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The Fifth Cord

Franco Nero (Actor), Silvia Monti (Actor), Luigi Bazzoni (Director) Format: Blu-ray

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Format	Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen
Contributor	Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Edmund Purdom
Language	Italian, English
Runtime	1 hour and 33 minutes

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The success of Dario Argento s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage ushered in a host of imitators, seeking to capitalize on this new, modern take on the giallo thriller. Many were highly derivative, but a number nonetheless rose above the crowd thanks to skillful execution and a willingness to experiment stylistically. Once such example is The Fifth Cord ¬ which, in the hands of director Luigi Bazzoni (The Possessed, Footprints on the Moon), turns a conventional premise into a visually stunning exploration of alienation and isolation.

When a man barely survives a brutal assault en route home from a New Year s party, washed-up, whisky-swilling journalist Andrea Bild (Franco Nero, Django) is assigned to report on the case. Before long, the maniac strikes again, this time with fatal results. As the body count rises, Andrea falls under suspicion himself, making it even more imperative that he crack the case. His only clue lies in a series of black gloves found at the location of every attack, each with a finger cut off...

Adapted from a novel by David McDonald Devine, The Fifth Cord boasts a complex, Agatha Christie-esque plot, outstanding cinematography courtesy of future Oscar-winner Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and supporting appearances by a raft of genre stalwarts, including Silvia Monti (A Lizard in a Woman s Skin), Edmund Purdom (Nightmare City) and Rossella Falk (Sleepless). Debuting here in high definition, arguably the most visually stunning giallo ever made now shines like never before.

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Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
New audio commentary by critic Travis Crawford
Lines and Shadows, a new video essay on the film s use of architecture and space by critic Rachael Nisbet
Whisky Giallore, a new video interview with author and critic Michael Mackenzie
Black Day for Nero, a new video interview with actor Franco Nero
The Rhythm Section, a new video interview with film editor Eugenio Alabiso
Rare, previously unseen deleted sequence, restored from the original negative
Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Haunt Love
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kat Ellinger and Peter Jilmstad

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.82 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Luigi Bazzoni
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 33 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 5, 2019
Actors ‏ : ‎ Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Edmund Purdom
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Arrow Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07L3LWXMY
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Michael Dobey

nero stands out.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2008

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Giallos are great type of thriller to enjoy , not all of them have
superbloody gory killings. Some like 'knife of ice" barely show any killing. Film noir and the films of Alfred Hitchcock also can be within this genre as well as splatter flicks that are decended from mario bava's "bay of blood." This is a story driven giallo in which the hero of the story only becomes less of a drunken loser through trying to find out who this killer is. At first he doesn't care and he's not a nice person , in fact he slaps around one of his girlfriends while drunk. But by the end of the movie he's ready to risk his life for others. Franco Nero, who is a fantastic actor who pulls this transformation off nicely. Blue Underground cleaned this movie up too. I always buy blue underground movies because you know that they care about making a movie look good.
Of late the major studios have also been cleaning up their movies on blu ray, a field that blue underground is also entering into.
Too many other companies just sling out bad prints and don't even bother to try to fix them. If you like mysteries and thrillers and don't expect a gore fest then you will enjoy figuring out who the killer is. I have seen many giallos and didn't guess who it was or why the killings were occurring until the last scene. This was just a great flick in a cool type of movie from the ultra cool 1970's. The heyday of all kinds of giallos also known as thrillers and mystery movies.

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V. Risoli-Black

Unexceptional Giallo

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2012

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I went into the purchase of 1971's "The Fifth Cord" with the hope of seeing possibly a good giallo with the presence of an actor who had the caliber of Richard Harrison who I had recently seen for the first time in memory in 1967's "Master Stroke," an unmistakably great Italian espionage/heist film that was relatively buried until now. It is not available anymore. "The Fifth Cord" is the original title of the book it is based on by D.M. Devine, but the movie went with another name until Blue Underground released their restoration and although Franco Nero had appeared in Italian westerns like Richard Harrison, I should have known better when I saw him in "Camelot" and was so unbelievable singing "If Ever I Would Leave You" to Vanessa Redgrave. Nero and director of photography, the great Vittorio Storaro (who lensed "Apocalypse Now"), were friends of the director Luigi Bazzoni and it is due to their presence that the film has any reputation today. An interview with the two of them is part of the extras provided on the disc. Even an ample cast can not bring it above mediocrity as a giallo who include Pamela Tiffin, Edmund Purdom and Rosella Falk. The plot is a little tired ultimately as it has been done better without giving anything away and there is no gore really. Even Ennio Morricone is wasted with his unexceptional score. I am glad the DVD was not expensive.

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Russell Vangilder

Very suspenseful and maybe a little slow for those watching more excitement

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2019

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One of the most magnificently film giallo films and probably some of the best cinematography in history. It is a giallo but , with a polziotteschi vibe

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Hannibelectro

Arrow Video rocks!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2019

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Arrow Video does it again with a classic Giallo and their restoration.

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The best this movie has ever looked!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 8, 2019

Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage has scores of imitators that rose in the wake of its success. There were scores of gorgeous women being murdered, jazzy soundtracks blaring and movies with animals in their titles. And then, every once in a while, there’s a giallo that rises beyond the pack and asserts itself as a true work of art.

Giornata Nera per L’Ariete, or Black Day for the Ram, may appear to be an animal title, but it really refers to astrology (which kind of gives away some of the film). It’s better known as The Fifth Cord.

Director Luigi Bazzoni doesn’t have a huge list of films to his credit, but between this film, The Possessed and Footprints on the Moon, his take on the giallo form is unlike anyone else’s. This is more than a murder mystery. It’s a complex take on alienation and isolation at the end of the last century.

Based on David McDonald Devine’s novel — but based in Italy, not Scotland as in the book — The Fifth Cord starts with a man barely surviving a vicious attack on the way home from a New Year’s Eve party. We even get to hear the words of the killer:

“I am going to commit murder. I am going to kill another human being. How easy it is to say, already I feel like a criminal. I’ve been thinking it over for weeks, but now that I’ve giving voice to my evil intention I feel comfortably relaxed. Perhaps the deed itself will be an anti-climax, but I think not.”

Writer Andrea Bild (Franco Nero!) is assigned to report on the case and to put it bluntly, he’s a mess. Ever since his separation, he’s been drowning his life in whiskey and women.

Soon, the attacker strikes again and this time, whomever it is succeeds and leaves behind a black glove with a finger missing (Evil FIngers is an alternate title). That one finger missing turns into two, then three and comes with evil phone calls. Andrea has to take on the giallo role of the investigator before he becomes either the fifth victim or is arrested by the police — it turns out that he was at that very same New Year’s party, as was every single one of the victims.

The story itself is rather basic, but the way that it’s told is anything but. Vittorio Storaro’s cinematography places The Fifth Cord in an industrialized Rome that’s rarely seen in giallo, eschewing the historic architecture we’re used to seeing. I’d compare it to a less flashy Tenebrae, but this was made a decade before that movie.

If you come to these movies for the fashions, well, you may be slightly disappointed. But if you love the decor, look out. I’ve never seen more spiral staircases in one movie ever before. The house with the giant fireplace was also used for Argento’s Four Flies on Grey Velvet, but looks so much more impressive here. And I loved how the modern architecture gives little room to run in the closing moments.

This movie has never looked better than on its recent Arrow Video release. It’s jaw-dropping how gorgeous the film appears and the Ennio Morricone soundtrack positively emerges from the speakers. I expect great things from this company, but they continually surprise and delight me at every turn.

This release includes a brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative with the film in both English and Italian with optional subtitles. There’s also a commentary track by critic Travis Crawford; Lines and Shadows, an incredibly informative video essay on the film’s use of architecture and space by critic Rachael Nisbet; interview with author Michael Mackenzie and film editor Eugenio Alabiso; and even a brand new interview with Franco Nero, who looks amazing at 77 years old. They even found a previously unseen deleted sequence!

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Shane Hayes

Every Single Frame Is A Feast For The Eyes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 15, 2022

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The Fifth Cord is based on a book by a Scottish writer. Although the term giallo refers to a series of yellow jacket paperbacks, very few giallo films are based on books, so this is a rare exception. The movie transplants the action from rural Scotland to urban Rome. A conventionally plotted murder mystery, The Fifth Cord is distinguished by its remarkable cinematography, the sheer beauty of its stunning visuals elevate it's artistry, every frame is a feast for the eyes.
The confusing plot involves blackmail, an alcoholic journalist, obscure astrology and a black gloved killer missing a finger.
Franco Nero is cool and charismatic, and it is always a rare pleasure to see Pamela Tiffin, who besides Harper and One Two Three was in too few other movies. But the real star of The Fifth Cord is Vittorio Storaro and his stunning cinematography.

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Mr. D. F. Fletcher

An atmospheric Giallo classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 19, 2019

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I’m unsure of what other reviewers on here expected but for me The Fifth Cord is one of the best Giallo and is up there alongside the likes of Bird With The Crystal Plummage, Deep Red as one of the best. Franco Nero is on fine form as the private eye with a few of his own demons on the trail of an elusive killer who is picking out off a selection of victims from a social gathering.
Complete with some chilling kills, great atmosphere and score this is highly recommended and up there as one of my favourite from the 70’s Giallo era.

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B. Hemming

NOT ALL FILMS WHERE FOREIGN IS SPOKEN ARE CLASS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 1, 2019

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Again one feels empty. The main character, he does not seem to care much but goes through the motions. People come and go. Somebody is murdered. One is left feeling, well not remotely bothered. Characters which leave the viewer utterly unmoved. Story line - you know I can't recall. The remote "eject button" is put the use!

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Tony Graham

Excellent Giallo

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 27, 2021

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One of the most visually stunning Giallo films ever.

GoldfishNation

The Geometry of Shadows

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 29, 2008

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"I am going to commit murder," whispers our killer, as the camera flits around the jaded revellers at a New Year shindig. "I can imagine the thrill and pleasure I will experience as I stalk my victim..."

Shortly after, John Lubbock (Maurizio Bonuglia) survives an attack in an underpass on his way home, and journalist Andrea Bild (Franco Nero), a fellow attendee, decides to investigate. Then a second party goer - invalid Doctor's wife Sophia Bini (Rossella Falk) - is attacked and killed in her home, and Andrea's elderly editor is found dead in a local park, both bodies accompanied by the killer's calling card (a black glove with first one then subsequent fingers cut off). Suddenly, the outspoken, hard-drinking journalist finds himself rising swiftly up the list of suspects.

What raises The Fifth Cord above the average giallo is striking cinematography and a couple of genuinely suspense-filled murders. The sequence involving the Doctor's wife is the most characteristic of the genre. Taking place in a huge and intimidating bedroom it also evokes the Gothic feel of old Hollywood and the memory of a certain Mrs de Winter. Bazzoni expertly handles the build-up of tension, getting the unfortunate Mrs Bini out of bed and crawling along the floor in a rising panic as first her wheelchair then telephone (her lifeline) vanish into the shadows. There's an almost supernatural element at play here. When the familiar gloved hands suddenly appear either side of the screen to slowly descend from behind and wrap themselves around her throat, they seem almost disembodied.

In contrast, the rest of the film is a study in modernity. Everything is concrete and glass, clean lines and polished surfaces. Every shot is carefully and deliberately lensed and filled with geometric shapes and patterns. Edges and shadows converge to corral Nero as the finger points increasingly in his direction. A scene in which he meets with the investigating officer in a subterranean parking lot is particularly well done, where the frosted windows behind the actors are reflected in the roof of the car in front and join with the widescreen framing to form a cage. The ending comprises tough-guy fisticuffs and a pulse-quickening chase sequence through the cadaverous wreck of an abandoned factory where Nero finally unmasks the black-coated killer, having already deduced the real motive, which twists the opening voice-over in a new and ambiguous light.

This is a solid, visually impressive giallo, if at times a little less engaging than it should be. The characters, other than Andrea, aren't effectively introduced or given enough screen time and are too often simply referred to by name, so it's difficult to remember who's who and why we should care. Consequently the narrative sometimes lacks clarity, getting itself into a bit of a muddle during the mid-section, and having spent most of the film presuming events have unfolded over a matter of days only to discover the killings have been occurring for roughly a five month period is a little jarring. There's nothing to suggest the passage of time, though the static environment does correspond with Bazzoni's austere vision.

A cold and relatively bleak film, The Fifth Cord makes the most of its angular urban settings to say something about the fractured nature of modern city life, from Nero's world-weary alcoholic loner to the estranged Doctor and his wife to hardworking single parent Helene (Silvia Monti). A world filled with acquaintances as opposed to friends, where people choose the warm bodies of strangers (filmed here with restraint rather than a gratuitous eye for sleaze) over the ones they may have at home. Nero, though at times out-and-out brutish, brings gravitas (and a suitably chiseled visage) to his genre-standard character, and Monti, in a limited role, manages to be strong and insightful and can keep her head in a crisis, helping to counterbalance the popular view of women in gialli as merely window dressing or cannon fodder. The English dubbing is of a high standard, with Nero providing his own voice. Overall it's more of a straightforward crime caper than a horror yarn, but worth checking out for the arresting visuals alone.

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