Bigfoot / Piedone
János Székely
miksaapja at gmail.com
Sat Aug 7 03:26:01 CDT 2010
IMDB says the first Piedone movie was released in the U.S. as The
Knock Out Cop in 1975. There must also be some television history.
Paolo:
yes but e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFAHMWpGG4 at 2:25.
János
Paolo Simonetti <paolsim at gmail.com> írta (2010. augusztus 6. 21:25):
> 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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