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| image = Dagger Eyes.jpg
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| caption = Italian theatrical release poster by [[Enzo Sciotti]]
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Mystère}}
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| director = [[Carlo Vanzina]]
| director = [[Carlo Vanzina]]
| producer = [[Goffredo Lombardo]]
| writer =
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| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Carlo Vanzina
* Enrico Vanzina<ref name="archivio">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG4945|title=Mystère (1983)|accessdate=September 27, 2022|language=Italian|publisher=Archivio Del Cinema Italiano}}</ref>}}
* Enrico Vanzina
* Carlo Vanzina
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| producer = [[Goffredo Lombardo]].{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=360}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Carole Bouquet]]
* [[Carole Bouquet]]
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* Philip Coccioletti
* Philip Coccioletti
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| cinematography = Giuseppe Maccari<ref name="archivio" />
| music = [[Armando Trovaioli]]
| editing = [[Raimondo Crociani]]<ref name="archivio" />
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| cinematography = Beppe Maccari
| editing = [[Raimondo Crociani]]
| music = [[Armando Trovajoli]]<ref name="archivio" />
| studio = Tris Film
| studio = Tris Film<ref name="archivio" />
| distributor = [[Titanus]]
| distributor = [[Titanus]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1983|11|28|Italy}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1983||}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
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| country = Italy<ref name="bfi">{{cite web|url=http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150243337|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|title=Collections Search|accessdate=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
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'''''Dagger Eyes''''' ({{lang-it|Mystère}}) is a 1983 Italian [[thriller film]] directed by [[Carlo Vanzina]], starring [[Carole Bouquet]] as Mystère.<ref name="bfi" />
'''''Dagger Eyes''''' (released in Italy and France as '''''Mystère'''''; also known as '''''Murder Near Perfect''''') is a 1983 Italian [[thriller film]] directed by [[Carlo Vanzina]], starring [[Carole Bouquet]] as Mystère.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Supplement 2, Through 1993|volume=4|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|publisher=McFarland|page=395|year=1994|isbn=0-89950-927-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano|last1=Chiti|first1=Roberto|last2=Poppi|first2=Roberto|last3=Lancia|first3=Enrico|publisher=Gremese Editore|page=67|year=2002|isbn=88-7742-429-X|language=it}}</ref> The plot deals with prostitution.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Premiata ditta "fratelli Vanzina"|last=Di Marino|first=Bruno|publisher=Falsopiano|page=15|year=1998|language=it}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Carole Bouquet]] as Mystère
* [[Carole Bouquet]] as Mystère
* Philip Coccioletti as Inspector Colt
* Philip Coccioletti as Inspector Colt
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* Stefano Davanzati
* Stefano Davanzati
* Roberto Renna
* Roberto Renna
* Sergio Tardioli
* Sergio Tardioli}}


==Production==
==Production==
''Dagger Eyes'' was inspired by [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]]'s ''[[Diva (1981 film)|Diva]]'' (1981), with screenwriter [[Enrico Vanzina]] recalling that him and his brother [[Carlo Vanzina]] "gave priority to images" for the film.{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=360}}
The Vanzina brothers were inspired to make the film after seeing the 1981 French film ''[[Diva (1981 film)|Diva]]''.<ref name="www.davinotti.com">{{cite web |last=Zender |first=Mauro |title=Enrico Vanzina ci parla di MYSTERE |url=https://www.davinotti.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=79 |website=www.davinotti.com |publisher=il Davinotti |date=18 November 2007 |access-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805232355/https://www.davinotti.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=79 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=registration}}</ref>


The ending of the film set in Hong Kong was forced on the the Vanzina brothers by producer [[Goffredo Lombardo]].{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=360}}
The film is divided into chapters, starting with a prologue (the attack on the Piazza di Spagna filmed by the German photographer). The next four chapters represent the four days that followed in Rome where the events related to the microfilm in the lighter develop, and an epilogue (Mystère finds Colt). The latter was imposed on the authors by the producer Goffredo Lombardo. Carlo and Enrico Vanzina wanted a dry and cynical ending, but the producer opted for a happy ending.<ref name="www.davinotti.com" />


==Location==
==Release==
''Dagger Eyes'' was released in 1983.<ref name="bfi" /> It was distributed theatrically by [[Titanus]].<ref name="archivio" />It was released on home video in a [[Audio dubbing|dubbed]] format the United States as ''Dagger Eyes'' by Vista Home Video.{{sfn|Levin|1987}}
The film was shot in Rome including at the Hotel Sheraton, which opened that year, and the [[Villa Borghese gardens|Villa Borghese]] underground car park. The externals of the epilogue were shot in [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="www.davinotti.com" />

==Reception==
From retrospective reviews, in his book ''Italian Giallo in Film and Television'', film critic and historian Roberto Curti stated that the film was a "competent but hollow genre product" finding it was marred by a dull male lead and a bad ending.{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=360}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Giallo in Film and Television|year=2022|publisher=McFarland|ISBN=978-1-4766-8248-8}}
* {{cite news|newspaper=[[Mansfield News Journal|News-Journal]]|title='Black Widow' Perfect Hot-Weather Video|date=July 12, 1987|last=Levin|first=Martin|page=2-G}}


==External links==
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[[Category:Giallo films]]
[[Category:Giallo films]]
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Revision as of 10:45, 27 September 2022

Dagger Eyes
Directed byCarlo Vanzina
Screenplay by
  • Carlo Vanzina
  • Enrico Vanzina[1]
Story byEnrico Vanzina
Produced byGoffredo Lombardo.[2]
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Maccari[1]
Edited byRaimondo Crociani[1]
Music byArmando Trovajoli[1]
Production
company
Tris Film[1]
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
CountryItaly[3]

Dagger Eyes (Template:Lang-it) is a 1983 Italian thriller film directed by Carlo Vanzina, starring Carole Bouquet as Mystère.[3]

Plot

Mystère is a high-class French prostitute who works in Rome. Her friend and colleague Pamela steals a gold lighter from a German customer and hides it in her purse. The German and Pamela are mysteriously killed in rapid succession and Mystère is saved from an aggression only by the prompt intervention of Inspector Colt. Mystère and Colt come to a subtle understanding that will allow the pair to come to the fore of the international intrigue in which they find themselves involved.

The German was in fact a photographer who had taken very compromising shots of an attack by the Soviet secret services on an American office in Piazza di Spagna where a politician was assassinated. The microfilm from the camera was hidden in the lighter that ended up in Mystère's possession. Mystère discovers that her friend's killer, the photographer, is the head of Criminalpol, and manages to save Colt from them. Colt then kills his boss and decides to deal directly with the secret services to be able to obtain a large sum for the film and escape to make a new life with Mystère.

An adventurous succession of events allows the inspector obtain a million dollars, but the initial plan changes and Mystère is left behind. Mystère finds Colt in his golden exile in Hong Kong and instead of taking revenge, the couple fall in love. Not even the return of a secret agent, after the money from the film, spoils the new life they have made.

Cast

Production

Dagger Eyes was inspired by Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva (1981), with screenwriter Enrico Vanzina recalling that him and his brother Carlo Vanzina "gave priority to images" for the film.[2]

The ending of the film set in Hong Kong was forced on the the Vanzina brothers by producer Goffredo Lombardo.[2]

Release

Dagger Eyes was released in 1983.[3] It was distributed theatrically by Titanus.[1]It was released on home video in a dubbed format the United States as Dagger Eyes by Vista Home Video.[4]

Reception

From retrospective reviews, in his book Italian Giallo in Film and Television, film critic and historian Roberto Curti stated that the film was a "competent but hollow genre product" finding it was marred by a dull male lead and a bad ending.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mystère (1983)" (in Italian). Archivio Del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Curti 2022, p. 360.
  3. ^ a b c "Collections Search". British Film Institute. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Levin 1987.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.
  • Levin, Martin (July 12, 1987). "'Black Widow' Perfect Hot-Weather Video". News-Journal. p. 2-G.
  • Dagger Eyes at IMDb
  • ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Dagger Eyes at AllMovie
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