24th February 2016, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs The Giallo's main aspect is being Italian though. Giallo (yellow) is an Italian word that described the yellow paperback novels they originated from. I know you know all this. Psycho, Peeping Tom and indeed Assault can have every possible Giallo motif going but they aren't Italian therefore aren't Giallo. | I know exactly what you mean – it's almost like a film noir being American and featuring hard-boiled dialogue, a detective, a femme fatale, and a weak man (possibly the detective) brought down or convinced, directly or indirectly, to commit crime on behalf of, or by, the femme fatale.
With few exceptions, these films are American.
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