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Author Topic: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)  (Read 23937 times)

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SQUADRA VOLONTE- EMERGENCY SQUAD (1974)

Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock, Gastone Moshin

Milian plays Inspector Ravelli, an interpol agent who stalks the gang responsible for the daylight shooting of his wife who got in the way of a robbery. When bullet casings taken from a heist match those from the scene of his wife's murder, Ravelli identifies the leader as the "Marseilles" (Moshin from GODFATHER 2). Ravelli throws away his badge and hunts down the Marseilles and his gang.

The film is more character driven than most in this genre and Milian is quite good as the dour and embittered police inspector. He seems closed off from everyone else save for his girlfriend and his son who survived the earlier shooting. Milian delivers a strong, albeit emotional and quiet performance with occassional burst of brutality and even a lighter more comical side when he visits a hippie commune and mingles with the pot heads until the police arrive. Also Milian sports a small cigar for the entire picture but never lights it until the end.

Gastone Moshin is very good as the villain who, unlike other villains in these movies is more humanistic than usual. There are even some subtle editing techniques from director Stelvio Massi that link the protagonist and antagonist in character traits. Also the Marseilles devotion to his girlfriend is unusual for the typically mysogynistic attitude the bad guys have in these movies. The finale is handled quite well and is similar to a showdown in a spaghetti western.

Milian needs no introduction as he became a staple of these films with his most popular role in Italy being the COP IN BLUE JEANS series which spans 11 films and all directed by Bruno Corbucci if I am not mistaken. Milian moved to America in 1985 after finishing the final BLUE JEANS COP film.

Director Stelvio Massi directed some fine examples of the genre and this is one of them. Different in some areas it appears fresh and there are some nice touches done with the cinematography that help the movie stand out. Not recommended for newbies however, but once you have seen some of the more known titles, this one is a nice change of pace.

This DVD, as are all of No Shame's releases, is packed with special features. Massi's final interview before his death contains several humorous bits one refers to an american director who sent him a letter saying what a big fan he was of his movies but Massi could not remember the name. His wife chimes in- "Tarantino".

Another interview with Milian, a still gallery and a generous Massi gallery, there usual informative booklets that accompany the releases, trailers and a director's intro.
 
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Re: Emergency Squad/Squadra Volonte (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #1 on: 15 Jul 2007 - 15:46 »

Here's the rundown on the special features,

STELVIO MASSI-THE LAST ROUND-Last interview with late director Massi
TOMAS' SQUAD-interview with Tomas Milian
DIRECTORS INTRO
ORIGINAL ITALIAN TRAILER
POSTER/STILL GALLERY
STELVIO MASSI STILL GALLERY
COLLECTIBLE BOOKLET

All interviews are subbed but confusingly, you must select the italian track with subs to see them then go back into the menu and switch the english track on to watch the film that way. I wasn't able to use my remote to do it. Only one or two of the NoShame US DVDs I have enable me to use the remote. The Milian interview is already in english.
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #2 on: 24 Jun 2008 - 13:51 »

Another winner from Neo Publishing in France,this superbly designed digipack has Italian/French language options plus a 36min interview with Ray Lovelock and Stefania Casini(Marta Hayworth).

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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #3 on: 24 Jun 2008 - 14:07 »

That's really nice! What's the Lovelock interview like? Is it exclusive to the Neo release or do you think it's been on another release?

Haven't seen this film for years, since I first got the Alan Young DVD to be precise.
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #4 on: 24 Jun 2008 - 14:21 »

What's the Lovelock interview like? Is it exclusive to the Neo release or do you think it's been on another release?
It's exclusive to this release and comes with French subs,i'll give it a watch later and report back.
Also the transfer looks great and alot better than the AYP release from a few years back which was one of the first Italian crime films released on disc.I still haven't got the NoShame version so i can't compare it to that.
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #5 on: 24 Jun 2008 - 14:27 »

...still haven't got the NoShame version so i can't compare it to that.

I don't have it either.

Look forward to hearing about the interview Stephen.  :'(
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #6 on: 24 Jun 2008 - 19:36 »

I've got the No Shame release and can post screenshots if anyone wants them for comparative purposes. This is actually one of my favourite Italian crime films.
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #7 on: 24 Jun 2008 - 19:46 »

Post some grabs if like Stuart. I'll do some from the AYP disc and compare...  :'(
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #8 on: 28 Jun 2008 - 20:35 »

Better late than never, here are three screenshots from the American No Shame release.
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #9 on: 28 Jun 2008 - 20:44 »

Cool. I'll do some comparisons in the morning when I'm at home.
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #10 on: 28 Jun 2008 - 21:18 »

AYP and NoShame have the same transfer for all movies, the works (generally good or very good works) are all made in italy, also for noShame USA, AYP and NoShame have some joint but i never understood in which way

in the last discs out, AYP are very poor, No Shame very rich with a lot of extras... and with euro very strong against US dollar it was cheaper to buy a No Shame movie from USA with a lot of extras (sometimes with another movie as for Tony l'altra faccia della Torino violenta or La bidonata) than to buy the same AYP movie in italy without extras

IMO it's absolutely ridicolous and i stopped to buy any AYP movie... only when i find them in megastores for less than 5 euro sometimes i buy something
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« Reply #11 on: 14 Jul 2009 - 11:26 »

On the Alan Young DVD some small sections of the film play in Italian even though the audio is set to English. I'm guessing these parts weren't in the English dubbed print where the audio was sourced.

I don't have the NoShame DVD so I'm wondering if the same thing happens on that disc or have these sections been subtitled?
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #12 on: 14 Jul 2009 - 12:58 »

On the Alan Young DVD some small sections of the film play in Italian even though the audio is set to English. I'm guessing these parts weren't in the English dubbed print where the audio was sourced.

I don't have the NoShame DVD so I'm wondering if the same thing happens on that disc or have these sections been subtitled?

I'm pretty sure the NoShame disc has subtitles during these sections...
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Re: Emergency Squad / Squadra volante (Stelvio Massi, 1974)
« Reply #13 on: 14 Jul 2009 - 15:57 »

On the Alan Young DVD some small sections of the film play in Italian even though the audio is set to English. I'm guessing these parts weren't in the English dubbed print where the audio was sourced.

I don't have the NoShame DVD so I'm wondering if the same thing happens on that disc or have these sections been subtitled?

What parts? I'll check them for you.
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« Reply #14 on: 14 Jul 2009 - 16:03 »


What parts? I'll check them for you.

Most notably and easiest to find is some sections during the opening titles.  :'(
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