tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post1447988802696763554..comments2024-01-09T04:01:00.672+00:00Comments on Breakfast In The Ruins: Exploito All’Italiana: Paganini Horror (Luigi Cozzi, 1989)Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post-64094944452534570402020-06-02T09:21:51.463+01:002020-06-02T09:21:51.463+01:00This ones been lurking around for a while on my co...This ones been lurking around for a while on my considerations list, so may well bump it up a bit. I quite like these late period Italian films as they often come up with something interesting or offbeat.Maurice Mickelwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415253943533672436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post-89716541035603970492020-05-31T19:44:01.256+01:002020-05-31T19:44:01.256+01:00Thanks for your comment Cam1020 - it;s much apprec...Thanks for your comment Cam1020 - it;s much appreciated, and I agree on all points! The music of ELO remains a bit of a blind spot for me, but my wife will be happy to hear she correctly IDed the song being ripped off.<br /><br />According to a trivia entry on IMDB, 8 minutes of footage featuring "scenes of planets, galaxies and parallel dimensions" were cut out of 'Paganini Horror' before release, so yeah, seems like Cozzi just couldn't help getting his sci-fi on!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post-69460920329172524932020-05-30T23:22:00.350+01:002020-05-30T23:22:00.350+01:00The first time I saw this movie I was astonished a...The first time I saw this movie I was astonished at how legitimately good the pseudo-Paganini song turned out to be. Sure enough, some YouTube research revealed that it was a shameless rip-off of ELO's "Twilight." If nothing else, I'm kind of grateful to this movie for turning me on to ELO. I also found the movie incredibly lovable, though, and far better than internet word of mouth had led me to believe. I just find it fascinating how even to the bitter end Cozzi kept shoehorning random and inappropriate sci-fi elements into his movies. I guess he knew he'd never get to make the kinds of films he really wanted to make, so he indulged himself in the only way he could.Cam1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/13933374843198678415noreply@blogger.com