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Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik

Hunt, Leon

Paperback

Series: Cultographies

Film StudiesFilmmakingFilm Guides & Reference

ISBN10: 0231182813
ISBN13: 9780231182812
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: Feb 20 2018
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.40 Width: 4.30 Depth: 6.90
Language: English

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 Fantômas, 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.

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