Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
June 6, 2020 1:38 PM - Subscribe
A chief detective murders his lover and tries to escape punishment, or perhaps court it — if the sick authoritarian society can allow such a thing.
It is at least pulp Kafka, and might as well have been dedicated to the LAPD and the Los Angeles City Council.
-- John C. Mahoney, Los Angeles Free Press, 1971.
Petri's left-wing, politics have led to the film's major weakness -- its one-to-one equation of police authority and fascism. The inspector has a passionate speech, for example in which he totally identifies liberalism with sexual deviation; this is too simpleminded and obvious to work, and we're irritated with Petri for not being more original.
-- Roger Ebert, 1971.
I felt like I should post this to FF if only because of the speech scene. (Viewable here but with bad subtitles.)
Volonté's acting is amazing, and it's fun figuring out what is going on with his character and his strange maneuverings.
posted by fleacircus at 8:57 AM on June 7, 2020
Volonté's acting is amazing, and it's fun figuring out what is going on with his character and his strange maneuverings.
posted by fleacircus at 8:57 AM on June 7, 2020
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