Fragments of Fear - A Giallo Podcast
TV & Film
Libido (1965)
Whilst Mario Bava’s 1960s thrillers, The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) and Blood & Black Lace (1964), have become known as the defining giallo texts of the 1960s, the tropes and genre markers of the giallo weren't fully established and popularised until Dario Argento’s debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage in 1970. As such, the Italian thrillers of the 1960s could be thought of as prototype gialli - transitional works that bridge the gap between the the fantastical psychosexual modernist fare of the 1970s and the more traditional thrillers of the 1960s that were often rooted in the Gothic. One key text to understanding this transitional period in the giallo is Ernesto Gastaldi & Vittorio Salerno’s Libido (1965) which is imbued with elements of both and marks a move towards the archetypal giallo that Gastaldi helped to popularise as a prominent writer in the genre. In this episode of Fragments of Fear, we examine this key period in the genre and examine how Libido acts as a transitional yet highly influential work in the giallo. We take a look at the film’s Freudian themes, Gastaldi & Salerno's use of the Gothic and Libido’s enduring influence on the giallo alongside our usual musings on the film’s production history and key players.
Episode 18 - Crazy Desires of a Murderer
Episode 17 - Deadly Inheritance
Episode 16 - My Dear Killer
Episode 15 - Fashion Crimes
Episode 14 - The Double
Episode 13 - Strip Nude For Your Killer
Bonus episode - Door into Darkness: Part One
Episode 11 - Tropic of Cancer
Episode 10 - The Rage Within
Episode 9 - Cross Current
Episode 8 - Plot of Fear
Episode 7 - Mystère
Episode 6 - Death Carries a Cane
Episode 5 - The Murder Clinic
Episode 4 - Puzzle
Episode 3 - The Crimes of the Black Cat
Episode 2 - So Sweet… So Perverse
Episode 1 - Autopsy
Episode 0 - Introductions
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