Rent/Buy. The 10th Victim. Select from premium The 10th Victim of the highest quality. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blond, and backed by corporate sponsors and the … She requests an interview with Marcello at the Temple of Venus. [13], The movie is an international cult classic whose wild action and sexy style has influenced a generation of movies, from The Running Man to the Austin Powers series. The movie is shades of “The Hunger Games” 2012 only campy. He decides to start a new life, as a thief. The 10th Victim is a hoot, and despite all the internal debates over meaning, I don't think we're meant to take it for any more than that. The 10th Victim (Italian: La decima vittima) is a 1965 Italian international co-production science fiction film directed by Elio Petri and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, and featuring Elsa Martinelli in a supporting role. It's the 21st century and they have a licence to kill.. Produced by Carlo Ponti. My pubescent crush on her, stoked by her appearance in a 1963 "Playboy" that I stashed under my mattress, had a lot to do with my original interest in this film. In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. From Wings to Parasite, here's a look back at all of the Best Picture Oscar winners in the history of the ceremony. Authorities say the victim has life-threatening injuries. The 10th Victim Gomovies: Some people like violence so much, that they decide to create a club in which human hunts are organized - members being alternately hunters, and prey, until they end up dead. AKA: La decima vittima, The Tenth Victim, Десята жертва, La dixième victime. The 10th Victim is set in the far flung future of 19xx, where war has been abolished, and to satisfy the urge to kill, people can join in The Hunt. Rent/Buy. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. Why don't the subtitles match the dialogue on the DVD? The 10th Victim is one of over two dozen Robert Sheckley titles that will soon be available from SF Gateway, under licence from the excellent US eBook publisher, E-Reads. Elio Petri - Wikipedia During interim, the separated but still married Andress publicly dated John Richardson , her co-star from She , and Marcello Mastroianni , her co … Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. We've become used to the idea of people who are willing to do just about anything on television, and the idea of murder by game show isn't nearly so far-fetched as it used to be. But when the sport's two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. It is based on Robert Sheckley's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". The 10th Victim starring Elsa Martinelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Salvo Randone & Ursula Andress is a Comedy, Drama & Science Fictionfilm directed by Elio Petri. We've become used to the idea of people who are willing to do just about anything on television, and the idea of murder by game show isn't nearly so far-fetched as it used to be. Blue Underground has given Elio Petri 's zesty and visually inventive satire La Decima Vittima (aka The 10th Victim) a fresh release on Region One DVD after its initial North American DVD presentation from Anchor Bay Entertainment dropped out of print. Three victims were added to the title so that it would not be confused with THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943). This was the European 60s vision of the 'future'-- and why didn't it turn out that way? He then shoots her but she is saved by her bulletproof armor plate. 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