Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966)

	Also Known As: L'espion qui venait du surgelé, Dr Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
	Year of first release: 1966
	Director: Mario Bava
	Actors: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Vincent Price, Fabian, Laura Antonelli, Francesco Mulé
	Country: I, USA
	Genre: Comedy, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 15.01.2017, arte.tv, Italian version with French subtitle
Synopsis: The mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot (Price) plots to take over the world by creating female robot bombs specifically designed to blow up high-ranking generals of NATO countries. Goldfoot hopes that by doing this he will start a war between Russia and America. It's up to disgraced government agent Bill Dexter (Fabian) to stop Goldfoot. Supported by two newbies in the service secrets, Ciccio (Ingrassia) and Franco (Franchi).
Review: By watching short documentaries on arte.tv I found the playlists and this one cught my eyes! L'art du nanar as monument for bad movies. I read the name of Mario Bava and knew that I would watch this movie, even if it is supposed to be a bad one.  And it is indeed very slapstick, with many fast motion, with many image compositions taken from well-known movies. On the one hand it is really stupid and the gags are often repeated, on the other hand some it is so full of cinematographic references that it becomes to be interesting for that.  Franco and Ciccio are a couple of Italian actors specialised in the parodies and slapstick comedies in the 1960s. The acting of both is therefore very stereotyped and for Franco even very heavy. But ok, it is there style. Not mine. Also Vincent Price did a serie of three Dr Goldfoot movies. The story line mixes music-hall with science fiction and burlesque and slapstick and is therefore quite hard to follow and give a unity to the movie. It looks more like a pot-pourri.  The movie is watchable as reference of a style. Franco and Ciccio did 114 movies including 107 from 1962 to 1972. Price did only three Dr Goldfoot movies. The rythm was crazy! And maybe therefore they had to stick to their stereotypes.
Rating: 4 /10