Spirits Of The Dead - 1968 - 6/10
AKA - Histoires Extraordinaires
Three-part anthology, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe stories.
“Metzengerstein” by Vadim benefits from casting Jane and Peter Fonda as rivals in two feuding families.
Alain Delon inhabits “William Wilson”, the contrasting doppelganger, good vs evil, played out over a decade.
Those two, the second by Malle, are in the atmospheric, Gothic world.
The third, “Toby Dammit” (Fellini), is a mad satire, steeped in the doom of Fate.
Terence Stamp goes with the unhinged flow, in a story of fame, leeches, exhaustion.
The visuals are almost an excessive parody of Fellini.
Per suggestion, I searched for “Metzengerstein” in French, but failed.
“William Wilson” in French. “Toby Dammit” in English, sans subs (putting you in Toby’s confused world), I cheated and switched on subs, as I was quickly lost.
