{"id":3180,"date":"2026-07-15T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:35:41","slug":"death-rage-con-la-rabbia-agli-occhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/?p=3180","title":{"rendered":"Death Rage-Con La Rabbia Agli Occhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The great Antonio Margheriti directed this Naples\/New York Crime film.<\/p>\n

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It starred Yul Brynner in what turned out to be his last film role.It also starred the lovely Barbara Bouchet, who I had the pleasure of having dinner with before a double bill of her films at the New Beverly. She was very nice.<\/p>\n

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She has said that Yul was difficult and she did not like working with him. Too Bad.<\/p>\n

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He is such a unique talent. He’s a musician, plays the guitar and sings. He was also one of the first Live TV directors in NYC. Sydney Lumet was his assistant and looked up to him like a God. Then he started acting and directing went by the wayside. An amazing screen presence, really unique.\u00a0 This film is kind of a ripoff of the Charles Bronson movie The Mechanic. But I actually think I like the ending in this one better. It’s more Italian I guess. Martin Balsam also appears as the beleagured Cheif of Police and turns in his usual solid performance. Maybe Yul was already sick from the disease that would kill him a few years later, maybe that’s why he was hard to get along with. I don’t know, I think he signed a 2 picture deal with Margheriti but they never made the second one.\u00a0 For me Margheriti is at his best in Outer Space, making SciFi operas on a shoestring budget that look amazing.<\/p>\n

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Supposedly Stanley Kubrick called him to work on 2001 but Margheriti said No.\u00a0 He did wind up working on Andy Warhols Frankenstein, there’s a bit of controversy about who directed what between him and Paul Morrissey. I should have asked Udo Kier when I met him but I didn’t think of it.\u00a0 Anyway this film mainly appeals to me because it is Yul Brynner’s last. I don’t know it gives it an even more melancholy feel than the ususal Italian Melancholy vibe. And as I said I like the ending, it felt a bit tagged on at first but it paid off with an unexpected emotional twinge. So check it out if you’re a fan of Yul or Antonio or Barbara.<\/p>\n