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johnnymundano · 4 years

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The Sister of Ursula (1978) AKA La Sorella di Ursula

Directed by Enzo Milioni

Screenplay by Enzo Milioni

Music by Mimi Uva

Country: Italy

Running time: 90 minutes

CAST

Stefania D’Amario as Dagmar

Barbara Magnolfi as Ursula

Vanni Materassi as Roberto

Marc Porel as Mister Nardi

Yvonne Harlow as Stella Shining

Antiniska Nemour as Jenny

Anna Zinnemann as Vanessa

Giancarlo Zanetti as Fillipo

Alice Gherardi as Young Girl Victim

Roberto De Ruggeriis as Young Man Victim

Danila Trebbi as Prostitute Victim

Thief Note: I stole the images from IMDB because the screengrabs looked like hot poop. (see review).

The Sister of Ursula is a giallo so grubbily sleazy it actually slips out of the already hardly wholesome giallo genre and thrusts itself urgently into the erotic thriller genre. Like many erotic thrillers (all?) The Sister of Ursula is anything but erotic and very rarely thrilling. Which is a shame as there are occasional glimpses of a decent giallo in-between the unlovely and far too numerous grapplings.

The titular sister of Ursula is Dagmar (Stefania D’Amario), who despite the title plays second fiddle to Ursula throughout and her role isn’t really worth the prize of the title. Unless she won it for the tender scene where she strokes herself off with a gold necklace. Otherwise, she’s very passive, her main function being to coddle Ursula (Barbara Magnolfi), a singularly unpleasant young woman who is always getting up in people’s faces with a sour truculence the envy of adolescents the world over. The two are staying in a tremendously 1970s hotel which is possibly the best character in the movie with its scintillatingly tasteless décor. Maybe it’s because I am English but I far preferred looking at the archaic vulgarity of the interior décor than I did the bits where people pawed each other’s slack flesh. Although these scenes of anti-erotica did contain a complementary profusion of archaic exterior décor in the form of many a wayward pubic thatch. Delightfully, in one of these grubby failures of arousal a gentleman is getting busy down under and the scene is shot so it looks like his well-coiffed hair is being worn by his paramour as a comedy merkin. But I digress…

It takes a while for the movie to get around to a plot since it is far more important for us to watch Dagmar take off her sensible travelling underwear of suspenders and panties, watch a sex worker (or in 1970’s Italian movie parlance: ”a whore”) get murdered and listen to Stella Shining (Yvonne Harlow) sing her one (terrible) song in the hotel nightclub. In the nearest thing the movie gets to a motif the song is about eyes and there are a lot of shots of the killer’s eyes and loads of voyeurism and Ursula has a stand out scene where she insanely monologues to a melty statue of Christ about eyes and in a way are we the audience not indicted by the very act of our watch.., okay, the movie doesn’t get very near a motif at all, but it’s sure some song that Stella Shining song. Yes, I did mention a murder because it turns out that Dagmar and Ursula’s arrival at the hotel has coincided with the start of a spate of nasty sex murders. And they are pretty nasty, even for a giallo. The killer has a penchant for watching a couple rut then moving in to dispatch the woman with what looks from the silhouette which always accompanies its unveiling rather like a large penis; a penis large enough to kill. I admit that the first time this occurred I paused and reflected on the many poor life choices that had led to me watching this pretty seedy 1970s Italian movie in 2020. Not because it looked like I was watching a movie where women were murdered by a killer possessing a monumental honker, but because the picture was so poor I had to kind of work out what that was a silhouette of. It’s 2020 I shouldn’t have to squint to make out the silhouette of a massive killer penis!

Throughout the movie, which I watched on Amazon prime courtesy of Shameless, I kept wishing the picture quality was better; mainly because the hotel furnishings were so fabulous, some of the fashions were incredible and the location of the Amalfi Coast(?) is a soothingly beautiful sight in-between the unedifying bouts of bumping uglies. It does, however, serendipitously give everything the look of postcards faded over time. So if Anna “The Love Witch” Biller is thinking of wasting a year of her life and several million dollars making a giallo set in a 1970s holiday resort shot so it looks like it’s a series of old postcards, could someone show her this movie first? Thanks. Unintentionally then, the shit picture quality actually does the movie a favour. But looking at the images here, which I stole from IMDB, show how it should look. Where possible I watch these kinds of movies (that is foreign movies, not killer penis movies) with subtitles and I can report the subtitles were pretty good throughout. But just for future reference, subtitlers of the world, you can take the vernacular thang too far. The only time I expect to hear Italians in the 1970s talking about wanting “a good shag” is when they are talking about tobacco or rugs. Otherwise it’s just jarring. These people are clearly not from Sheffield. I mean, coyness is not really appropriate; this is a movie where post coital women are disembowelled by a massive penis, I think we can cope with the word “fucking.”

Despite the intrusive, over long and decidedly flaccid scenes of unerotica The Sister of Ursula is quite entertaining. But the best bits are the bits the people who made it gave the shortest shrift; the giallo bits. For starters, the killer wears black leather gloves and a big hat in the OG giallo style and there is a marvellously befuddling concoction of plot threads. Not only is there a killer, they also appear to be armed not just with a blade (for the dispatching of gentlemen) but also a phallus of malice! Dagmar and Ursula are searching for their estranged mother after their father killed himself over his impotence, but Ursula believes her father still visits her and may be the killer, despite being, you know, dead, but a helpful local doctor explains that perhaps Ursula’s latent psychic powers have been triggered by the trauma of her father’s death, this apparently being “common” among adolescents, Dagmar tries to hook up with a suave drug addict who is maniacally jealous of the promiscuous Stella Shining, who may be involved in drug trafficking with the hotel owner, whose wife is leaving him for a young strumpet. There’s a lot going on is what I’m getting at, and a bit more room for those bits to breathe would have done the movie wonders. Unfortunately it shudders to a halt far too often to shed its kecks and ruin the mood. But for giallo fans, who are a breed apart from normal movie fans, there’s lots about The Sister of Ursula to love, not least the final reveal of the murder weapon.

#La Sorella di Ursula #The Sister of Ursula #Enzo Milioni #Stefania D’Amario #Barbara Magnolfi #Giallo #Movies #Italy #The 1970s #1978

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badlydrawndrawnings · 4 years

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13 Suspicious Incidents (ATWQ 2.5 Thoughts)

*See today is Friday the Thirteenth*

Perfect.

Did anyone as a child read Encyclopedia Brown, or Two Minutes Mysteries? I read them both as a kid (the latter is a big yikes because I think those were written for more mature audiences) and boy, I had a love/hate relationship with them. The stories were fun to read, but I found the solutions either something I never would have know/not see because I do not posses the right knowledge or not an observant person so the clues went over my head, or went ‘So apparently me doing or knowing [X] would get me arrested and/or call a fraud.’

Examples: someone hasn’t visit his friend for days, and the Doctor guy was all ‘you the killer’ because the person knew the house was being painted because he jumped the newly painted stairs and didn’t knock on the door but the window (the friend could have smell the fresh paint). Another one had a character (not the Doctor guy) use the a different term for baking soda and realized the bakery was a front (a term I don’t think even a baker would know or hell, most people would know. The fact I forgot it myself is proof that story is just wack). Something from Encyclopedia Brown had someone had their bike stolen and he went to this one kid who gave up bike riding, and trick her to riding her bike to proof she is still a decent bike rider because her bike was still in good condition (and I’m like...maybe she just takes care of her bike?).

I honestly Kermit when I starting reading 13 Suspicious Incidents because I am not strong enough to deal with those types of stories. However, I trust Daniel Handler to not get me arrested If I existed in Lemony Snicket’s world, and continue reading while hoping I’m not the fool I was as a child.

I am still that fool, but I feel happy the Snicket World got explore more.

1. Inside Job: I figured Dagmar was replacing something while Marguerite was in the mines. But I thought it was the frames...for some reason. I didn’t think it was nails that was actually pretty smart of Marguerite’s dad. [Deep Mine: I don’t want to know what the heck Dagwood is doing but I think the natural sounds are underground animals. Also notebooks found by the museum? Kit reference?.]

2. Pinched Creature: Okay, so apparently I have never seen zinnias before in my life so I felt I learn something from this story because I had to look up zinnias. I honestly did not thought the ‘doorknob salesman’ was behind the missing newt. Also, how old is Georgina? Paltryville and their eye doctor got a namedrop due to Moxie (thank goodness Oliver never went there). Okay, maybe it’s a position assigned to a VFD member and Georgina is the latest kind of like Netflix. [Backseat: I maybe be reading it wrong, but either Doctors Sobol are the criminals or it’s Bertram. I think it’s Bertram.]

3. Ransom Note: This was the only Incident I got done to a ‘T’. If Lysistrata the dog wasn’t barking it had to be someone the dog knew and the one person who fits with the need for speed was the grandpa. The image of the grandpa and the dog sticking their heads out is kind of funny. [Quiet Street: No comment other than I hope VFD isn’t there.]

4. Walkie-Talkie: I feel this is the only time I got close to tolerating Stew he just freaking outsmarted everyone with his prank just to steal food from Jake. (I hope Jake doesn’t get the pecan muffins get stolen by Stew). It’s a cruel thing, but I actually laughed my ass off at the end. [Beneath the Street: Passageway for small lizards and amphibians huh? And goes to a mine? Nice.]

5. Bad Gang: This was all for boards for a DIY bookshelf and swords to be a pirate. You go Florence and Kevin achieve your dreams by robbing stores. Nice to know Theodora has a sister. Hm...given Theodora is always getting described with her wild hair, I wonder if TWWHBNB is the sister because ‘hair’ is a description for both women. Could be a family trait. Also, is Kevin Old a child version of Kevin the Ambidextrous? Kevin is holding a board in each hand? Did the family business died out and Kevin had no choice but to go to Caligari Carnival? If that’s the case then he was maybe proud of being ambidextrous but things change? [Small Courtyard: Dagwood and Violetta are related? I thought Violetta was a made up person!]

6. Silver Spoon: I don’t want to say Smogface Wiley is Sir, in part because of Randall’s age and I get the feeling Sir is in the same ‘generation’ as the SBG. But then again, maybe Sir is a freaking sugar daddy because his family has businesses from lumber to tube socks to melons. Either way, I guess Sir’s last name is Wiley and his first name is unpronounceable? I didn’t think Smogface stole from Randall to follow the alphabet. [Missing Pets: Are the lizards stolen by Ms. Flammarion the ones Bertram stole? Who wants these lizards in the first place?]

7. Violent Butcher: You go Lemony for (temporary) locking up Drumstick’s dad in the attic for Drumstick to escape to his mom. Honestly I was more focus on the Drumstick getting the hell out of town than caring where he was hiding. [Large Meal: WHO WAS GONNA EAT THE LIZARDS? Was it Dagwood and Violetta? Oh god, is that why the lizards were in the passageway to avoid getting eaten?]

8. Twelve or Thirteen: Gary Dorian -> Picture of Dorian Gray reference? I never read it but through osmosis I know the basic idea. I thought Chase was frame by cops I never expected the wife. [Other Name: I don’t get it like how was both sides gonna help the villain be warn.]

9. Midnight Demon: So Lemony gets seasick huh? How the hell did you survived the trip on the Prospero? I actually figure Treacle was pretending to be his sister Tatiana, but the whole wig thing...I thought he put the wig on the dog not in the basket. [Sand & Shore: Are the ships in the bottom of the sea?]

10. Three Suspects: I feel so happy that this was obvious from the get thank you Daniel Handler for giving me mercy for one case and just put a sign that reads ‘hey it’s the third brother’. But uh...’Stain’d-by-the-Sea’s only library, for as long as it lasted’...what does that mean??? Also: 20-18=0 is something I never thought I read before in my life. And what was Mimi gonna say about a woman and a man (actually I don’t want to know). [Poor Joke: I hate abandon punchlines.]

11. Vanished Message: If Lemony was an adult and living by himself, he could have pour some cereal into his mouth, chew it, and drink directly from the milk carton (I did that once with a gallon of milk wasn’t too bad it’s good in a pinch and if you need to finish the milk). I am a fool for not realizing the postcard was inside the book. Also, I can’t believe Lois is VFD and Lemony has a file that could be the Snicket File (or maybe a general file label Snicket). [Message Recorded: Okay, so T is Theodora. Is Q is Qwerty? I mean, I guess Theodora can mistaken him for a VFD member I don’t think they interact much from what I can remember of the last two books and this could be their first proper meeting.]

12. Troublesome Ghost: I never had waffles before so I have to talk Lemony’s word not only Jake’s waffles are good, but (banana) waffles in general. I didn’t expect it to be Billy Decker I thought maybe we had a real ghost in town. I’m glad he and Ms. Mann got a happy ending of sorts. [Nervous Wreck: Thanks for the message?]

13. Figure in Fog: I can’t believe Qwerty just went out and call Lemony a suspicious incident, and honestly speaking, Lemony is suspicious from an outsider POV he is bringing lots of trouble that probably weren’t noticeable before he and Theodora arrived (I mean, I get it was noticeable but no one gave a second glance). Also, I want to say the figure is Ellington because I don’t think it’s a ghost (or anyone else...). [Last Word: I’m trying to think of nine letter words but I’m drawing a blank].

#all the wrong questions #atwq #13 suspicious incidents #file under: 13 suspicious incidents #asoue #a series of unfortunate events #lemony snicket #encyclopedia brown #two minute mysteries #i mean i talk about those as well?#sorry about that #this is a text post

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giallofever2 · 7 years

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Movie scenes taken from the New Transfer of Le Chat Qui Fume 1978 La sorella di Ursula Also Known As (AKA) Curse of Ursula France La soeur d'Ursula Peru La hermana de Ursula USA The Sister of Ursula Directed by Enzo Milioni Music by Mimi Uva Writing Credits Enzo Milioni ... (story) Enzo Milioni ... (screenplay) Release Dates Italy 18 October 1978 Cast (in credits order) Barbara Magnolfi Barbara Magnolfi... Ursula Beyne Stefania D'Amario Stefania D'Amario ... Dagmar Beyne Marc Porel Marc Porel... Filippo Andrei / Gianni Nardi Anna Zinnemann Anna Zinnemann ... Vanessa Antiniska Nemour Antiniska Nemour ... Jenny (as Antinisca Nemour) Yvonne Harlow Yvonne Harlow ... Stella Shining Vanni Materassi Vanni Materassi ... Roberto Delleri Giancarlo Zanetti Giancarlo Zanetti ... The Psychologist Alice Gherardi Alice Gherardi ... The Young Fiancée Roberto De Ruggeriis Roberto De Ruggeriis Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Danila Trebbi Danila Trebbi ... Killed Prostitute (uncredited) filming locations Amalfi, Salerno, Campania, Italy Ravello, Salerno, Campania, Italy technical specifications Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min) (USA) 1 hr 35 min (95 min) (uncut) (Italy) Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 Negative Format 35 mm Printed Film Format 35 mm

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cysnews · 5 years

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Mimi & Líza: Záhada vánočního světla

Mimi & Líza: Záhada vánočního světla: do kin se chystá nové pásmo animovaných filmů pro nejmenší děti. Hlasy jeho hrdinům propůjčili Dagmar Pecková, Natálie Grossová, Karolína Křišťálová, Viktor Preiss, Arnošt Goldflam, David Prachař a Linda Rybová, písničky nazpívala Markéta Irglová. (more…)

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evandstuff · 2 years

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