Closed Circuit

1978 [ITALIAN]

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Western

4
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 500 500

Plot summary

At the local cinema, an audience watches a Spaghetti Western matinee. During the film's on-screen climactic duel, a bullet is fired into a patron. With no leads and a theater full of suspects, police investigators lock the doors, put everyone back in their seats, and run the movie again. But will this shot in the dark reveal the real killer?

Director

Giuliano Montaldo Photo
Giuliano Montaldo

Top cast

William Berger Photo
William Berger as Second Gunfighter
Annabella Andreoli Photo
Annabella Andreoli as Audience Member
Mario Adorf Photo
Mario Adorf as Harry
Dina Sassoli Photo
Dina Sassoli as Landlady
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
976.57 MB
1200*720
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 1
1.77 GB
1800*1080
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lathe-of-heaven 6 / 10

Unfortunately, reviewers have used a word in their titles that gives away a major plot point and ending... And, NO, this is not a Giallo.

I don't know what people are thinking, but a certain word should NOT be used in reviewing this film, and certainly NOT in the title without a SPOILER warning!I don't normally report other reviews, but in this case it honestly does give away the whole premise and ending which a viewer would NOT know otherwise until actually seeing the ending. So, hopefully they will remove the word that I've mentioned.So now, with that said... and hopefully these other reviews (and especially their titles) have not ruined the movie for you. Thankfully, I had not read any of the user reviews before watching (I almost never do for this very reason - I usually only read External Reviews where the reviewers have enough sense NOT to spoil the film)Okay... Now my impressions of the movie. It is indeed a very different, odd film. It's not really my kind of movie due to all the rather mundane dramatic interactions of the people. However, I can appreciate the unique idea (well, at the time the movie was made it was rather unique) which ultimately tied well into what appears to be an intriguing Murder Mystery.And no... it is not really a Giallo at all. It has none of the trappings or convoluted atmosphere or story of any Giallo or even Neo-Giallo. But, it is a good mystery if you can wade through all the chit chat and time going through all the dialog between all these characters.The film has an average rating of a '7', which is probably merited. But, based upon whether I personally would enthusiastically recommend it, uh, not really. Thus my giving it a '6', which in my case means basically that it is a decent idea and maybe worth a watch, but not something I would get too worked up about...
Reviewed by ZeddaZogenau 8 / 10

Supernatural Television Giallo by Italian Broadcaster RAI

This film by Giuliano Montaldo (Top Job (1968) and BRILLE MIT GOLDRAND / Glasses with Gold Rims (1987)) was actually produced by the Italian RAI as a television film, but was so original that it was also shown at the Berlinale 1978, which was held for the first time in February. Has been shown.In a Milan cinema, an average audience is watching a spaghetti western. When there is a duel on the screen between Giuliano Gemma and William Berger, a shot is fired that fatally hits one of the moviegoers. The police are alerted, but are soon faced with a puzzle: no motive, no weapon! Through the interviews, the inspector (Brizio Montinaro) has already gotten to know some of the different visitors: a sociologist (Flavio Bucci) who puts forward steep theories, a drug dealer (Tony Kendall) who goes about his business with a friend under the cover of darkness, a married woman Ftrau (Aurore Clement), who secretly meets her lover at the cinema. It doesn't help at all! There is no usable trace! The inspector lets the film run again. And then this! At the same point in the film there is another fatal shot! Will the commissioner be able to solve this case...?The dark cinema as a life-threatening place - this is the experience conveyed by this unjustly forgotten film, which combines giallo elements with the supernatural.Worth seeing!
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