Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Telefoni Gialli: Detective Stories in Fiction, Stage, and Film,
1929–1943
2. A New Giallo for a New Italy: From the Post-War Years to the
Boom, 1945–1961
3. Kriminal Tango: The Giallo's Evolving Imagery in the 1960s
4. The Drooling of the Devil: Tales of Sex and Intrigue,
1967–1970
5. On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts: The Cinema of
Dario Argento, 1970–1975
6. The Name of the Game Is Kill: The Argento–style Giallo … and
Beyond, 1970–1980
Between pages 278 and 279 are 16 color plates containing 30
photographs
7. Smoke and Mirrors: Other Perspectives in the Genre,
1969–1979
8. … And Give Us Our Daily Murder: Made-for-TV Gialli in the
1970s
9. Murder Most Foul: The Changing Face of the Giallo in the
1980s
10. What Is Left of the Night? Different Shades of Giallo,
1990–1999
11. New Maps of Hell: Italian Giallo in the New Millennium
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Roberto Curti is an Italian film historian and a contributor to periodicals and to books published in Italy, Great Britain and Spain as well as the United States. He lives in Cortona, Italy.
"This examination of the field is as crammed with enthusiasm as it is with scholarship – Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History is de rigueur for admirers of the genre". - DVD Choices, July 2022
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