Comfort Film Halloween Series Presents:
THE ART OF MURDER :
Deadly Sweet (1967)
Plot: Bernard meets Jane in a night club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but she thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his second wife, Jane's mother in-law. In the same night club Bernard finds the blackmailer corpse and Jane near him, but he believes she is innocent. So they run away followed by the police and a dwarf, the blackmailer's men, who believe Bernard killed their boss. They believe that Jerome, Jane's brother, can help them to solve the case. But she doesn't know where he is, or so she says. Corpse after corpse, Bernard will find out the truth. But will the truth help him?
Director
Tinto Brass
Stars
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Ewa Aulin
Roberto Bisacco
Media: Digital Projection
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
Rated R
Some nudity, some adult sexual situations.
THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION
"What, me worry?" Mad Magazine's signature slogan comes to lascivious life in this cartoon-esque murder romp! Directed with the momentum of an illustrator's eye, Tinto Brass (Caligula, 1980) infuses a pop-art sheen to this fun and frothy film. Brass expressed that he "wanted to make a film in ideograms, like in Chinese writing, where a symbol indicates a whole concept. The film's leads seem two-dimensional, as in a comic." Collaborating with Italian illustrator Guido Crepax, known for his psychedelic, dreamlike storylines which generally involved a strong dose of erotism, even the film's storyboards were inspired by the stylized impact of illustration. Starring Eurohorror stalwart Jean-Louis Trintignant and the impossibly beautiful Ewa Aulin as Jane, the maybe-murderess, Deadly Sweet's clever embrace of the chaos of cartoons is the perfect kickoff to THE ART OF MURDER!
THE ART OF MURDER series
An exploration of the intoxicating intersection of art and murder, this four-film series explores international horror from the 60s/70s in which art and artists are a major element of the plot.
Refracted through the lens of the creative process, and, often, the art of filmmaking itself, this collection of films explore Italy and Japan's post-war sexual and social anxieties through illustration, sculpture, photography, and composition.
Whether preserved in a picture, captured on a canvas, or acted out through illustration, "The Art of Murder" violently celebrates the ineffable beauty of inevitable death.
THE ART OF MURDER is curated by local programmer, event producer, and Eurohorror enthusiast Stephanie "La Gialloholique" Sack, who will be introducing the first two films of the series.
Programmed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez, Mat Tapey and Luna Lux.
Free