After the funeral of his partner (who died in a mysterious hit-and-run accident), Chris (Donald Burton), a musician, returns to his loft and spies, through the window, a young couple making love in the penthouse across the way. Kicking back with a beer and getting ready to enjoy the show, Chris suddenly sees an older man enter the penthouse and attack the younger man with a knife. Racing across the street, he wakes the super who tells him the place belongs to a powerful senator and his playboy son -but it hasn't been occupied for over a year. They go upstairs and, of course, find the place empty. The next day, the police take Chris to Senator Verani's mansion where the politician, his son Luca, and his beautiful young wife Eva (Dalila Di Lazzaro) deny any involvement and the police rough Chris up for trying to cause trouble. Soon after, Chris spots Eva in the subway and follows her. They immediately begin a torrid sexual affair and as they grow closer, Eva tells Chris she was once a high-price call girl who was made an offer of marriage by the senator to cover up his sexual relationship with Luca, the "son" he adopted. What she thought was a dream-come-true soon became a nightmare for Eva and her only hope of escape now would be the death of Senator Verani and his son. Chris is shocked at this revelation but Eva tells him she loves him and begs him to help her. She even has a fool-proof plan all figured out...
BLUE CHILL is a stylish but highly derivative Italian Neo-Noir (not Giallo) who's artifice can't completely disguise its low budget. At the time, American cable companies like HBO and Showtime were churning out quite a few Neo-Noir; steamy made-for-TV movies like GOTHAM and THIRD DEGREE BURN (even THE LAST SEDUCTION started out this way) that were released theatrically in Europe. It appears the producers of BLUE CHILL were looking to return the favor by tapping into the growing need for sexy thrillers to air on late-night TV in the U.S. as the actors here speak English and the anonymous city the story is set in (as well as the senator) could easily double for one in the States. Chris, when he's not introspectively playing his saxophone, smokes Lucky Strikes, drinks Budweisser and is reading "The Hobbitt". Apparently this film premiered in Japan -and if the Japanese were under the impression it came from Hollywood I doubt anyone disabused them of that notion.
A moderately enjoyable time-waster, BLUE CHILL (aka JEALOUS EYES) offers nothing new and the plot doesn't withstand close inspection but Italian actress Dalila Di Lazzaro makes a very beautiful femme fatale. There's also a nice bluesy jazz score (hence the title?) and a song from British actor/singer Donald Burton, who married older Hollywood/Italian Giallo movie star Carroll Baker in 1982.
BLUE CHILL is a stylish but highly derivative Italian Neo-Noir (not Giallo) who's artifice can't completely disguise its low budget. At the time, American cable companies like HBO and Showtime were churning out quite a few Neo-Noir; steamy made-for-TV movies like GOTHAM and THIRD DEGREE BURN (even THE LAST SEDUCTION started out this way) that were released theatrically in Europe. It appears the producers of BLUE CHILL were looking to return the favor by tapping into the growing need for sexy thrillers to air on late-night TV in the U.S. as the actors here speak English and the anonymous city the story is set in (as well as the senator) could easily double for one in the States. Chris, when he's not introspectively playing his saxophone, smokes Lucky Strikes, drinks Budweisser and is reading "The Hobbitt". Apparently this film premiered in Japan -and if the Japanese were under the impression it came from Hollywood I doubt anyone disabused them of that notion.
A moderately enjoyable time-waster, BLUE CHILL (aka JEALOUS EYES) offers nothing new and the plot doesn't withstand close inspection but Italian actress Dalila Di Lazzaro makes a very beautiful femme fatale. There's also a nice bluesy jazz score (hence the title?) and a song from British actor/singer Donald Burton, who married older Hollywood/Italian Giallo movie star Carroll Baker in 1982.