法国性谋杀[电影解说]

　　Formerly,theusualUKtitlewasTHEBOGEYMANANDTHEFRENCHMURDERS.There'salsoaGreekvideowiththesleevetitle,CALLGIRLSFORINSPECTORBOGART.TheinspectorisnotnamedBogart,nordoeshegetanycallgirls,butwhocares?It'satitlethatsellsddd　　There'sakillerinParis,asuicidefromtheEiffelTower,abrothelasthemainsetting,insaneprofessors,aneye-ballthief,aninspectorwholookslikeHumphreyBogart(fornoapparentreason),atrulycreepyAnitaEkberg,andanimpressiveline-upofEuro-stars.HowDickRandallassembledthiscastisbeyondme,buthedidit.BesidesAnitaEkberg,there'sRosalbaNeri(whoevensingsasonginanightclub),BarbaraBouchet,EvelynKraft,HowardVernon,andRobertSacchiasinspectorPontaineorHumphreyBogart.Thetitleisprettyaccurate.Themurderstakeplaceduring,beforeoraftersexinabrothelinParis.Inbetween,theBogey-mansnoopsaroundtryingtotrackdownthekiller,butheisnottoobright.You'llprobablyhavefigureditoutlongbeforehedoes.　　Thefilm'sproducerwasAmericanDickRandallwhotookresidenceinRomeintheླྀsbutbasicallywaswhereverthedealswheremade,whichmeantRomeintheླྀs,BangkokandHongKongintheྂsandLondonintheྌs.WhilstresidinginItaly,hepayedcloseattentionanddecidedtotakeashotatthegialloaswell,andproducedthispieceofcinematicsoufflé.It'saperfectexampleoftotallyroundthebendEuro-tosh,witharathertameexecutionactually.Thedirectionisnotwildlyimaginative,aworkman'sjobatbest,sodon'texpectoutrageousItaliancraftsmanshipandstylehere,butsomespicing-upintheeditingbyBrunoMattei.　　ThespecialeffectsweredonebyfutureOscar-winnerCarloRambaldiofETfame.Iguesshelearnedalotsincethisone.Ofcourse,thepresenceofRobertSacchi,amongsomeotheringredients(mostlythecast)givethisfilmacertainweirdidentityofitsown.Alltogether,it'sprettymuchapoorman'sinterpretationofanItalianGiallo.　　TheversiononMondoMacabro'sDVDneverexistedinthisform.Fromvariouscopies,theyassembledthelongestversiontheycouldpossiblypastetogether.There'sanEnglishaudio-track,butacoupleofscenesappearinItalianwithsubtitles.　　imdbcomment