Danger: Diabolik
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Danger: Diabolik (also known simply as Diabolik) is a 1968 feature film from Italian filmmaker Mario Bava based on the Italian comic character Diabolik. It is the story of a skilled thief (played by John Phillip Law) living out of a ritzy hideout who steals incredible riches from the Italian government- including $10 million in cash, a highly prized set of emeralds, and an enormous gold ingot. Eva Kant was played by Marisa Mell, while Ginko was Michel Piccoli. A Dino De Laurentiis production (producer of Barbarella, which also featured Law), it had a notable musical score by Ennio Morricone.
While fairly faithful to the original, having Diabolik and Eva drive their black and white Jaguars, etc, the movie portrayed Eva more like a scantily-clad damsel in distress than is shown in the original stories.
In August 1999, the movie was featured in the final episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (although another out-of-sequence episode, Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, was technically shown later). Scenes were used in the music video for the Beastie Boys' 1998 single "Body Movin'". The movie also influenced Roman Coppola's film CQ.
A recent American DVD release of the movie include a documentary on the movie, including interviews with one of the Beastie Boys, as well as their music video.
[edit] External links
- Diabolik at the Internet Movie Database
