Fragments of Fear - A Giallo Podcast
TV & Film
Mystère (1983)
The 1980s heralded in a new era for the giallo and Carlo Vanzina’s 1983 thriller, Mystère is indicative of a marked change in the Italian thriller during the decade of excess. We take a look at how the cultural shift in the 1980s manifested in the stylings of Carlo Vanzina’s contemporary giallo, examining the film’s influences from Roger Moore era Bond to Jean-Jacques Beineix ’s 1981 thriller, Diva. In our discussion of Mystère, we examine the film’s tonal shift from giallo to espionage thriller, its depiction of prostitution, 1980s yuppified glamour and Carole Bouquet’s enigmatic performance as the morally ambiguous Mystère.
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 12 - Libido
Episode 11 - Tropic of Cancer
Episode 10 - The Rage Within
Episode 9 - Cross Current
Episode 8 - Plot of Fear
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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