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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 U.K., 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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages, <B>B&W Photos: </B>12,
- Publisher:Columbia University Press
- Publication Date:20/02/2018
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- ISBN:9780231182812
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages, <B>B&W Photos: </B>12,
- Publisher:Columbia University Press
- Publication Date:20/02/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780231182812
