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"The Man with the Golden
Gun", from Tuna
The Man With the Golden
Gun (1974) was the 9th of the 007 films, and the
second with Roger Moore playing Bond. Reviewers
are split on the merit of this effort compared to
others, but most appreciate Christipher Lee as
the villain Francisco Scaramanga, a spectacular
car stunt, and exotic Asian locations.
007 is led to believe
that the worlds most expensive assassin,
Francisco Scaramanga , is after him. He tries to
strike first, and ends up involved with a new
solar energy device as well. There are several
unusual things about this film. First, the
villain has all the great toys. Second,
Christopher Lee doesn't have fangs, and gets a
pretty girl. The character names, as usual, are
whimsical. The character name of the unknown
actress is Chu Me, the Brett Ekland character is
Miss Goodnight and a Thai millionaire villain is
Hai Fat. Lee is great as the villain, Moore is
not quite settled in to the Bond role, and Adams
looks really good even through a shower door. thumbnails Maud Adams (1,
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"Autopsy",
from Tuna
Autopsy (Macchie solari
1975), directed by Armando Crispino is a whodunit
disguised as horror. An intern who works doing
autopsies is writing a thesis on telling the
difference between suicide and murder, when
people start expiring all over Rome of apparent
suicides. The intern, played by Mimsy Farmer, is
overworked, and starts hallucinating that the
corpses are coming back to life. This part of the
plot accounts for most of the unknown nudity.
She is drawn into what
turns out to be a murder case full of red
herrings. The movie is well-made, especially for
Italian shock cinema, and the DVD version has
lots of nudity. The plot held my interest, and I
did not guess the identity of the murderer. It is
dubbed acceptably into English. thumbnails Mimsy Farmer (1,
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