Spirits of the Dead
by Louis Malle, Roger Vadim, Federico Fellini
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Actor: Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, James Robertson Justice, Jane Fonda, Terence StampDirector: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.75:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Homevision
Movie Reviews of Spirits of the Dead
Movie Review: Why? Why!? WHY!?... A Disaster of a release
Summary: 1 Stars
WHY did Janus(or whoever) butcher this??? This is unbelievably frustrating. No English for Toby?
DO NOT PURCHASE.
Summary of Spirits of the Dead
An irresistible and guilty pleasure, this anthology based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe is a rare opportunity to see three of the biggest names in 1960s European film direction working in the short form. The results are uneven, but so what? They're also plain outrageous. Roger Vadim's Metzengerstein stars real-life siblings Jane and Peter Fonda perversely cast as lovers. When the latter dies, Jane's character turns to a mysterious black stallion for companionship, the suggestion being that the dead man's spirit is within the horse. Both corny and vaguely lurid, this ghost tale is Vadim all the way. Louis Malle's William Wilson is an in-your-face take on Poe's classic doppelg?nger fable, starring Alain Delon as a blackguard who gets his comeuppance from a nicer variation of himself. More craftsman-like than cinematically bold, the film displays the kind of crisp wit Malle didn't display often enough. Finally, Federico Fellini's Toby Dammit proves to be the most interesting piece in the trio, featuring Terence Stamp in a terrific performance as an actor at the end of his rope (the equivalent of Mastroianni's burned-out director in Fellini's 8?), who has come to Rome to star as Christ in a New Testament Western. Dense with Fellini's dreamy textures and iconic clutter, Toby Dammit is a fun experience. --Tom KeoghThree giants of world cinema conspire to bring the dark prose of Edgar Allan Poe to the screen in Spirits of the Dead. Roger Vadim, Luis Malle, and Federico Fellini direct Jane and Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, and Terence Stamp in three separate stories of souls tormented by their own phantasmal visions of guilt, lust, and greed. In a stunning new transfer enhanced for 16X9 televisions, Home Vision Entertainment is pleased to present this marvelous volume of the macabre.
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