Italian 007

“I interviewed a number of directors, producers, screenwriters and actors from the 077 and 3S3 series for my TV show Stracult two years ago. I realized that the phenomenon was not at all marginal, unlike I had believed it to be and experienced it back then. So I decided to tell about these people’s stories, their films, their characters, their dreams. 007 all’Italiana was not as crazy and complex as Spaghetti western, which affected several generations back in the 20th Century. It did, however, have a revolutionary impact, and definitely a style of its own.” Among the various genres of Italian popular film, “Italian-007” is possibly the least appreciated and investigated by movie enthusiasts. It includes hundreds of films inspired by the
famous James Bond saga, which were released in Italy from 1964 to 1967. Using wonderful images and original posters, Marco Giusti outlines the history of this fantastic pop imagery: “movies made in a matter of months, written in a few weeks”, with “minimal costs, small crews, sure bargains.” An important piece of Italian film history, full of madness, creativity and original ideas: a genre worth reviving and appreciating.

302 pages | illustrated essay
Publication date: September 2010
English, photographic sample available

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