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The Spider's Stratagem
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1970 · Film · 100 min
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.
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Surprised not see Chesterton and Poe not included. Father Brown stories were a major influence, see for example https://www.jstor.org/stable/1345414.
His story "Theme of the Traitor and the Hero" opens thus:
"Under the notable influence of Chesterton (contriver and embellisher of elegant mysteries) and the palace counselor Leibniz (inventor of the pre-established harmony), in my idle afternoons I have imagined this story plot which I shall perhaps write someday and which already justifies me somehow."
Tangentially, Bertolucci adapted this story for the film The Spider's Stratagem.