The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

Special Features (Blu-ray)

• Of Vice and Virtue (1080p; 43:21) is an interview with director Sergio Martino, who offers some interesting comments, including about Dario Argento. In Italian with English subtitles.
• Cold As Ice (1080p; 22:00) is an interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi, who discusses kind of being lured into writing gialli against his better impulses. In Italian with English subtitles.
• Vienna Vice (1080p; 19:01) is an interview with actor George Hilton and Italian genre historian Antonia Bruschini, which once again gets into Dario Argento. In Italian with English subtitles.
• Archive Interview with Actress Edwige Fenech (480i; 23:43) is actually titled No Shame Files, and features Fenech's memories of the production. In Italian with English subtitles.
• Introduction by Actor George Hilton (1080p; 00:24) is in Italian with English subtitles.
• Audio Commentary by Kat Ellinger, author of All the Colors of Sergio Martino
• Trailer (1080p; 3:01)
• Soundtrack CD of Nora Orlandi's score is also included. The score is often quite effective but which on the CD presentation can occasionally come of as a bit self indulgent (especially in terms of some long and fairly aimless guitar solos). The main theme is really interesting, with a half step rising melody that almost starts to hint at Cole Porter's standard from Kiss Me Kate, "So in Love" (which in the context of this film could pertain to any number of couples), but which Orlandi reworks in several different styles, including some appealing bossa novas. I would have loved to have seen a supplemental featurette about Orlandi on this disc, since she was so groundbreaking as a female film composer. Some Quentin Tarantino fans may recognize Orlandi's piece from this score called "Dies Irae" (not based on the traditional melody) which was used in Kill Bill: Volume 2.

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