolls, vintage and ginger hair girl. An american journalist in prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared. However, hes actually only temporarily paralyzed, but the coroner fails to realize this and proceeds to prepare him for the autopsy. Movies like short night of glass dolls if you like short night of glass dolls you are looking for scary, atmospheric and rough movies about with investigation, paralysis, disappearance, mystery, danger, journalism and sect themes of horror and mystery genre shot in italy or west germany. Short night of glass dolls bluray the italian collection.
Short night of the glass dolls when you just dip into the credits you will have a smile on your face. A number of lowbudget, backwoods sexploitational films were produced in the early to mid1970s, offering fairly explicit softcore escapades with hillbilly characters, incest, lots of nudity male and female genitals, although with no real closeups, penetration, or erections and sex in the great outdoors, and an. Short night of glass dolls is italian director aldo lados most atmospheric and unusual film. The short night of the butterflies sung by jurgen drews.
Short night of the glass dolls from the grindhouse cinema database. An american journalist temporarily stationed in central europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. With ingrid thulin, jean sorel, mario adorf, barbara bach. When the body of american journalist gregory moore jean sorel, perversion story is discovered in the beautiful mala strana area of prague, the body is moved to the morgue for an autopsy. Protagonist journalist gregory moore adopts the role of amateur sleuth, assisting inept cops in the hunt for his missing girlfriend mira barbara bach, who journeys by train to visit. Old vintage italian neapolitan creche moro doll glass eyes. With emily rhoads, cassie boom guthrie, linda schrader, bryer sage. However, short night of glass dolls might be the most creative just in terms of storytelling. A typical giallo tends to be very stylish, often they. I have been trying to find out a bit about italian dolls recently.
Short night of the glass dolls grindhouse cinema database. Short night of glass dolls 1971 0129 1972 it horror, mystery 1h 32m user score. Their best friend lenny accompanies them on a road trip. Excellent in every way, perhaps bar the hideous song three quarters of the way through where a grinning loon of a hippy sings an interminable song about butterflies but i guess you cant have everything. Prior to the boom in hong kong actionmovie imports, italy led nonhollywood cinema in the production of internationally popular genre pictures, starting in the 60s with westerns and swordand sandal epics, and moving. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Yet short night of glass dolls seems not a stones throw from 70s amicus. Fabijan sovagovic, mario adorf, barbara bach, jean. Above is loretta who is a large walking doll and does have rollers on her feet. Sep 22, 2014 old vintage italian neapolitan creche moro doll glass eyes 17 15 stay safe and healthy.
Starring ingrid thulin, jean sorel, mario adorf, and barbara bach. Nov 15, 2017 short night of glass dolls is a slow nightmare of dissonant, youthful energy being orgiastically consumed by state power. Etsy your place to buy and sell all things handmade. Distinguished only by the presence of ingrid thulin and a belowpar morricone score, the best i can say of short night of glass dolls is that, like many another giallo the perfume of. Paper dolls of classic stars, vintage fashion and nostalgic characters femme fatales of film noir paper dolls femme fatale film fashions artist and movie buff, david wolfe, turns back the cinematic clock to the 1940s and 50s for a paper doll book dedicated to the glamorous and often lethal leading ladies of film noir. The french actor had been making films in italy for a while before starring in short night of glass dolls, the most. It is the directorial debut of aldo lado and stars ingrid thulin, jean sorel and barbara bach. During this trip, they visit an old sanitarium to shoot a. Night of fear 1972 australian horror trailer youtube. The movie features a strange cast of characters working behind the iron curtain, such. Short night of glass dolls 1971 theatrical trailer. In the beginning of the movie theres a homage to edgar allan poe, remembering the viewer that this is based in a very old poem from the master of macabre.
Disc two is a dvd in either edition and contains two additional bonuses. Short night of glass dolls was the directorial debut of aldo lado, and i love the way he chose to shoot this movie. The humanoid 1979 gives us stunning panoramas of venice his home town, from the sad funeral procession by boat through the canals to various landmarks used as backdrops as the story unfolds. Only thing is, gregory is still alive and has been paralyzed in a deathlike state. We can approach it as a standard giallo picture that sells a colorful murder story with a number of twists. I suppose the film is a giallo, but it comes off more as a political thriller than a murder mystery. Spoilers the plot is very interesting with a 1970s popculture idea of individual freedom which is being suppressed by a secretive conspiracy of coldwar, communist fascists in chechoslavakia who use some sort of occult sexmagic religion as their underlying means of control. She has been redressed loretta, one of my italian dolls is probably from the 1950s. The short night of the glass dolls is an unusual giallo, but it is also one of the genres very best. The short night of the glass dolls 1971 cast and crew.
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