导演：费尔南多·迪·莱沃
Fernando D i Leo's Mi lano Calibro 9 is an out-and-out masterpiec e of Italian Crime cinem a and, in my opinio n, one of the most astonish ing crime stories ever told. The first film in Di L eo's excelle nt 'Milieu' trilogy, Milano Calibro 9 was followed b y La Mala O rdina (aka . Manhunt , also 1972) and the brilliant Il Boss (1973). The three f ilms are not co nnected story-wise, bu t all thr ee are e xcellent, and hig hly realist ic portrayals of organi zed c rime. As far as I am concern ed Manhunt is (allthough excellent ) slightly inferior to this on e and Il Boss which both stand out as absolute all-time highlights o f cri me c inema. Milano Cali bro 9 is the bes t of t hem all, a film that is ast onis hing in a ll asp ects, be it the ingenious plot that, apart from a compelling stor y and clever twists, includ es so cial critici sm, the perf ormances, the g ritty atmosphere and suspense or the brilliant score. I can har dly find the right w ords to express my admiration f or this m asterpie ce which easily ranks among the greatest Gangster fl icks ever br ought to screen. Gastone Mo schin stars as Ugo Piaz za, a toug h and el liptical ex- convict who has just bee n relea sed from pris on. Imm ediate ly after h is release , Ugo is a pproache d by me mbers of the Milan mob lead by the irascible gan gster Roc co (Mario Adorf), a s they suspect him to be responsibl e for th e disappearance of a la rge sum of money belon ging to their boss, an American (Lionel Stand er) who control s the organized crime in M ilan... Milano Cal ibro 9 is a film that delivers an astonishing ly re alistic mood of the underworld like h ardly another. The intrigui ng story line goes in hand with interesting characters, raw atmospher e, suspens e and b reathtaking action, social cr iticism and brutal violence. The film is simply stunning from the beginning to the end, which is even intensi fied by the brilliant score, a collaboration of the famous composer Luis Enríquez Bacalov and t he Italian Progressive Rock ban d Osanna. Ugo Piazza must be one of th e most ch arismatic ga ngster cha racters ever in c inema, and Gastone Moschin was the pref ect choice for the role. Moschin delivers a brilli ant performance, and t he rest of the cast is also great. Mario Adorf is i rasc ible like a rabid dog as the feroci ous gangste r Rocco, a role that fits hi m like a glove. The great L ionel Stander fit s perfectly in his role of t he Americ an Mafia Don. T he two cop characters in the film are played by two of th e greatest regulars of Italian genre-c inema, Luigi Pistilli and Fran k Wo lff (w ho com mitted suicide before the film was released). The ravishin g Barbara Bouchet is astonishing and incredibly s exy in the role of Ugo Piazza's strip per girlfriend. Bouchet is both a stunning b eaut y and an exc ellent actr ess and this is doubtlessly one of her most mem orable roles. This is also a poli tical fi lm and director Di Leo embed ded a lot of so cial cri ticism about topics like corruption. This film simply h as ever ything one can pos sibly desire in c inem a. Films like Mil ano Ca libro 9 ar e the reason why I love cinema. Thi s is an absol ute master piece in all regards a nd, without exa gger atio n, one of t he greatest Cr ime flick s ever ma de! The ingeni ous o pening scene alo ne is more me morabl e than most films get in two hou rs.精彩剧情/对白：“娘，明日你和我一起种植，等杂交水稻 种植成功了，就由你送 到皇上那里去。这水稻，算是你 研究出来的，我乃是辅助你的。到时候，凭着这一点， 这下，皇上恐怕还要 给你赏赐，另外，有你的这个研究，在大炎国也算是大 功臣了。”
“之所以过来呢，有两 个原因。 一来呢，也是知道你们以前就是种田的，对种植有 经验，而且柳安人是安人，和庄子里的下人不同 ，和安人一起交流交流呢，比较在平等身份上，会觉得更舒心，而不是 下人战战兢兢 。二来呢，也确实 是知道是柳安人才来的，大炎虽然 民风开放，但是像安人这样的女人，也是少有的，便想过来瞧瞧 。”
“秦盛天未必不知道这一点，但是秦氏丢 了这个项目，面临的 是巨额亏损，和越发暗淡的发展前景，他必须给股东 一个交代 ，但是他不可能拿自己谢罪 ，许南又是他的女婿，更没法下手，想来想 去，只有我能有个 合适的罪名， 能说服众人，所以才 拿我当替罪羊。”
“只是那时候我虽然感 觉到了他 带我回来， 让我加入实验的一切都太巧合了，心里也不 是没有产生过怀疑，但是他为了让我安心在组织待下去，继续完成实验，对我百般温柔，几乎对我百依 百顺，把我哄得 心甘情愿蒙上眼睛，假装看不 见摆在眼 前的真相，为他卖命。”
“刚来这 里住的时候，家里 的姐姐也来找过我，她给我找了门亲事，让我嫁了，那时候戚尧也大了，他 爹再也没有回来过，我就觉得是得找个人 依靠，可是对方不肯让我带孩子嫁过去，娘 家的兄弟姐妹 也没能力帮 我养孩子，所 以我就把那门亲事给拒绝了。”
