Fulci for fake

This was a documentary that I watched while working since it was streaming on Shudder. I like to watch things like this late in my day since it is like listening to a podcast. I'll admit, this wasn't the best one to try to do this since it is in Italian and I don't speak the language, so I needed to pay more attention to the subtitles. That won't be held against this though.

What we get here is interesting. The title threw me off, but having completed this, it makes sense. This is set as Nicola Nocella is going to be playing Lucio Fulci in an upcoming biopic so he is interviewing people that know this director. He is trying to get as much insight as he can for the role. This includes his daughters Camilla and Antonella Fulci. Actors and behind the scenes people like Paolo Malco, Sergio Salvati, Fabio Frizzi and Michele Soavi are also interviewed. We get a good cross section, including people who are academics to help look at the career overall. It helped me as a fan of Fulci to learn that he struggled until getting into horror and then went back as the budgets for his movies dried up. It is a shame though with the talent that he had.

This is a well-made documentary as well. We moved through his early life and career. Getting into his horror career with things like Zombie and moving into more of his more violent gialli. I liked that posters and clips are spliced in here. It also does well in showing that tragedy in Fulci's life affecting the movies that he was making. I'd recommend this to fans of this director as it is an interesting look into his life.

My Rating: 7.5 out of 10.