Dillinger Is Dead (1969) (original) (raw)
In this magnificently inscrutable late-sixties masterpiece, Marco Ferreri, one of European cinema�s most idiosyncratic auteurs, takes us through the looking glass to one seemingly routine night in the life of an Italian gas mask designer, played, in a tour de force performance, by New Wave icon Michel Piccoli. In his claustrophobic mod home, he pampers his pill-popping wife, seduces his maid, and uncovers a gun that may have once been owned by John Dillinger�and then things get even stranger. A surreal political missive about social malaise, Dillinger Is Dead (Dillinger � morto) finds ...(more)
In this magnificently inscrutable late-sixties masterpiece, Marco Ferreri, one of European cinema�s most idiosyncratic auteurs, takes us through the looking glass to one seemingly routine night in the life of an Italian gas mask designer, played, in a tour de force performance, by New Wave icon Michel Piccoli. In his claustrophobic mod home, he pampers his pill-popping wife, seduces his maid, and uncovers a gun that may have once been owned by John Dillinger�and then things get even stranger. A surreal political missive about social malaise, Dillinger Is Dead (Dillinger � morto) finds absurdity in the mundane. It is a singular experience, both illogical and grandly existential. (less)
Director: Marco Ferreri
Writer: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg, Gino Lavagetto, Annie Girardot, Mario Jannilli, Carole Andr�
Producers: Ever Haggiag, Alfred Levy
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