Closed Circuit (1978) coming from Severin

[whiteberry]

SEVERIN FILMS BLACK FRIDAY 2023
TITLE REVEAL #3
Closed Circuit (1978)
Director - Giuliano Montaldo
Blu-ray

[Member-222782]

I'm careful about blind buys these days but this one sounds like a banger.

Maybe more of those teased titles from back in the Summer will come out, like the cannibal stuff.

[whiteberry]

Severin has uploaded a trailer to YouTube:

CLOSED CIRCUIT (1978) TRAILER - YouTube

[latehong]

A guy is shot to death in a movie theater during a show. The police close the theater and reenact the murder with all the other audiences. Then the stand-in for the victim is killed again in the same seat, at the same moment, by the same method!

What a hook! I know it's hard to live up to such a great premise, but I gotta see this.

[granty]

This one has my interest as well. But i guess the method is given away in the movie title :lol:

[whiteberry]

Closed Circuit (1978)
Director - Giuliano Montaldo
Blu-ray

Following the international hits GRAND SLAM and MACHINE GUN McCAIN, director Giuliano Montaldo set his sights on a different kind of project, a feature for RAI-TV that remains one of the most unique and criminally underseen thrillers of the ‘70s: At the local cinema, an audience watches a Spaghetti Western matinee. During the film’s on-screen climactic duel, a bullet is fired into a patron. With no leads and a theater full of suspects, police investigators lock the doors, put everyone back in their seats and run the movie again. But will this shot in the dark reveal the real killer? Flavio Bucci (SUSPIRIA), Tony Kendall (THE LORELEY’S GRASP) and Giuliano Gemma (TENEBRE) co-star in this “original, intelligent and spooky” (Ninja Dixon) shocker written by Oscar® nominee Nicola Badalucco (THE DAMNED), now scanned in 2K from RAI-TV vault film elements.

CLOSED CIRCUIT SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Introduction By Kier-La Janisse, Author Of House Of Psychotic Women
• Audio Commentary With Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson And Howard Berger
• Murder At The Matinee – Interview With Director Giuliano Montaldo
• Il Sociologo – Video Essay By Film Historian Kat Ellinger On Actor Flavio Bucci
• Re-Release Trailer By Jake West

FEATURE SPECS:

• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Audio: Italian Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Region: A/B/C

[whiteberry]

Sadly CLOSED CIRCUIT director Giuliano Montaldo passed away earlier this year. But we have an interview with him on the Kier-La Janisse produced disc in the form of a recent Freak-o-Rama interview featurette. Here’s a clip:

https://www.facebook.com/severinfilm...0437485789777/

[Thomas Veil]

I posted this in the Severin thread but adding it here now as I couldn't find it before.

I just watched Closed Circuit and gheez that was pretty enjoyable. I mean it might not be for everyone with it's slow pace but the later part of the movie raps it up nicely. I thought the ending would go one way but it went another(a better one).

The Spaghetti Western connection does help as I love those but it really is a slight (but important) part of the movie. I'm glad I picked it up and will certainly rewatch again. If I could pare it to another movie for a double bill, maybe the 1970 TV movie Sole Survivor. Not exact plots but same vibe though one with an Italian slant.

[logboy]

quite tricky to find this in stock.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by logboy

quite tricky to find this in stock.

Diabolik and Severin's site have it. I know Diabolik ships to the UK and they have 1 left. Good movie too. A hidden gem for sure..


https://diabolikdvd.com/product/clos...-ray-preorder/

[logboy]

Originally Posted by jcs913

Diabolik and Severin's site have it. I know Diabolik ships to the UK and they have 1 left. Good movie too. A hidden gem for sure..


https://diabolikdvd.com/product/clos...-ray-preorder/

i don't use them. had an issue in my first order with them years ago.

wowhd seem to have taken it down for now. two sellers on ebay from same parent company have sold out. i think amazon usa has it.

oddly, i can see this being a radiance release, which is not what ive got my fingers crossed for, but still seems like their kind of thing.