05-24-2009, 03:20 AM
By far and away, Dario Argento qualifies as one of the most masterful and important directors of our time. With titles like The Bird with the Crystal Plummage Cat o' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Deep Red, Susperia, Inferno, Tenebre, Phenomena, Opera, Two Evil Eyes, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome, Phantom of the Opera, Sleepless, The Card Player, Do You Like Hitchcock?, Mother of Tears and the upcoming Giallo, few foreign directors have had the influence that he has in the genre.
He has been compared with Hitchcock with his very visceral film style, and his use of color for foreshadowing and effect are second to none. While every story may not be tight, you can ALWAYS learn something new about how to make a movie by watching one of his films.
Keep in mind that not all of his film are horror. He is the master of the Giallo (an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language, however, it is used in a broader meaning that is closer to the French fantastique genre, including elements of horror fiction and eroticism. The word giallo is Italian for "yellow", and stems from the origin of the genre as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers.). Those films do include horrific elements however.
He and Fulci may be the best to come out of Italy. Enjoy him while you can, because he is starting to get up there in age. And how can anyone hate on the man that gave us the yummy Asia Argento?
He has been compared with Hitchcock with his very visceral film style, and his use of color for foreshadowing and effect are second to none. While every story may not be tight, you can ALWAYS learn something new about how to make a movie by watching one of his films.
Keep in mind that not all of his film are horror. He is the master of the Giallo (an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language, however, it is used in a broader meaning that is closer to the French fantastique genre, including elements of horror fiction and eroticism. The word giallo is Italian for "yellow", and stems from the origin of the genre as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers.). Those films do include horrific elements however.
He and Fulci may be the best to come out of Italy. Enjoy him while you can, because he is starting to get up there in age. And how can anyone hate on the man that gave us the yummy Asia Argento?
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