Dirty Harry: Funky Italian Style

Dirty Harry: Funky Italian Style

I love these wonderful Italian Photobustas (and their huge 17.75" X 25.5" format). Whilst they are featured on the dedicated Dirty Harry page, I thought they also deserved to be in their own spotlight and examine them a little more closely. Nine of them are included here, but I’m not 100% sure about how many of these were originally issued in a full set? I also have to say - I don’t own a single one of them - but I can dream… Aesthetically, I think they’re great, they’re so funky with their bold and bullsy use of colour (check out that luminous pink!). Yet, technically they are all over the place! One image contains a shot of Charlton Heston from The Omega Man (another Kinney production also from 1971), in another image John Larch seems to be in the foreground of the Charlie Russell murder scene counting out money and a closer look at the famous ‘6 shots or only 5?’ scene outside of the bank of San Francisco reveals that this is actually a production shot or a rehearsal - as director Don Siegel can clearly be seen standing next to Clint! And rather strangely, there now seems to be a mysterious Mercedes at the quarry during Harry's climactic showdown with Scorpio - all of which is very bizarre? The hand tinted colour process is a bit dated for sure - but I think it still adds to their overall charm… 

Regardless of their technical errors, I can’t deny it, I still absolutely love ‘em.