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Tag Archives: mario bava
The Boy Who Streamed Too Much
So after digging in on the streaming for Reclaim Karaoke Tuesday night, I turned to preparing a discussion about Mario Bava’s seminal giallo film The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963). That discussion happened last night, and it was streamed … Continue reading
Diabolik: a Cultural Revolution Comic on Film
I already blogged a bit about using OBS to produce and stream a class visit Paul Bond and I did for Antonio Vantaggiato‘s Italian Cinema course last week. I wanted to use this post to talk briefly about the clips … Continue reading
Introducing Danger: Diabolik to a Live-Streamed Audience
A year ago Antonio Vantaggiato invited Paul Bond and I into his Italian Cinema course to talk about Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963). I was fairly new to Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) at the time, but … Continue reading
The Evil Eye
As Paul Bond already noted, there was a reprisal of the Bavafest last week. We got to talk about the maestro of b-movies, Mario Bava, with Antonio Vantaggiato’s class on Cine y Cultura Italiana at Sagrado. Short version of this post: it … Continue reading
Bava’s Odyssey
https://twitter.com/Dr_Giallo/status/1024238383772647424 I learned on Twitter that today is Mario Bava’s birthday. This blog has been inspired by this Italian film director in more ways than one, and I figured his birthday represents as good an opportunity as any to share … Continue reading
Reclaim Video on a Thursday Afternoon
While Reclaim Video officially opened two weeks ago, it did not really dawn on me until almost a week later. After the grand opening we locked in with MBS then road tripped to get Centipede. But as it turns out people … Continue reading
The Blog that Knew Too Much
Today I picked up this very large, colorful French film poster for Mario Bava’s 1963 film giallo The Girl Who Knew Too Much. It’s pretty special, and not just because it’s a cool piece of vintage film poster art for … Continue reading
bava branding update
So, I did a couple of Daily Creates yesterday and today, and wham just like that I feel like I stepped through a portal that brought me back to the generative internet of people and things. It’s amazing how far just … Continue reading
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
@jimgroom Bava Snob — Martin Weller (@mweller) October 27, 2014 I try not to be, but whenever I see a Dario Argento film it’s hard not to compare his work to the master, Mario Bava. And with such a pairing, Argento always … Continue reading