Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Danger: Diabolik

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the phantasmagorical world of Mario Bava with the stylish 1968 crime thriller “Danger: Diabolik,” starring John Phillip Law and Marisa Mell. (originally published 09/08/2023)

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0:00.0	It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?
0:04.7	Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn.
0:08.5	In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics,
0:14.0	the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.
0:21.4	So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.
0:25.9	Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:35.1	Hello and welcome to Weird House Cinema Rewind.
0:38.7	Today we are bringing you an older episode of Weird House Cinema on the 1968
0:43.1	supercrime thriller Danger Diabolics, starring John Philip Law and Marissa Mell, directed by Mario Bava.
0:51.4	Ooh, this is one of my favorite.
0:52.8	So if you haven't seen the movie, haven't heard the episode,
0:55.1	I think you're in for a real treat.
0:57.3	Bon voyage.
1:01.8	Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind,
1:03.7	a production of IHeart Radio.
1:14.3	Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema. This is Rob Lamb.
1:23.8	And this is Joe McCormick. And today's movie on Weird House is the 1968 Mario Bava film, Danger Diabolic.
1:51.2	A movie that straddles many genres. It is a comic book adaptation. It is a crime thriller. It's an action movie. And I've even seen people refer to it as a spy movie or a Euro spy thriller. This is sometimes also called like spaghetti spy movies. These are all these movies that came out in the 60s. I think somewhat riding on the success of the first James Bond films that, you know, have characters named things like James Taunt or something.
1:59.6	And while that, that spy designation does not accurately describe the plot of this movie, I can see why people say that.
2:02.8	Because Danger Diabolic takes part in a lot of the same aesthetic trends you might find in 60s spy stuff, like the early James Bond films and
2:09.2	these other continental European espionage capers. So Danger Diabolic is about a thief, but it feels
2:15.9	like it's about a spy, but really more than anything, it's about love.
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