Cemetery Man (1994) ( Dellamorte Dellamore ) ( Of Death and Love )

Cemetery Man (1994) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Dellamorte Dellamore
Alternate Title: Of Death and Love
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Malaga Spanish Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Michele Soavi

Written By:
Gianni Romoli
Tiziano Sclavi

Actors:
Rupert Everett ..... Francesco Dellamorte
Anna Falchi ..... She
François Hadji-Lazaro ..... Gnaghi
Mickey Knox ..... Marshall Straniero
Fabiana Formica ..... Valentina
Clive Riche ..... Doctor Verseci
Katja Anton ..... Thin Girl
Barbara Cupisti ..... Magda
Anton Alexander ..... Franco
Pietro Genuardi ..... New Mayor Civardi
Patrizia Punzo ..... Claudio's Mother
Stefano Masciarelli ..... Mayor Scanarotti
Vito Passeri ..... Ghigini
Alessandro Zamattio ..... Claudio

Synopsis:

This movie is based on a novel of Tiziano Sclavi, and it always reflects the 'sclavian philosophy' diffused by the most succesful comics in Italy: Dylan Dog, the detective of the nightmare. There is the duality between love and dead (in Italian 'dellamore' means 'of love' and 'dellamorte' means 'of death'), a duality that Dellamorte feels in a really hard way. He is the guardian of the cemetery of Buffalora, a little town in the north of Italy, in which, we don't know why, corpses rise from tombs and Dellamorte has to destroy them. Dellamorte seems not to ask himself why this happen, he shoots and loves. But at the end he wants to leave Buffalora...

The apex of director Michele Soavi's early gothic horror career, Dellamorte Dellamore is, along with Pupi Avati's L'Arcano Incantatore (1996), one of the finest examples of turn of the millennium Italian gothic fantasy. Overflowing with atmosphere, dark humor and bitter romance, this feature adaptation of author Tiziano Sclavi's Dylan Dog series of comics (indeed, the titular character of the original series was modeled after Dellamorte star Rupert Everett) utilizes the unmistakable legacy of Italian horror forefathers Mario Bava and Dario Argento as a springboard to some of the most memorable and original imagery and storytelling in recent years. Everett's resigned nature and non-blinking acceptance of the horrific events surrounding both Dellamorte and his faithful assistant Gnaghi (standing-in for a clone of legendary comic Groucho Marx in Dylan Dog) lend a surreal touch to the proceedings, and as the plot winds unpredictably towards it's humorously morose existential climax we are treated to commentary on everything from Italian politics to questions of identity and issues of love and obsession. Manuel De Sica's score, a curious hybrid of classic Ennio Morricone and throbbing Goblin excess, offers the perfect auditory accompaniment to the proceedings as our dry-witted protagonist ponders 'the living dead and the dead living' and searches to find his place in keeping the balance of life and death in tact. While obviously influenced by the gothic excess of those who came before him, the film nevertheless retains a remarkably personal air of creativity that pointed to great things for the director who once served as second unit director for Terry Gilliam, and Soavi's subsequent withdrawal from filmmaking left many fans thirsting for more.

A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 30 November, 2012.

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