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The Ipcress File CINEMA The Ipcress File GIANCARLO ZAPPOLI ondra. Uno scienziato di prestigio, prende l’utilizzo, ma sul quale è tracciata il dottor Radcliffe, scompare dal va - la scritta «Ipcress». Palmer e Dalby rie - Lgone del treno su cui era stato ac - scono a trattare la liberazione dello scien - compagnato da un agente dei Servizi di ziato dietro pagamento di un riscatto. Nel sicurezza britannici, che viene trovato corso dello scambio, però, Harry uccide un morto. Il sergente Harry Palmer, a cui sono agente americano di cui non sospettava la affidati incarichi di appostamento, viene presenza. Radcliffe, restituito alla vita nor - convocato dal suo diretto superiore, il co - male, può finalmente presentare al con - lonnello Ross. Entrambi debbono recarsi sesso accademico le teorie elaborate nel in ufficio – dissimulato all’interno di un Uf - campo della fisica della materia. Un im - ficio di collocamento al lavoro – in cui in - provviso malore testimonia che non solo contrano il maggiore Dalby. Costui si è non ricorda di essere stato sequestrato ma assunto l’onere di impegnare i suoi uomini che la sua memoria, sul versante scienti - Harry Palmer compare sugli schermi nel 1965 quando un suo collega, James Bond, ha già nella ricerca di Radcliffe, considerato che fico, è stata cancellata. Ora, però, Palmer conquistato l’attenzione mondiale. Il suo è un personaggio che fa dell’ understatement negli ultimi due anni 126 scienziati hanno è nel mirino dei Servizi americani che in - la propria regola di vita e a cui manca qualsiasi tocco di esotismo e d’azione spettacolare. abbandonato il lavoro che facevano per il tendono vendicare la scomparsa del loro Ma è proprio questo il suo punto di forza unito a un’interpretazione – dell’allora poco noto Governo. Di loro 107 erano alla ricerca di agente ucciso per errore durante lo scam - Michael Caine – che gli offre una credibilità non facile da ottenere anche a causa delle difficoltà un compenso migliore, 3 erano passati al bio dell’ostaggio. Inoltre, a casa sua Pal - produttive e di un’ironia decisamente molto britannica. fronte opposto e 17, fra cui Radcliffe, non mer trova il cadavere dell’agente Usa che avevano invece alcuna ragione per fa per - lo seguiva e il cassetto della sua scrivania dere le proprie tracce. A Palmer, dopo d’ufficio viene forzato e svuotato. Mentre REGIA Sidney J. Furie avere ricevuto in dotazione da Dalby una cerca di fuggire, convinto che sia Ross a vo - SOGGETTO dal romanzo di Lewn Deighton Colt 32, viene imposto di non far trapelare lere la sua scomparsa – in precedenza gli SCENEGGIATURA Bill Canaway, James Doran a Ross nulla della propria attività. Deve riu - aveva chiesto (senza ottenere esito posi - FOTOGRAFIA Otto Heller scire a contattare il presunto mediatore tivo) di poter visionare la pratica sul caso MONTAGGIO Peter R. Hunt per liberare Radcliffe dall’organizzazione Radcliffe all’insaputa di Dalby – non sa che SCENOGRAFIA Ken Adam, Peter Murton che lo ha rapito. Palmer batte i colleghi e Jean, con cui ha intrecciato una relazione, MUSICA John Barry lo rintraccia per vederselo, però, sfuggire ha avvisato proprio Ross dei suoi movi - INTERPRETI Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, di nuovo. Al momento di rientrare nella menti. Di lì a poco viene catturato e con - Sue Lloyd, Gordon Jackson, Aubrey Richards, Frank Gatliff, propria abitazione, trova la porta aperta: dotto in un carcere albanese dove viene Thomas Baptiste, Oliver MacGreevy, Freda Bamford, all’interno c’è l’agente Jean Courtney, in - sottoposto a Ipcress : Induction of Psycho - Pauline Winter, Anthony Blachshaw, David Glover viata da Dalby per un’ispezione. Nel corso neuroses by Conditioned Reflex Under ORIGINE Gran Bretagna, 1965 di un’azione congiunta viene recuperato Stress (ipnosi indotta da sollecitazioni DURATA 102’ un nastro magnetico di cui non si com - sensoriali), una sorta di lavaggio del cer - 196 GNOSIS 4/2015 RIVISTA ITALIANA DI INTELLIGENCE 197 CINEMA GIANCARLO ZAPPOLI THE IPCRESS FILE vello in grado di annullare memoria e vo - dopo fuoco. La scelta stessa dell’attore girls o, meglio, solo una fama di tombeur de schi che gli si chiede di correre, conside - lontà. Riesce a resistere a tale tecnica e a protagonista non fu semplice, considerato femme e un interesse che non manca mai di rato anche che da agente british qual è, gli confrontarsi sia con Ross che con Dalby, che inizialmente si pensò a Christopher esternare nei confronti del gentil sesso. Il tocca andare insieme a Dalby persino ad portando allo scoperto quest’ultimo, a Plummer, il quale declinò l’offerta perché suo appeal non deriva, però, da imprese ascoltare una banda che suona musica ir - capo di tutta la macchinazione, e a ucci - impegnato sul set di Tutti insieme appassiona - eclatanti; semmai, da menù in cui può mo - landese (e lì un inglese doc avrebbe comin - derlo. tamente , per poi proporre la parte a Richard strare la sua passione per il cucinare. Tale ciato a sospettare del Maggiore partendo Len Deighton è stato indubbiamente uno Harris, che rifiutò. Caine fu il terzo a essere inclinazione rappresenta un rimando al proprio dai suoi gusti musicali). La spiega - scrittore poliedrico, considerato che i suoi interpellato: ciò non deve stupire perché suo autore, fa parte di uno humour tutto zione dell’acronimo sarà l’elemento desti - libri spaziano dai saggi storici ai libri di cu - l’attore londinese, fino ad allora, non aveva british tanto che le mani che rompono le nato a influire sulla sua indagine e a cina, passando per le spy story. Sono, però, ricoperto ruoli di grande rilievo ad ecce - uova, a un certo punto del film, sono pro - precipitarlo in un incubo; la parte finale del queste ultime ad avergli procurato la fama zione del film Zulu del 1964. prio quelle di Deighton, così come suoi film provvede a chiarircene il funziona - con due cicli editoriali dedicati, rispettiva - Ipcress tiene letteralmente a battesimo il sono i brevi articoli di carattere culinario mento. Il modello è quello del personaggio mente, ai personaggi di Harry Palmer e protagonista perché nel romanzo di Lei - appesi nella cucina di Palmer. del Dottor Mabuse che Fritz Lang trasse dal Bernard Samson. Palmer si trova al centro ghton non aveva un nome. Fu Caine a tro - Palmer è stato, e resta, un militare dalle romanzo di Norbert Jacques e che portò al dell’azione in sette volumi, il primo dei vargli un nome e un cognome: il primo, con note caratteristiche non proprio positive: successo il film omonimo, considerato uno quali è proprio Il caso Ipcress del 1962 (men - un esplicito riferimento al produttore; il se - «insubordinato, insolente, imbroglione dei capolavori del cinema espressionista. tre il settimo e ultimo risale al 1974). Mi - condo grazie al ricordo di un noioso com - forse anche con tendenze criminali». È Mabuse riesce a mettere sotto controllo la chael Caine indossò i panni dell’agente pagno di scuola, che si chiamava Tommy stato sottratto al carcere (dove si mangiava mente delle persone facendo uso di tecni - britannico in quattro film oltre a quello Palmer. Perché ‘noioso’? Perché Harry Pal - davvero male) ma deve stare attento a che che vanno dall’ipnosi al magnetismo, proposto e cioè: Funerale a Berlino (1966), Il mer se non può essere definito l’anti-Bond come si comporta. Non disdegna l’azione ma non può ottenere l’amore della con - cervello da un miliardo di dollari (1967) per il ci - sicuramente si distanzia moltissimo dal (uccide la spia americana), ma quando lo tessa che tiene prigioniera. Harry Palmer nema, e All’inseguimento della morte rossa collega creato dalla penna di Ian Fleming. vediamo impegnato in una colluttazione, assume quel ruolo opponendo resistenza (1995) e Midnight in Saint Petersburgh (1996) Sin dalla sequenza iniziale, il protagonista Sidney J. Furie pensa bene di riprenderlo a ai tentativi di manipolazione della sua per la televisione. Collocato dal British viene mostrato come l’immagine di una distanza e da una cabina telefonica. Oltre mente, risultato che non era riuscito allo Film Institute al 59° posto fra i 100 migliori sorta di impiegato del Dipartimento della a tutto, e ciò viene sottolineato sin dalla scienziato Radcliffe. film britannici del XX secolo va ricordato, Difesa. Si sveglia, si prepara con gesti mi - sequenza su cui scorrono i titoli di testa, Di fatto, Caine riuscì a dare credibilità e come premessa, che non ebbe una vita nuziosi il caffè, si veste ed esce come un Palmer è decisamente miope. Senza gli oc - notorietà internazionale a un personaggio produttiva priva di contrasti. A partire da qualsiasi londinese: unico elemento che lo chiali si sente perduto e questo non è certo decisamente non facile, che si muoveva in quelli tra il produttore Harry Saltzman e il distingue, una piccola arma che ha ritro - un elemento distintivo per una spia da film un ambito culturalmente molto britannico, regista Sidney J. Furie. Saltzman, che aveva vato nascosta tra le lenzuola. spettacolare. Il suo è un lavoro quasi con - come già rilevato e come conferma uno prodotto e continuava a produrre i film de - Il primo gesto che compie lo dovrebbe ca - trovoglia, al quale è costretto se non vuole scambio di battute con la segretaria di dicati all’agente 007, detestava lo stile ec - ratterizzare come un uomo d’azione: apre ritornare dietro le sbarre. Tale understate - Dalby, accanita fumatrice, la quale com - centrico di Furie, tanto che arrivò a la porta di un appartamento all’interno di ment lo favorisce in quel complesso per - menta negativamente il fatto che lui non bandirlo dalla sala di montaggio anche se un edificio fatiscente con un calcio. Ma l’at - corso che richiede l’utilizzo di una notevole fumi sottolineando come il primo agente fu costretto, per ragioni contrattuali, a la - tesa dello spettatore viene subito delusa: dote di pazienza, dalla compilazione di ucciso non fumasse perché temeva il can - sciare il suo nome come autore del film.
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