After francesco takes his revenge on the world outside, and sets himself to escaping from the life hes made, dellamorte dellamore finally offers up its own definition of madness. Just replace the heavy stone with a bunch of zombies, swap out the greek king for a graveyard caretaker named francesco dellamorte rupert everett. Dellamorte dellamore cemetery man demons 95 of death, of love critics consensus. Those feelings of poignancy are produced by the photography and camerawork, everetts performance, the use of the score material and the script itself. Also the city of buffalora might be derived fron the word buffo meaning funny or odd. Sono il custode del cimitero di buffalora, una cittadina della lombardia meridionale. You can see the influence of argento in the movie, as it is highly stylized and artistic. Dead of night, and was directed by michele soavi, who was an assistant for dario argento in the 1980s. Cemetery man will frustrate viewers seeking narrative cohesion or coherence, but this surreal blend of humor. The caretaker of buffaloras cemetery his job is simple. A hip, offbeat horror item floating on a bed of dark philosophy, dellamorte dellamore is a deceptively easy genre picture with hidden depths.
The movie was based on a popular italian comic book dylan dog. When not indulging in his own brand of pithy misanthropy, dellamorte is pondering the fact that some of the buried dead return to life after spending a week underground. It makes sense that the movie originated from an italian comic book called dylan dog. Dellamorte dellamore soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. Dellamorte dellamore original soundtrack musicians friend. This movie is based on a novel of tiziano sclavi, and it always reflects the sclavian philosophy diffused by the most succesful comics in italy. A lot of imagination has gone into dellamorte dellamore, and almost every sequence is soaked in it. Zombie movies we love cemetery man aka dellamorte dellamore 1994. Provided to youtube by tunecore dellamorte dellamore ramirez dellamorte dellamore. The original title, dellamorte dellamore, which translates as of death and of love, tells you what the movie is about. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items.
Meet francesco dellamorte rupert everett, the cemeteryman, gravedigger and guardian of the mythical buffalora cemetery where the dead just don t stay dead. The scenario, written for the screen by gianni romoli from a comic book scenario by tiziano sclavi, concentrates on the human characters rather than the zombies, and gives as much play to turmoil of the spirit as it does to the carnage that spills from the body. Francis dellamorte rupert everett is the custodian of buffalora cemetery, which is situated somewhere on the outskirts of a remote italian town. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. But following a tragic tryst with a lusty young widow stunning anna falchi in one of three sexy roles. Dellamorte dellamore literally of love, of death had all the makings of a major cult item but instead has quietly startled viewers through word of mouth and. Its italian title dellamorte dellamore based on italian comic book author tiziano sclavis novel from her dylan dog comic book series is probably the most rewarding turn of the whole project it roughly translates to about death, about love dellamortes mother. Trailers from hell digs up the cult classic cemetery man. Start by marking dellamorte dellamore as want to read. Rupert everett, gravedigger and guardian of the mythical buffalora cemetery where the dead just don t stay dead. Considered by many italian film fans, to be the great italian horror 1997s the wax mask by sergio silvetti is neither great nor a well made horror, dellamorte dellamore is part evil dead and part unhinged whimsicalness via terry gilliam. Dellamorte dellamore cemetery man demons 95 of death. Undertaker who smokes and drinks, works in italys buffalora cemetery and deals with zombies of his graveyard.
Up to eleven with francesco dellamorte dellamore the latter is the surname of his mother and is not usually mentioned as a part of his name but is put into the title. There is the duality between love and dead in italian dellamore means of love and dellamorte means of death, a duality that dellamorte feels in a really hard way. A lot of the shots look like comic panels brought to life. The film was based on a 1991 novel by tiziano sclavi. Seven days after burial, the fresh cadavers claw their way out of their coffins looking for flesh to eat. Dellamorte dellamore cemetery man bluray all region. Everett plays a beleaguered caretaker of a small italian cemetery, who searches for love while defending himself from dead people who keep rising again. Rupert everett plays francesco dellamorte, who is the watchman at. Dellamorte dellamore is presented in a remastered hd version, for the first. And its francescos job to dispatch these returners before they. The film opens with francesco dellamorte, caretaker of the buffalora cemetary and his lonely existence.
The look of the character of dylan dog was based on actor rupert everett and so it becomes doubly. Cemetery man rises from the grave for a new uk bluray. Dellamorte dellamore 1994 directed by michele soavi starring rupert everett, francois hadjilazaro, anna falchi, mickey knox, fabiana formica, clive riche, barbara cupisti, anton alexander the first time i watched this film, it was from a bootleg vhs tape, several generations down from the original source, in italian with no subtitles. The caretaker of buffalora s cemetery his job is simple. Dellamorte dellamore cemetery man 1996 the zombie site. At this time, its not easy to track down a copy of the cemetery man aka dellamorte dellamore on bluray, but shameless films aims to remedy that by giving michele soavis cult classic its. A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies. Based on a famous italian comic strip, film toplines.
Sclavi later expanded dellamorte dellamore as a novel. Dellamorte dellamore cemetery man soundtrack purple. Gory and playful, darkly humorous and flippantly bleak, soavis film is a joyride through a sullen state of mind. Sclavi was no stranger to the horror genre in 1994 having created the insanely popular italian horror comic series, dylan dog, nearly a decade before. Cemetery man aka dellamorte dellamore bluray media book. It means something like francesco of death of love. Work is hell when your day to day is caretaking a cemetery that occasionally sees the dead returning from beyond. Dellamorte himself is an iconic figure, a badass in black jeans, coat, and boots. Known in italian as dellamorte dellamore, the movie was based on a book sporting that same title written by tiziano sclavi.
The buffalora cemetery, especially by night, is a thing of gothic beauty a scene out of a dream or fairy tale. Dellamorte dellamore aka the cemetery man uk bluray debut format. Rupert everett my best friend s wedding stars as francesco dellamorte, a cemetery watchman whose job is to slaughter the living dead when they rise hungry from their graves. The world of francesco dellamorte runs parallel to george romeros zombie apocalypse. He is the guardian of the cemetery of buffalora, a little town in the north of italy, in which, we dont know why, corpses rise from tombs and dellamorte has to destroy them. Despite the high comedy and gore factors, dellamorte dellamore is a very poignant film at times. It was produced by tilde corsi, gianni romoli and soavi and based on the novel dellamorte dellamore by tiziano sclavi. Michele saovis dellamorte dellamore is a film that, in certain circles, virtually. The story, loosely based on the italian comic book dylan dog or more specifically on a supporting character from. Francesco dellamorte never finished high school, he only read 2 books in his life, 1 he never finished, the other ones the phone book.