EdgarAllen
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Saw the U.S. release of this and was pleasantly surprised. The set and scene selections were really great. I think Italian filmmakers excel at this, even if the movie sucks there's still a good chance it's filmed beautifully. But what I really enjoyed was the unique storyline used to tell a zombie story. I love zombie films, but as far as plot goes there's alot of rehashed stories out there. This movie was effective without using the standard Romero boilerplate as a crutch.
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Can someone help clarify a few points for me. Does Dellamorte start to go insane because of the bite from his girlfriend or simply due to the circumstances he's facing?
What was the purpose/meaning of the "end of the world" scene?
Are there major differences or edits between Dellamorte Dellamore and the Cemetery Man release?
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DVDfanatic9
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Can someone help clarify a few points for me. Does Dellamorte start to go insane because of the bite from his girlfriend or simply due to the circumstances he's facing?
I don't think I'm necessarily the expert on this movie. But I would really have to say I think the circumstances he's facing led to his visits from Death or the Grim Reaper. Which is what, more than anything, lead to the downward spiral into insanity. If that is, he was definitely insane.
So yeah, his loneliness led to his obsession with She. And his guilt over killing her probably messed with his mind quite a bit.
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What was the purpose/meaning of the "end of the world" scene?
I might need to know something about the original Dylan Dog comic to answer that. And I don't. But I believe I know the significance of the ending. It had something to do with Dellamorte looking for something he couldn't find outside Buffalora and not knowing that all he had was with him all along.
That's really cliched, of course. But the thing that led me to that conclusion is the way he is left with only Gnaghi by the end of the movie and he feels he may have killed him. I think. Because he seems deeply saddened when Gnaghi lands on the ground looking very badly hurt and says something like, "you were my only friend" or "best friend."
About the differences between Cemetery Man and Dellamorte Dellamore, maybe the IMDb has some info about that. Did you check?
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She knows she's a winner
She couldn't be thinner
Now she goes in the bathroom
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Psycho
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I remember watching this movie, enjoying it very much, but at the same time not understanding anything that was going on.
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Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!
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DVDfanatic9
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I seem to remember understanding about half of it.
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She knows she's a winner
She couldn't be thinner
Now she goes in the bathroom
and vomits up dinner
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Liberateme
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i think DVDfanatic9 has got it pretty much right. er....we have a similar interpretation. it explains it a little bit in the booklet that comes with the dvd. theres also an online review somewhere where the reviewer goes into a lot of detail on the themes and such. i dont know where it is though.
great film. so unusual. i havent gotten around to seein saovi's other directoral films.
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DVDfanatic9
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Stage Fright was put on YouTube somewhere. It might still be there.
The Church was terrible though.
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She knows she's a winner
She couldn't be thinner
Now she goes in the bathroom
and vomits up dinner
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