{"product_id":"danger-diabolik-9780231182812","title":"Danger: Diabolik","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanger: Diabolik\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years, featuring a masked master criminal--part Fantômas, part James Bond--and his elegant companion Eva Kant. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster, subverting public officials and the national economy, and places him in a luxurious and futuristic underground hideout and Eva in a series of unforgettable outfits. A commercial disappointment on its original release, \u003ci\u003eDanger: Diabolik\u003c\/i\u003e's reputation has grown along with that of its director, Mario Bava, the quintessential cult auteur, while the pop-art glamour of its costumes and sets have caught the imagination of such people as Roman Coppola and the Beastie Boys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study examines its status as a comic-book movie, including its relation both to the original \u003ci\u003efumetto \u003c\/i\u003eand to its sister-film, \u003ci\u003eBarbarella\u003c\/i\u003e. It traces its production and initial reception in Italy, France, the U.S., and the UK, and its cult afterlife as both a pop-art classic and campy \"bad film\" featured in the final episode of \u003ci\u003eMystery Science Theatre 3000\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeon Hunt is a senior lecturer in film and TV studies at Brunel University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBritish Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexpolitation\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eKung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and \u003ci\u003eCult British TV Comedy: From Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wallflower Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410009329938,"sku":"9780231182812","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08056f35-095a-42c7-8b37-8e8204289bb8.jpg?v=1729298411","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/danger-diabolik-9780231182812","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}