Posted by dmcfan at spider-ntc-tb062.proxy.aol.com on September 10, 2001 at 13:10:20:
In Reply to: Argento posted by Pope Will on September 10, 2001 at 12:52:55:
: It begins and ends with Argento, especially his early work which is controlled and story-diven. Susperia is great if you seek out the longer running time. Stay away from film prints. 20th Century Fox screwed over last years Toronto Itallian Film Festival by sending a mis-labeled shorter (censored) version with a longer listed running time -- and refused any refund or other compensation. This is even after several phone calls made by the festival rep to double check that it would be the correct version.
: Mario Bava should also be mentioned. Worth looking up. But it seems that their contribution to American cinema (by way of inspiration) is only represented in the Friday the 13th films. Which is kinda sad.
Listen to a lot of dvd commentaries, and you'll see lots of easy to miss "borrowing" of Argento's style. Mainly, directors love to "borrow" his use of camera gymnastics and his use of color- as seen in Suspiria- which by the way comes out on anchor bay dvd TOMORROW!
have you seen cat o' nine tails or Don't Torture a Duckling?
Inferno? Phenomena? Deep Red?