bujaki
Senior HTF Member
Pordenone Day #4:
La tempesta in un cranio aka Kill or Cure 1921. Italian film. The title translates literally as Tempest in a cranium. Crazy, enjoyable film that is part Fairbanks, part Keaton. Surreal, illogical, madcap, athletic stunts, devil-may-care; it's all about this man who fears going crazy due to genetics and so he dreams or lives or goes through or whatever, a series of (mis)adventures involving friends, (enemies?), sweethearts, oh, you name it, who will drive him to the brink or cure (?) him. An absolute delight but as illogical as they make them. The director/actor believed in making films with an underlying moral and, yes, this one has it.
BTW, the leading lady became his wife. The director ended his professional life making sword and sandal movies.
La tempesta in un cranio aka Kill or Cure 1921. Italian film. The title translates literally as Tempest in a cranium. Crazy, enjoyable film that is part Fairbanks, part Keaton. Surreal, illogical, madcap, athletic stunts, devil-may-care; it's all about this man who fears going crazy due to genetics and so he dreams or lives or goes through or whatever, a series of (mis)adventures involving friends, (enemies?), sweethearts, oh, you name it, who will drive him to the brink or cure (?) him. An absolute delight but as illogical as they make them. The director/actor believed in making films with an underlying moral and, yes, this one has it.
BTW, the leading lady became his wife. The director ended his professional life making sword and sandal movies.