I don't know whether this is old news or not. Thanks to dbx4 for opening my eyes.
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A short film by Antoine Waked (The Big Fall, Le Matelas) is available for direct download. The film's premise is quite simple. It's made for paying homage to the director's favourite genre.
Plot
After living many years in Paris, Marc Dalmas comes back to Lebanon to visit his sister. As soon as he arrives, he finds her murdered in her house. That same night, Marc witnesses another murder while being drunk. Due to the incompetence of the police, Marc decides to find the killer alone.
Short review
An excellent Lebanese murder-mystery in the Italian "giallo" style, that easily gives even giallo-master Dario Argento's own recent works a run for their money. It manages to cram in multiple murders, red herrings, some comic relief, people speaking Arabic, people speaking French, and even a funny beard into its short running time.
There is some overly stiff acting, disappointingly bloodless murder scenes, and the odd silly plot point, but there is really nothing serious enough to detract from the Argento-inspired fun. The beautiful photography and lighting (reminiscent of SUSPIRIA and INFERNO), and the highly effective electronic score (reminiscent of DEEP RED and TENEBRAE) are stuff that even the 1970s Italian horror-maestros themselves would be proud of. (User called 'niz' on IMDb)
Release topic
http://www.darkdreams.org/vbulletin/sho ... php?t=7980
Official site
http://www.geocities.com/giallomovie/
Direct download
http://www.darkdreams.org/giallo/giallo.avi
Linkage
http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58541
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481529/
