Dario Argento (1940-)


FILMOGRAPHY


Director:

L'Uccello dalle piume di cristallo / The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) Blue Underground (R0) 2-disc

Il Gatto a nove code / The Cat 'o Nine Tails (1971) Anchor Bay (R1)

4 mosche di velluto grigio / Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Testimone oculare / Eyewitness [TV] (1973)

Il Tram / The Tram [TV] (1973)

Le Cinque giornate / The Five Days of Milan (1973)

Profondo rosso / Deep Red (1975) Blue Underground (R0)

Suspiria (1977) Anchor Bay (R1) 3-disc Limited Edition available; Blue Underground (R1) 2-disc

Inferno (1980) Blue Underground (R1)

Tenebre (1982) Anchor Bay (R1)

Phenomena (1985) Anchor Bay (R1)

Opera (1987) Anchor Bay (R1) 2-disc Limited Edition available; Blue Underground (R1)

Due occhi diabolici / Two Evil Eyes (1990) Blue Underground (R0) 2-disc Limited Edition available

Trauma (1993) Anchor Bay (R1)

La Sindrome di Stendhal / The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) Troma (R1) 2-disc Blue Underground (R1)

Il Fantasma dell'opera / The Phantom of the Opera (1998) A-Pix (R1) pan & scan

Non ho sonno / Sleepless (2001) Lionsgate (R1) pan & scan

Il Cartaio / The Card Player (2004) Anchor Bay (R1)

Ti piace Hitchcock? / Do You Like Hitchcock [TV] (2005) Anchor Bay (R1)

Masters of Horror: Jenifer [TV] (2005) Anchor Bay (R1)

Masters of Horror: Pelts [TV] (2006) Anchor Bay (R1)

La Terza Madre / The Third Mother (2007) Dimension (R1)

Giallo (2009)

Writer & Producer:

Demoni / Demons (1985) Anchor Bay (R1)

Demoni 2 / Demons 2 (1986) Anchor Bay (R1)

La Chiesa / The Church (1989) Anchor Bay (R1)

La Setta / The Sect (1991)

M.D.C. - Maschera di cera / Gaston Leroux's The Wax Mask (1997) Image Entertainment (R1)


GENERAL DISCUSSION

Italian Horror


RECOMMENDED WEB RESOURCES

Dark Dreams

Senses of Cinema article


FILMS

Suspiria

Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror (additional thread)

The Third Mother

Untitled Clooney & Soderbergh Produced Project


DVD

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Blue Underground


BOOKS/ARTICLES

Art of Darkness: The Cinema of Dario Argento (Chris Gallant, 2003)

Profondo Argento: The Man, The Myths And The Magic (Alan Jones, 2004)

Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento (Maitland McDonagh, 1993; expanded edition, 2010)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet - German gray market edition

Read all about it, you guessed it, over at Tim Lucas' Video Watchblog.

Give the petition to LEGEND FILMS... they seem to be the Paramount spill-over company.

It's not my petition (I'm just one of the signees), but I'll pass your suggestion on to the guy who's organising it.

For those interested, Four Flies on Grey Velvet should be making it onto R1 DVD in Feb. 2009 according to this (and the Ryko link in the article).

Inferno (1980) Blue Underground (R1)

Plus: According to IMDB Phenomena is from 85.

Fixed.

that 2 disc noshame set of Door Into Darkness is being released through mya communications in january. looks like MYA is casually picking up where they left off.

FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET is scheduled for Blu-Ray release in the near future from both Shameless in the UK, and Koch Media in Germany. The Mya DVD had a nice looking transfer but has been criticised for featuring a soundtrack that (bizarrely) seems pitched too low for the movie. (A bootleg version is floating around with the same transfer but the audio pitch-corrected back up to compensate). There's also a completely unconfirmed rumour that Blue Underground might have a shot at bringing SUSPIRIA out in the US on Blu-Ray, despite previous rights issues.

On another Eurohorror note, folks should check out the Kino page in the 'Boutique Labels' thread for another European horror director who will be getting the Blu-Ray treatment next year in the US.

I've never seen anything by Argento. Is Suspiria a good starting place? And my local specialty theater is playing a 35mm print of it this month. If I miss the screening, how badly will I regret it?

It's a fantastic starting place and, yes, you will regret it, if for no other reason than because you'll miss seeing those gorgeous primary colours and sweeping tracking shots in 35mm on a big screen.

I can't imagine anything better to see on 35mm than Suspiria so if you like a good old fashioned horror fun it's a run don't walk situation.

Now whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on th' event—
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom
And ever three parts coward—I do not know
Why yet I live to say this thing's to do,
Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means
To do't.

Suspiria on 35mm should be mind blowing experience especially if the theater has a decent sound system,sound is extremely important part of that film.Goblin,by the way,played here in Finland yesterday,unfortunately I couldnt make it...

Some notes on the new Shameless BD of Four Flies courtesy Land of Whimsy. (Be warned, there are spoilers.)

Looks very good,time to replace an ancient Dutch VHS.I think the only Argento bd that has pleased M.Mackenzie until now is French release of Tenebre.

Are there articles / books that have been written about The Bird with the Crystal Plumage in particular that folks can recommend?

The region free blu-ray released by Arrow comes with a booklet on the film, plus numerous other extras.

Isn't that one in the wrong AR though?