Bigfoot / Piedone

[Paolo Simonetti]

I thought about that, too.
I wrote that down in the paper I prepared for the Lublin IPW, but at the last minute edited the version I delivered because too long and the reference got lost.
Do you think Pynchon knows about those movies? (Piedone lo sbirro, Piedone l'Africano and Piedone a Hong Kong)?
Yet Commissario Rizzo was called "Piedone" because he used to tread on his enemies' feet, while Doc is called Bigfoot for his habit of smashing doors!

Paolo


From: János Székely 
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 5:20 PM
To: pynchon -l 
Subject: Bigfoot / Piedone


It just occured to me how close Bigfoot is in appearance and manners -
not to the Rockies' yeti but to another bearlike law-and-order
character, Piedone ("Flatfoot", literally "Big foot") a.k.a. Inspector
Rizzo from the Italian movie series. Those films shot somewhat later
in the 1970s, after the IV period, and I don't know how widely they
were shown in the U.S. But the actor, Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli)
was also featured in TV commercials. A-and "his entry method of
choice" was rather similar. Coincidence or anachronism?

János
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