tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post6719970738000722542..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: The House with Laughing Windows (1976)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-78603407669893166672016-01-06T22:15:35.093+00:002016-01-06T22:15:35.093+00:00I watched this film yesterday for the first time a...I watched this film yesterday for the first time after remembering my professor of film studies talked about it as a masterpiece but I have never been a fan of the giallo genre, although I am Italian myself.<br />I loved the film and your analysis but I am not sure I agree with the idea that this film lacks of stylistic concerns. <br />Also, as you pointed out, the film is highly allegorical. in seaborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590065183699725358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-58362207302144105092011-09-19T13:27:55.976+01:002011-09-19T13:27:55.976+01:00Thanks for the kind words Dan, I couldn't agre...Thanks for the kind words Dan, I couldn't agree with you more about this fine film. The banner image is taken from Masaki Kobayashi's 1964 Japanese anthology film KWAIDAN. There are a couple of excellent editions of this film on the market...from Criterion in the US, and Eureka's 'Masters of Cinema' in the UK. Thanks for stopping by!Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-80824018850356486292011-09-18T09:50:34.963+01:002011-09-18T09:50:34.963+01:00Excellent write-up of one of my favorite giallos -...Excellent write-up of one of my favorite giallos - in fact, probably the only one that has truly unsettled me. It cultivates an excellent eerie mood and some of the imagery, without being gory, can only be described as grotesque. I knew I was in for something special right from the opening credits, which are truly disturbing. <br /><br />Quick unrelated question: What's the source of the Dan Benensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545389214294505434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-45374959551238694062011-01-19T16:46:39.011+00:002011-01-19T16:46:39.011+00:00Easily my favorite of the half-dozen or so giallo ...Easily my favorite of the half-dozen or so giallo I've seen as well.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-17959281333596832192011-01-15T17:33:21.251+00:002011-01-15T17:33:21.251+00:00I only saw this one for the first time last year, ...I only saw this one for the first time last year, but it is certainly one of the better examples in the genre. Gorgeous cinematography, but as you mentioned Shaun, it is nice to see one such film tell a story first and not build itself around pre-planned shots and unnatural lighting ;)I Like Horror Movieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851268002582984544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-44741838804678690662011-01-14T14:12:39.480+00:002011-01-14T14:12:39.480+00:00Thanks for stopping by Ben and I'm really happ...Thanks for stopping by Ben and I'm really happy you're enjoying this season of giallo films. It's a good distinction you make there about LAUGHING WINDOWS being 'giallo-esque', it is a very atypical example.Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-20242659337042014132011-01-13T23:45:06.711+00:002011-01-13T23:45:06.711+00:00Excellent write-up - some really interesting notio...Excellent write-up - some really interesting notions there that had never really occurred to me before.<br /><br />I'm not really much of a giallo fan, but I think "..Laughing Windows" is easily my favourite 'giallo-esque' film, from a serious-film-criticism point of view. A really strange and beautiful film on all counts.<br /><br />Of course, from a Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-25367253923977381732011-01-13T04:03:55.499+00:002011-01-13T04:03:55.499+00:00I'm in the mood for a giallo right now. I'...I'm in the mood for a giallo right now. I'll have to have a look for this one.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-16864223939501988922011-01-12T13:50:37.523+00:002011-01-12T13:50:37.523+00:00I mean artist is a little confused :-)I mean artist is a little confused :-)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-2813121257995013262011-01-12T13:50:04.452+00:002011-01-12T13:50:04.452+00:00Cheers James! Yes it is one of my favourites as we...Cheers James! Yes it is one of my favourites as well, and undoubtedly this came through in my review. It's hard to be objective about films you love. I think there is certainly a subtext about fascism and Italy's role in WW2. This would be a very interesting strand to develop and would make a fascinating essay in its own right. With regard to the two sadistic matriarchs I would say it'Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-33473667349389561172011-01-12T01:11:42.262+00:002011-01-12T01:11:42.262+00:00Nice review, Shaun. This is one of my favourite gi...Nice review, Shaun. This is one of my favourite giallo films. The atmosphere, the gorgeous cinematography - but most of all; the quiet. Such a palpable sense of quiet dread permeates proceedings it becomes stifling after a while. You made some really interesting points about the disturbing use of the church as a metaphor for the cruel deception which tricks Stefano and its connections to Nazism James Graceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968719719213071671noreply@blogger.com