III. Who Made Giallo? Mario Bava

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This video marks the midway point in Genre Fans' first season! In the first two videos, we talked about giallo in a more abstract/theoretical way. Now we're getting into the fun stuff: talking about the filmmakers and movies.

Mario Bava is an extremely important figure in the history of Italian cinema. Along with Riccardo Freda, he jumpstarted domestic horror production after a decades-long hiatus -- thx a lot, Mussolini -- with I Vampiri (1957). With his instantly iconic gothic horror solo directorial debut Black Sunday (1960), Bava went onto work in a variety of genres. The Girl who Knew too Much, "Il Telefono," and Blood and Black Lace, three gialli made in close proximity, introduced the tropes and visual language that nearly every director who dabbled in the genre followed. We explore these films and his later giallo attempts in the early 70s.

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