Dario Argento
Dario Argento
Dario Argentois an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror movies...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 September 1940
CityRome, Italy
CountryItaly
dream real imagination
Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this is my style. I tell stories like they are dreams. This is my imagination. For me, it would be impossible to do a film that is so precise, that resembles real life.
limits boring absolutes
You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.
want audience
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.
way film making-changes
Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.
definitions emotion anticipation
Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.
psychology horror film
Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.
secret skins trying
Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.
almost based character course cut david favorite hour plays strong
'Deep Red' (1975) is my favorite movie. The character David Hemmings plays is very much based on my own personality. It was a very strong film, very brutal, and of course the censors were upset. It was cut by almost an hour in some countries.
band italian-director major oldest talented
Goblin was a new band and this was their first major work. The oldest of them was only 18. They were very talented and I wanted to give them a break.
captured close famous including school sophia studio watched
My mother was a famous photographer for actresses, including Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, and so many. I remember I went to school close to my mother's studio, and for years, I went to the studio after school and just watched how she captured these beauties.
united
I'm appreciated more abroad. In America, Japan... and in the United Kingdom.
ability contrast create epic italian-director movies
This is in contrast with some of my other movies where I used Ennio Morricone for his ability to create an epic feel through his music.