Delirium Issue 3
Italian Cinema 1980 — original Issue 3 — Adrian Luther-Smith
Delirium Issue 3 is a specialist independent reference publication devoted entirely to Italian cinema of 1980. The cover describes it as 'The Essential Reference Guide To Delirious Cinema' and promises comprehensive reviews of more than 50 films, with detailed cast and credits, alternate titles, international video-release information, rare stills and posters.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Delirium
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good− — complete and structurally sound, with visible edge and corner wear, light creasing and handling marks, and modest staple/spine wear consistent with a handled mid-1990s independently produced reference magazine.
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR completeness rule. No missing pages, inserts, supplements or other issued components have been reported; the supplied object is a staple-bound single publication with front and rear covers present.
- Date
- 1995 (specialist attribution; not printed on supplied covers)
Catalogue note
Delirium Issue 3 is a specialist independent reference publication devoted entirely to Italian cinema of 1980. The cover describes it as 'The Essential Reference Guide To Delirious Cinema' and promises comprehensive reviews of more than 50 films, with detailed cast and credits, alternate titles, international video-release information, rare stills and posters. The rear reproduces German-language artwork for 'Die Rückkehr der Zombies (Zombie II)', a title associated with Andrea Bianchi's Le notti del terrore / Burial Ground. As a mid-1990s pre-web research object, the issue documents how cult-film knowledge was assembled and circulated through small-press publishing before searchable online databases and boutique home-video labels transformed access to this material.
Why this object matters
The 1980-focused third issue preserves original small-press reference practice and international release terminology. Its narrower annual scope complements the earlier surveys and remains outstanding evidence of specialist film-information circulation.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR completeness rule. No missing pages, inserts, supplements or other issued components have been reported; the supplied object is a staple-bound single publication with front and rear covers present.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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