Nothing Underneath

"Chasing fame is murder."

1985 1h 30m IT

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★5.7TMDB · 91

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Synopsis

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Bob Crane has long maintained a psychic connection to his twin sister, Jessica, who works as a fashion model in Milan. When Bob senses that his sister might be injured or killed, he travels to Italy to look for her, only to discover that she's vanished without a trace. Enlisting the help of about-to-retire Commissioner Danesi, Bob soon finds himself embroiled in a web of mystery and terror, when a scissors wielding killer begins to strike and all clues lead back to Jessica...

“Chasing fame is murder.”

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Cast

Tom Schanley
Bob Crane
Renée Simonsen
Barbara
Donald Pleasence
Commissioner Danesi
Nicola Perring
Jessica Crane
Cyrus Elias
Deputy Commissioner
Maria McDonald
Margaux Wilson
Catherine Noyes
Carrie Blynn
Paolo Tomei
Giorgio Zanoni

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carlo Vanzina
Writers: Carlo Vanzina, Enrico Vanzina, Franco Ferrini
Languages: Italian, English
Countries: Italy

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Nothing Underneath Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carlo Vanzina, shot by Giuseppe Maccari. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Pino Donaggio. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Raimondo Crociani shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tom Schanley and Renée Simonsen and Donald Pleasence carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Carlo Vanzina directs. Giuseppe Maccari behind the camera. Pino Donaggio scores. Raimondo Crociani cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
4Part of the "Nothing Underneath Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Carlo Vanzina, shot by Giuseppe Maccari. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Pino Donaggio. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Raimondo Crociani shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tom Schanley and Renée Simonsen and Donald Pleasence carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Chasing fame is murder.".
10IMDB entry: tt0086343 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 91 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Giuseppe Maccari
Original score: Pino Donaggio
Editing: Raimondo Crociani
Production design: Stefano Paltrinieri
Costume design: Francesca Calissoni
Makeup / hair: Franco Schioppa
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: IT
IMDB: Nothing Underneath (1985)

Part of

Nothing Underneath Collection

This trilogy blends mystery and thriller genres, set against the glamorous yet treacherous backdrop of fashion, exploring themes of identity, ambition, and the façade of glamour.

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-11
★ 10/10
I THINK that I am reviewing the correct movie, the one I caught on HBO when I was in my early teens and staying up too late to try and record Robot Jox (or some equally cheap Sci-Fi) only to put the tape on long play, hit record, and fall asleep on the couch recording hours of HBO, for one movie, with the world's most complicated VHS machine. Anyway, that's how I caught it, and, honestly, it was honestly a much better than Robot Jox... even if it was a totally different genera. To sum it up, a male and female twin with a psychic connection bring us into a murder/mystery with surprisingly good camera work, and fun and over the top slasher style murders... you know, a giallo. And giallo always felt like the chap pulp novels that decorated the closets and basements of the home I grew up in... and now create a bit of a burden stuffed in every nightstand and book shelf in the home I live in to the point of cluttered annoyance. So, there is an attraction there for the horror mystery theme. A park ranger in the US feels his sister's murder, who is a model in Italy, and comes rushing from presumably the American west to Rome without experiencing a moment of anything near jet lag, only embark on an effort to find the slasher as he has to contend with some gorgeous women that worked with his sister and are being offed one by one... ... yeah, it's like your basic Friday the 13th, only with a lot more plot to it. So who can complain, movies like this are like pulp novels, you consume them once, get your entertainment, and then toss them on that little ledge beneath your end table because you were raised never to throw away books, and you know you're never going to read it again... .... so there it rests in the hope some random visitor says "Hey, can I borrow that?"

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