The other commentators have got the sense and the beauty of The Tenth Victim just about right. What I have to add is a footnote.
The movie is remarkably prescient. In one of the early scenes, Mastroianni's character is sitting indolently at home when his goods are repossessed. He doesn't mind the furniture, etc., but he is visibly upset, even moved, that his collection of comic books is being taken away from him. Seeing it at the time, it struck me as a little over the top (as much of the movie aims to be). But it also prefigures, some four decades later, the seriousness with which we take comics of all kinds, manga, and "graphic novels." Who would have guessed in 1965? I imagine people, especially young ones, seeing this film for the first time, would not find the scene funny or satirical. Times change, don't they?
The movie is remarkably prescient. In one of the early scenes, Mastroianni's character is sitting indolently at home when his goods are repossessed. He doesn't mind the furniture, etc., but he is visibly upset, even moved, that his collection of comic books is being taken away from him. Seeing it at the time, it struck me as a little over the top (as much of the movie aims to be). But it also prefigures, some four decades later, the seriousness with which we take comics of all kinds, manga, and "graphic novels." Who would have guessed in 1965? I imagine people, especially young ones, seeing this film for the first time, would not find the scene funny or satirical. Times change, don't they?
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