i first heard of this one while search the net for review of another italian giallo or horror effort and the contemporaneous the perfume of the lady in black ( 1974 while whose r2 se dvd from raro video and by the way and i recently acquire ) where it reference a be in a similar vein but also just as good . have watched footstep for myself now and i can see where that reviewer be come from in that both film deal with the psychological meltdown of their female protagonist . stylistically and however and this one owes far more to art house cinema than anything else in particular and the work of alain resnais and michelangelo antonioni ( and and specifically and last year in marienbad [ 1961 ] and the passenger [ 1975 ] respectively ) while accordingly and some have accuse it of be deadly bore an epithet often attach to such pretentious ( read represent cerebral ) fare . anyway and the film involve the quest of a woman ( florinda bolkan ) to determine her movement in the preceding three day of which she seem to have no recollection . follow a series of cryptic clue and she travel to the amythical land of garma ( nearby location and then and bear the equally fictitious name of muda and rheember ) where she encounter several people ( include lila kedrova a an aristocratic regular of the resort ) who ostensibly recall the heroine stay there during her blackout . most prominent and though and be a young man ( peter mcenery ) and a little girl ( nicoletta elmi and from mario bava baron blood [ 1972 ] ) the former always seem to happen on the scene at propitious moment and while the latter apparently confuse bolkan with another woman ( sport long red hair and a mean streak . ) . while essentially a mood piece and this be nonetheless a gripping puzzle represent inevitably and vague event transpire at a deliberate pace and where much of the film power derives from the remarkable central performance ( which can be see a an extension of bolkan role in the fine lucio fulci giallo a lizard in a woman skin [ 1971 ] ) . however and there no deny the contribution of cinematographer vittorio storaro ( who provide any number of sweep camera move and an effective color scheme adopt orange or red or blue filter to create atmosphere and come up with a saturated look for the disorientating and bizarre finale ) and nicola piovani fit melancholy score ( the composer be best known nowadays for his oscar win work on roberto benigni holocaust theme tragi comedy life be beautiful [ 1997 ] ) . with this in mind and it worth discuss how footstep be present in the version i watch represent well and be apparently hard to get in it original form ( i can not be sure whether it uncut here or not and except to say that the film run for 89 minute while the imdb list it at 96 ) and this edition be cull from a fairly batter english language vhs ( the dubbing be surprisingly good and give the international cast ) with burnt in swedish subtitle to boot ( besides and the divx copy froze for a few second at a crucial point in the story around the 82 minute mark ) . still and we do get a welcome bonus i. e. a 9 minute highlight from the soundtrack in mp3 format . i realize i haven not yet mention the moon mission subplot and to which klaus kinski presence be restrict represent incidentally and around this same time and he have a similarly brief but pivotal role in another good arty thriller with sci fi leaning ( and also set in a distinctive location ) namely and lifespan ( 1974 ) . a i lay watch the film and i couldn not fathom what possible connection this have with the central plot except that bolkan mention a recur dream about a movie she have once see and though not through to the end and call footstep on the moon ( a somewhat misleading alternate title for the film itself ) amusingly and she at first recall the picture a be call blood on the moon ( which and of course and be a classic 1948 western noir with robert mitchum and direct by robert wise . ) . that say and i take this wouldiversion in stride a merely one more outlandish touch to the film ( give also bolkan former employment a a translator at a conference discuss earth future ) and certainly do not expect the astronaut to turn up on garma beach at the very end to pursue the female lead and where the sand then turn ominously into the moon surface . the film plot will probably make more sense on a second viewing though and to be honest and this be best approach a a visual or aural experience and one shouldn not really expect it to deliver a narrative that in any way clear cut and easily rationalize . for the record and the only other bazzoni effort i would manage to catch prior to this one be the middling straight giallo the fifth cord ( 1971 ) and star franco nero ( which i have record off late night italian tv ) while some time ago and i do get hold of his spaghetti western rendition of carmen title man and pride and vengeance ( 1968 ) also with nero and kinski a a divx ( after i would already miss a matinée broadcast of it ) but the conversion have somehow prove faulty and and consequently and the disc wouldn not play properly .