{"id":16348,"date":"2017-09-22T18:59:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T01:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=16348"},"modified":"2017-09-22T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T02:00:11","slug":"review-donttortureaduckling-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/09\/review-donttortureaduckling-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Torture a Duckling BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m no expert on Lucio Fulci expert and only have seen a few, I believe all through Arrow Video, but Don\u2019t Torture a Duckling<\/em><\/strong> is a great movie with genuine tension and some solid performances.<\/p>\n

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Don’t Torture a Duckling<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Thriller, Horror
\nArrow Video | NR \u2013 105 min. \u2013 $39.95 | October 3, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 09\/22\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Lucio Fulci
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Lucio Fulci and Roberto Gianviti (story), Lucio Fulci, Roberto Gianviti and Gianfranco Clerici (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Interviews
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>Italian (DTS-HD MA 1.0), English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.2 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local \u201cwitch\u201d, Maciara (FLORINDA BOLKAN). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by panic and a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders \u2013 city journalist Andrea (TOMAS MILIAN) and spoilt rich girl Patrizia (BARBARA BOUCHET) \u2013 team up to crack the case. But before the mystery is solved, more blood will have been spilled and not all of it belonging to innocents…<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Don\u2019t Torture a Duckling<\/em><\/strong> (Non Si Sevizia Un Paperino<\/em>) is an unusual little giallo<\/em> style horror movie, with a few trademarks, but under the direction of legendary Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci (Manhattan Baby<\/em>), it has more true mystery in comparison with others, though this one isn\u2019t all that unpredictable, but presumably at the time in 1972, it was a shock to audiences, which in this day and age, isn\u2019t as controversial (I\u2019ll leave off why as not to spoil the culprit).<\/p>\n

As for the rest, the performances aren\u2019t bad and there are certainly really bizarre elements, like our female lead, played by Barbara Bouchet, sexually teasing a 9-10 year-old boy, having him look at her… fully nude and asking him questions like how many women he has slept with. Italians gotta love them… and get creeped out at the same time. However, probably not the strangest thing I\u2019ve seen in an Italian movie.<\/p>\n

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But beyond the oddities, there is a brilliant, if not age-old, message at its core and there are some deeply and genuinely heart-wrenching \u2013 even stomach-churning \u2013 scenes as you see a town vilify someone believed to have committed the horrific crimes, not based on evidence but reputation; and this was a pre-Internet era, so perhaps even more relevant today.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This two-disc release comes with a textured slip cover<\/strong> and a nice 36-page booklet<\/strong> containing essays and a lengthy explanation about what went into doing the restoration work, which I\u2019ll expand on in the next section.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films<\/em>, and he\u2019s been featured in previous Arrow Films.<\/p>\n

Giallo a la Campagna (27:44; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a video discussion with Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hell is Already in Us (20:30; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 This is a video essay by critic Kat Ellinger as he focuses on the accusations of misogyny against director Lucio Fulci.<\/p>\n

Lucio Fulci Remembers (TRT 33:15; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a 1988 audio interview with Fulci as he answers questions from journalist Gaetano Mistretta. This is split into two-parts (20:13\/13:12).<\/p>\n

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