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Fantoma’s DVD release of Mario Bava’s Hercules in the Center of the Earth ought to elevate his stature in the film world, if not as a “serious” movie director, then certainly as one of the cinema’s most talented and artistic lighting cameramen/cinematographers. The yarn is fairly generic muscleman stuff and the acting is competent if unexceptional (although three-time Mr. Universe Reg Park definitely has a believable physical presence as Hercules) ; what really sets this movie apart from virtually any other peplum flick are Bava’s neon-hued Technicolor visuals, which at times border on the hallucinatory. Throughout most of the movie he tosses off shot after fair shot, many only a few seconds long, nearly every one impeccably lit, artfully level-headed, and accented with vibrant color. Bava’s interweaving of light, shadow, color, and sometimes literal “smoke and mirrors” to account for place, mood, and even character is consistently impressive, even more so after reading the liner notes describing how cramped he had to work with. Frosty sequences and striking set-pieces abound, including Deianira rising from her sarcophagus and floating across the room (like Lon Chaney in Son of Dracula) ; Hercules’s eerie visits with the sibyl; the psychedelic ocean vistas on the voyage to the Hesperides; Lyco (Christopher Lee) reflected in a pool of his victim’s blood; the flying ghouls rising from their slimy crypts (which must have given nightmares to the kiddie matinee crowd in 1964) ; and the climactic showdown between Hercules and Lyco, shot in an atmospheric Roman grotto. There’s almost too noteworthy to devour in a single viewing. While I’m not normally a immense fan of sword-and-sandal flicks (though I did gawk lots of them on Saturday afternoons as a kid), and I could’ve done without the `comedy relief’ character, I unexcited have to strongly recommend this movie not only to fans of Bava’s other movies (particularly Planet of the Vampires), but also anyone who simply appreciates breathtakingly attractive color cinematography.
Fantoma’s DVD is transferred in its fresh 2.35:1 aspect ratio and anamorphically enhanced, from a virtually pristine Technicolor print of the current Italian-language dub. There is only the lightest of speckling evident; otherwise it’s crisp and super, with lush, richly-saturated color, and expedient dissimilarity and detail. Optional English subtitles are included, as well as the (continental) English-dubbed soundtrack. Unless you’re extremely subtitle-phobic, I recommend the Italian-language soundtrack with the subtitles. The English dubbing gives the film a campier, less serious tone and often renders the dialogue noteworthy more prosaically than the subtitles (example: Hercules’s final words to Deianira in the subtitled version, “Man’s esteem is passionate, but often inconsistent. Ours will last forever”; in the English dub, “As long as Theseus steals other men’s girls, I have nothing to peril about.”) Unfortunately we don’t catch to hear Christopher Lee’s accurate swear in either version. The DVD also includes valid Tim Lucas liner notes; a gallery of approximately 45 color and B&W stills, posters, and ad mats; and a comparatively rough-looking trailer, matted to about 1.66:1 and suffering from medium to heavy scratching and lining, unpleasant color, and merely acceptable sharpness and detail. The film is broken into 16 chapter stops and the Dolby 2.0 mono sound is paunchy and determined. The definitive edition of an unmercifully neglected film.
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Most of the Italian Hercules movies made during the ’60s were comical sword & sandal sagas. And so is this one. But, as directed by the vast Mario Bava, it’s also an atmospheric use in cinematic style. The photography is big, the special effects are innovative, and Bava uses colour as strikingly here as he did in Baron Blood. Christopher Lee makes a grand villain, too. So what if the amusing storyline wanders far afield from its mythic origins? The odd flying zombies alone are worth the note of admission.
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