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Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) (1981)

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RE: Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) (1981)

Devin_Kelly Wrote:

Freda was to have done another film apparently following MURDER OBSESSION (1980) in 1994 -- L'FILLE DE D'ARTAGNAN (REVENGE OF THE MUSKETEERS), but was fired before it's completion. Kind of shocking to read that a director of his caliber was fired from this project. According to some sources, he was even the one who came up with the idea for the film. He would have been around 84 at the time and I'm curious if anyone knows the reason he was let go from what would have been his actual final film?

Definitely one director I haven't delved nearly enough into. I'm curious to see how Freda handled his one and only spaghetti western -- LA MORTE NON CONTA I DOLLARI (1967) (aka. DEATH DOES NOT COUNT THE DOLLARS and NO KILLING WITHOUT DOLLARS) -- which he directed as George Lincoln.

Hense the reason why I stated one of Freda's last films. Wink

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Murder Obsession sounds right up my alley. I recently watched Riccardo Freda's The Ghost. More of his films need to be released on DVD.

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RE: Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) (1981)

THE SALAMANDER OF THE DESERT came out on VHS in Germany, Johan, I can't remember the title but it does pop up from time to timle on Ebay. But the German print is bound to be shorter.

I believe its a peplum like film set in Biblical times

06-17-2008 03:16 AM

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Is it me, or did Freda seem to be a highly temperamental director? He walked away from more than one picture in his career after all. Perhaps one of those artists who didn't like to be told and grew frustrated very easily?

06-17-2008 08:49 AM

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RE: Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) (1981)

ex-fandessixties Wrote:

But the German print is bound to be shorter.

That isn't always the case (I have a German version of THE CONCORDE AFFAIR that is longer than the Danish VHS release) but most of the time, yes, German prints are trimmed. Too bad really as German prints are usually of very good quality - much better than most Greek and Dutch releases.

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06-20-2008 08:41 AM