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Let it never be said that most Italian popular cinema played things too subtly. In the late ’60s through around the mid ’80s, the Italian film industry had a boom. The world loved their western cycle, so Italy used that to churn out hundreds of films exploiting the intrigue over various genres. After the Spaghetti Western faded, there came the giallo boom; nearly concurrent to that, in the wake of American cop movies like
Dirty Harry and
The French Connection, Italy ushered in a wave of cop-action flicks, usually with tons of over-the-top car chases and shootouts. One of these, Sergio Martino’s
The 30th Noir in Festival kicks off online
Cross The Line by David Victori
Like many others, the Noir in Festival is having to adapt to the times. As such, against the backdrop of the health crisis, the event is now blowing out its 30 candles online, in a bumper edition which is unspooling via the MYmovies platform, where it can be streamed free of charge via this link, as well as on the festival’s social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) and on the Noir in Festival website.
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This long-standing event dedicated to the mystery genre in all its guises (film, literature, TV, new media), which is directed by