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Thursday, January 2, 2020

I Giganti Della Tesssaglia (aka The Giants Of Thessaly) (1960)

While Jason (Roland Carey) is off to the far ends of the Earth to find the legendary Golden Fleecethe regent (Alberto Farnese) in charge of Thessaly in his absence makes his own plans to take over the country and Jason's wife (Ziva Rodann) in the bargain. Directed by Riccardo Freda (THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK)this slice of peplum is a pastiche of the Jason myth (without Medea) and bits of Homer's ODYSSEY as well as other Greek myths and characters like Orpheus (Massimo Girotti) sans Eurydice. As far as sword and sandal movies gothis is one is a bit of a mess. The English language dubbing is awfulthe special effects are sub par (the film's "monster" looks like a monkey having a hissy fit) and the plot is inconsistent and incoherent. To be fairthe transfer I saw was pretty beat up but I seriously doubt a pristine print would have made it a better movie though it would have made it a more pleasant viewing experience. With Luciano Marin and Nadia Sanders.   

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