Jack the Ripper / Джек потрошитель / Der Dirnenmorder von London / Erotico profondo (1976) DVDRip |
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Неподражаемый Клаус Кински играет в этом фильме роль самого известного маньяка всех времен и народов. В конце 19 века он держал в страхе весь Лондон, убивая и калеча проституток. Скотланд Ярд направляет на его поимку молодого и честолюбивого инспектора Энтони Селби. Однако расследование заходит в тупик, пока за дело не берется подруга сыщика Синтия...
A Swiss-German horror film with Klaus Kinski as the notorious Jack the Ripper. A respected doctor by day, Kinski dismembers London prostitutes by night, until the local Inspector's girlfriend (Josephine Chaplin) goes undercover to catch him... |
Many attempts have been made to dramatize the tale of Jack the Ripper, but Jesus Franco's 1976 effort into the subject proves to be one of the best. Our killer is given a sense of duality and warped motivations that surpass those provided to him in other treatments and some of the camera work and direction is impressively well planned and executed. However - though it may be one of the better attempts at the subject matter in general - certain internal issues, like limp acting, steal some vital impact from the film and manage to hold it back from being a full-fledged classic.
The film mainly concerns one Dr. Orloff - a trusted member of society and respected physician - who finds himself driven by his own lust and psychosis to brutally murder local prostitutes under the cover of night. As Orloff's bloody rampage continues ( and word of 'Jack the Ripper' begins to spread in the papers and on the streets), the police realize they have a serial murderer on their hands but seem virtually powerless to stop him. In spite of the efforts of Scotland Yard's best men, the only lead they have is a blind "witness" who is openly superstitious and often references the supernatural. In a desperate effort to bait and capture the Ripper, the lead detective's girlfriend, Cynthia, volunteers to pose as one of the street-walkers and gets in over her head...
The best aspect of the film by far is Klaus Kinski's portrayal of Dr. Orloff/Jack the Ripper. His mild-mannered and generous daytime persona as town doctor is a well-played counterpoint to the wildly perverse, homicidal madman that he becomes at night. Everything from Kinski's speech, demeanor and even breathing change drastically when he shifts from one personality into the other. There are even some occasions where he slips between both personalities and a few degrees in between with relative ease - all within the same scene.
Another aspect worth mention is the beautiful cinematography. Though the film is set in Victorian London, it was actually filmed in and around Zurich, Switzerland. Taking what could be a terrible disadvantage to most filmmakers, Jesus Franco walks a very thin line between stark reality and fairy tale beauty with his shots. Realism is not the objective here, but to stage ugliness against beauty in a never-never land of sorts that is occasionally sprinkled with bloody violence, sexual perversity and, of course, gratuitous nudity. For example, when Orloff commits a graphically heinous crime in a foggy, beautifully backlit forest, it seems as out place and unthinkable as if it were happening in a children's movie. As it plays out, the sheer beauty of the scene is inviting and almost awe-inspiring, yet the act of murder at it's center is played out with such unflinching horror that it makes you actually feel the awfulness of the crime you are witnessing. In stark contrast, the environments in which we witness the police at work are filmed and lit in a more conventional way, making those scenes feel more "real" than the murder scenes. Visually, Franco has provided us with two worlds here - the real world and the fantasy world. While every other character in the story is firmly planted in the real world, Orloff comes and goes between our world and his own fantsy world. It is a unique and interesting effect that is put to good use throughout the picture. The violence is pretty extreme and heavier on gore than I had expected going in. We are treated to many severings and graphic slashings from the opening scene until the final minutes of the last act. Murders come quickly and ferociously, lending them a more realistic feel and making them seem even more shocking against the fairy tale style surroundings mentioned above. The murders rarely hold back and we see various parts of the female anatomy attacked in graphic detail. The Ripper does not merely aim to kill his victims - he destroys them. The calculated viciousness of the Ripper's attacks make him a truly cold hearted and fearsome villain.
Unfortunately, there are a few performances by supporting members of the cast that drag the film to a near standstill. Most of the supporting cast is disappointing, including a wise-cracking cop who does nothing but drop unfunny one-liners and make silly faces in the backgound. You can tell he is trying to be funny in a quirky way, but he never comes close to achieving his goal and seems entirely out of place in this picture. The secondary lead - Andreas Mannkopff's Inspector Selby - shows not one hint of emotion, despite the fact that there are secondary plots revolving around his troubled relationship with the girl he loves, the professional pressures of being in charge of a high profile case and impending civil unrest due to his inabilty to catch the Ripper. With all of these factors, it is downright frustrating and irritating to watch him sleepwalking through his role. He comes across as a careless jerk instead of our sympathetic hero. I suspect this is one of the reasons, if not the main reason, that the film does fall short in spots - our 'hero' is completely disinteresting (and seems disinterested himself), which leaves us with no one to identify with and makes the scenes that attempt to flesh out his character seem wasted and pointless. Likewise, when his girlfriend puts herself on the line to help him in the third act, it seems a foolish and unwarranted move that we, as an audience, can't connect with. Why would she risk her life for this lifeless shell of a man? While the poor acting doesn't totally ruin the film, it certainly takes it down a level from what it could have been and probably was on paper. If not for the wise choice of leaving much of the weight of the story on the shoulders of Kinski's Orloff, the supporting cast could easily have sunk this movie far below the line of mediocrity.
Overall, this is a solid effort. The film manages to take a simple killer by night tale and elevate it to a truly disturbing experience with interesting visuals and a compelling central character, which certainly makes it worth seeing at least once. For those who want a classy, facts-based detailing of the Whitechapel murders, this is not the film for you. However, if you are a fan of Franco or Kinski - or perhaps just like a good, old fashioned Victorian England-set exploitation movie filled with gore, nudity and disturbing concepts - this should prove a worthwhile treat.
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Название: Джек потрошитель Оригинальное название: Jack the Ripper Год выхода: 1976 Жанр: ужасы, триллер, slasher Режиссер / Director: Сценарий / Writers: Jesus Franco (writer) Оператор / Cinematography by: Peter Baumgartner, Peter Spoerri Original Music by: Walter Baumgartner В ролях / Cast: Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Andreas Mannkopff, Herbert Fux, Lina Romay, Nikola Weisse, Ursula von Wiese, Hans Gaugler, Francine Custer, Olga Gebhard, Angelika Arndts, Peter Nüsch, Regine Elsener, Esther Studer, Lorli Bucher, Mike Lederer, Otto Dornbierer, Friedrich Schoenfelder...
Выпущено / Country: Switzerland, West Germany Производство / Company: Elite Film Продолжительность / Runtime: 01:32:02 Язык / Language: English Русский перевод / Russian translation: любительский одноголосый Параметры рипа: Качество: DVDRip Формат: AVI 1.0 (VFW 1.1) Video Stream: DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Low-Motion, 576x320 (1.80:1), 23.976 fps, 881 kbps avg, 0.20 bit/pixel Audio Stream #1: MPEG Layer 3, 48 kHz, 2 ch, 160.00 kbps avg, Russian one voice dubbing Размер: 691.92 Mb (725 528 576 bytes)
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