What makes this film of three short pictures worthwhile is the final story directed by Frederico Fellini. All three short stories were adapted from the stories of Edgar Allen Poe. The first film directed by Roger Vadim stars Jane Fonda and was narrated by Vincent Price. The Second story stars the European screen gods of the time Alain Delon and Brigitte Bardot and directed by Louis Malle. But as I stated the third story is what makes the film so wonderful. Terence Stamp is Toby Dammit, a very very spaced out English actor who travels to Italy to present the 'Italian' Academy Awards. For his troubles, he receives a new model Ferrari. But Toby is troubled by one thing: the devil. And the devil always appears to him as a mysterious, but very 60's, girl who carries a golden ball. This film cannot be described, it has to be seen, especialy the sequence where Toby roars through the rather peculiar town very late at night in the Ferrari. But a word of warning: don't try to figure this film out, just let Fellini play with your mind in a way that only he can.
Review of Spirits of the Dead
