Dallamano’s Dorian Gray
The 1970 screen adaptation of Dorian Gray by Massimo Dallamano is one film version I’ve yet to see. Given that it’s a production of notorious schlock merchants Samuel Z Arkoff and Harry Alan Towers I wouldn’t expect too much although it does have Helmut Berger as the star when he was at the height of his pulchritude. And I really like this Klimt-esque poster, a typical piece of Seventies design with an illustration that resembles many of the trendier European comic strips of the period. I’ve no idea who the artist was despite there being a scrawled signature. If anyone has a clue, please leave a comment.
• A lengthy review at Cinebeats
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray
• John Osborne’s Dorian Gray
• Dorian Gray revisited
• The Picture of Dorian Gray I & II
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#1 posted by Evan J. Peterson
Nov 3rd, 2008
Hi John,
I couldn’t find this film anywhere but on Amazon on VHS, so I bought it for about $8, as well as the poster. I love the poster, but the film is unsatisfying. The queer subtext becomes quite overt, and some of the costumes of the latter half are provocative, but by the end I just wanted to get it over with. Berger is handsome, no doubt, but he doesn’t redeem the film.
#2 posted by John
Nov 3rd, 2008
Hi Evan and thanks, I won’t be in a real hurry to see it! A shame as the poster is great. I only belatedly realised that the director was the photographer of For a Few Dollars More.
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