Programmed January 2023
Fernando Di Leo’s Italian Crime Thrillers
European exploitation cinema doesn’t get any more exhilarating than the furious crime sagas of Italian cult auteur Fernando Di Leo, a maestro of pulp whose hard-boiled thrillers deliver both explosively stylized violence and subversive social commentary underpinned by a righteous moral worldview. Championed by Quentin Tarantino, who has cited Di Leo as a key influence, these crackling tales of gangsters, crooked cops, and vigilantes—including the hard-hitting Milieu Trilogy ( Caliber 9 , The Italian Connection , The Boss ), which explores the corrosive effects of the mafia and police corruption on Italian society—are blistering expressions of rage against injustice.
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