The Devil's Man

The Devil's Man
Directed by Paolo Bianchini
Screenplay by
  • Paul Maxwell
  • Max Caret[1]
Story by
  • Paul Maxwell
  • Max Caret[1]
Starring
Music by Patrick Leguy[1]
Cinematography Aldo Greci[1]
Edited by Constance Elliot[1]
Production
company
Lion International[1]
Release date
  • 1967 (1967) (Italy)
Country Italy[1]

The Devil's Man (Italian: Devilman Story) is a 1967 Italian science fiction film directed by Paolo Bianchini.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

The Devil's Man was the first of three films director Paolo Bianchini directed for producer Gabriele Crisanti.[1] Crisanti stated that the film was designed to recover costs and recycle scenes from his other production I predoni del Sahara (1965) directed by Guido Malatesta.[1] Bianchini was allowed a lot of freedom while making the film, stating that Crisanti had already sold the title of the film and as long as he used footage he had of the riders from the previous film.[1]

Style

Film historian Roberto Curti noted that the film is often misleadingly described as a spy film.[1] Curti described it as mixture of "adventure, mystery and science fiction" that was closer to 1930s and 1940s American film serials.[1]

Reception

Paolo Bianchini spoke negatively about the production and the film, stating that "Guy Madison was the only one who took the whole thing seriously. It was such crap!"[5] In Phil Hardy's book Science Fiction, The Devil's Man was referred to as a "routine mad scientist offering. The plot is so traditional that it wouldn't have been out of place in a thirties serial"[6] The review praised the sets of the film, specficially Devilman's secret laboratory noting that "as is so often the case in Italian science fiction films of the sixties, are delightfully futuristic."[6]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2016, p. 65.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  3. ↑ Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 9788876381874.
  4. ↑ José María Latorre. Ciencia-ficción europea. Donostia Kultura, 2001. ISBN 8487270204.
  5. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 67.
  6. 1 2 Hardy 1984, p. 262.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
  • Hardy, Phil, ed. (1984). Science Fiction. New York : Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-00842-0.


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