![]() ![]() That probably explains why Bellocchio packed so much sex and nudity into the present film, which does not make for a good or terribly compelling product.ĭavid is a young shrink examining the seductive Maddalena, who’s on trial for murder. As for THE SABBATH’S director, the vastly overrated Marco Bellocchio, he was coming off an international success of his own, 1986’s DEVIL IN THE FLESH, a film that received the majority of its attention because of a much-debated oral sex scene. Any movie featuring the delectable Beatrice Dalle involved in orgies and medieval torture can’t possibly be all bad-or so I thought until I sat through this mess, which under the direction of Italy’s Marco Bellocchio comes off as pretentious and dull.ġ988’s THE SABBATH (LA VISIONE DEL SABBA) had an irresistible selling point in the presence of French actress Beatrice Dalle, then an international superstar due to her performance in BETTY BLUE.
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