Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Argentos films are all marked by an elaborate use of camera work. Giuseppe verdis opera macbeth staged by dario argento, directed by marco scalfi. Adrienne barbeau, harvey keitel, ramy zada, bingo omalley. If you were to ask any horror film fanatic worth his or her salt to name some of their alltime genre favorites, it is almost certain that the ensuing lists would contain a couple of titles from legendary italian director dario argento. When judges cant stop laughing hilarious auditions compilation duration. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his closeknit family from italian folk tales told by his parents and other family members, including an aunt who told him. The camera in this case stays quite static with only mild tracking shots, letting us take in the events that are occurring. One night in the woods adjacent to passo borgo, at the foot of the carpazi mountains, a couple of young lovers, tania and milos, secretly meet.
A piece on two recent dario argento rereleases, deep red and tenebrae. To experience a film by the italian horror maestro dario argento is to immerse yourself, willingly, in a bad dream. Dracula 3d is a 2012 vampire horror film cowritten and directed by dario argento and starring thomas kretschmann, rutger hauer, marta gastini, and unax ugalde. Since making his debut in 1970, the director has created a swathe of stylish horrorthrillers and effectively popularised the giallo film genre that the wonderful astron6 lauded so delightfully with adam brooks and matt kennedys the editor. Phenomena is a 1985 italian horror film directed by dario argento and starring jennifer connelly, daria nicolodi, and donald pleasence. Dario has directed his eldest daughter fiore argento several times and starting with the film deep red 1975 dario began working with his longtime lover daria nicolodi, an actress that argento seemed to delight in killing on screen repeatedly. Dario argento celebrity profile check out the latest dario argento photo gallery, biography. He started his directing career with the wellrenowned giallo trilogy of the bird with the crystal plumage, the cat o nine tails, and four. Argento s characters seem to know no fear when it comes to searching for the facts, and in both this film and suspiria he uses this to make the scenes seem dreamlike. Inferno is the second film of dario argento s unfinished the three mothers trilogy while suspiria is the first film. Dario argento great director profile senses of cinema.
I also voted for the stendhal syndrome, the last film he did that was worth watching. While this film was well shot and stylish however the story wasnt that good and at times got weird. Spoiler alert the film follows, betty an young opera singer who takes the world by storm after the another opera singer, mara cecova got inquired when a car stuck her. Dario argento grew up in the italian film industry, the son of producer salvatore argento, and to this day argentos.
The dario argento collection bluray disc, 2015, 3disc. Its plot focuses on a girl at a remote swiss boarding school who discovers she has psychic powers that allow her to communicate with insects and uses them to pursue a serial killer who is butchering young women at and around the school. The film is set in milan in full swing during the antiaustrian revolt of 1848. The sandman is the spellbinding new thriller from italian horror maestro dario argento. The film is not really a horror film but a sexually charged thriller with an attractive cast, solid acting although some of the dubbing is pretty annoying, creative camera angles typical in an argento film and lots of blood again, typical of an argento film. The sandman tells the story of nathan, a young student in the city who struggles to forget his childhood trauma at the hands of the serial killer dubbed the sandman. Nathan ha assistito alla morte della madre nel giorno della vigilia di natale per. An italianspanishfrench coproduction, the film is argento s first 3d film. After watching dario argento, the church i was hoping opera would be better.
Dario argento was born on september 7, 1940, in rome, italy, the firstborn son of famed italian producer salvatore argento and brazilian fashion model elda luxardo. Today we take a look at one of argento s best and most underrated films, 1980s inferno. Containing candid interviews and awesome behindthescenes footage, dario argento s world of horror gives us a look into the mind of italys master of horror and is an essential viewing experience for. Over the decades, the film, with its bright colors, and hauntingly chiming score, has grown into a cult.
Suspiria is a 1977 italian supernatural horror film directed by dario argento, who cowrote the. Con iggy pop horror, canada, italia, germania 2015. The film stars jessica harper as an american ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy in germany but realizes, after a series of brutal murders, that. Macbeth 2015 directed by dario argento, marco scalfi. Dracula 3d a film by dario argento transylvania, 1893. Dario argento was born on september 7, 1940, in rome, italy, the firstborn. Refine see titles to watch instantly, titles you havent rated, etc. Love the hitchcock vibe of this film, i actually think argento does a better job of aping that style than brian depalma had. In 1977, director dario argento captured fear and horror and stuffed it into the kaleidoscopic suspiria. But the most famous member of dario s filmmaking clan is without question his daughter, asia argento.
Dario argento went to george romeros home territory to film his segment in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. This film is classic argento with its brilliant cinematography, abrasive yet eerie soundtrack which seems out of place in certain scenes, brutalbizarre deaths and sub par acting. A greedy wife kills her husband, but not completely. Illogic reigns, swollen colours and sounds swamp the screen and murder lurks round every corner. Edm super group daft punk are reportedly going to be doing the score for horror icon dario argento s new giallo film black glasses. It tells the story of susan harper a young, impressionable american who travels abroad in order to study at a prestigious european ballet academy. When examining the horror genre there are few directors as iconic the italian maestro, dario argento. Dario argento s masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house. Five favorite films with dario argento dario argento needs little introduction to horror movie fans. His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo has led him to being referred to as the master of the thrill and the master of horror his films as director include the animal trilogy, consisting of the bird with. There are mysterious parts in that book, but the only true mystery is that our very lives are governed by dead. Two horror tales based on short stories by edgar allan poe directed by two famous horror directors, george a. The former movie critic got his start collaborating on screenplays like sergio leones towering once upon a time in the west be,fore launching his career in the 1970s with a string of giallo hits like the bird with the crystal plumage, the cat o nine tails and deep red, then crafting such cult horror classics as 1977s suspiria.
Locarno will screen argento s first film, the bird with the crystal plummage, as well as a series of short scary films the director had made for rai tv, which have never been shown outside of. The film stars anthony franciosa as american author peter neal, who while in rome promoting his latest murdermystery novel becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who may have been inspired to kill by his novel. The film is one that i am sure dario argento wanted to forget. A fascinating look at the early films of director dario argento, including phenomena, suspiria, demons, dawn of the dead, inferno and many more.
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