Top 5 Argento Films
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teamgomez99 — 15 years ago(December 11, 2010 11:32 PM)
i agree with u, August. i like him too, yet not really a huge fan of any of his movies in particular. it seems we like him cause he can come up with cool stories, have great scores, murder scenes and cinematography. i love kurosawa too. for the classic masters, he is one of my favs. u should look more into early DePalma films. FAR superior to Argento and very similar, both telling stories with the camera and 16d0being majorly influenced by Hitchcock. id especially suggest Blow out. Also Dressed to Kill, Sisters, Body Double (very over the top and rediculous, yet one of my favs) raising caine or even the newer one Femme fatal, which wasn't great, but huge DePalma fans like myself can really appreciate. Even Phantom of the Paradise, however it does not fit into the category previously referenced. obviously his movies like carrie and scarface are wonderful too, but his old thrillers really make him one of my fav.
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Udo — 22 years ago(September 04, 2003 01:26 PM)
- DEEP RED
- SUSPIRIA
- TENEBRE
- THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE
- INFERNO
Anybody got any love for Stendhal Syndrome? That would be my #6 And when the hell is Four Flies coming out1c84 on DVD? I haven't seen that in 15 years
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Udo — 22 years ago(September 08, 2003 12:23 PM)
The first copy of Four Flies I bought back in the late 80's, was some guy videotaping a Japanese laser disc on his TV and the &^#@( even walked in front of it once!!!
You know, it's scary the number of times I have seen Argento's movies over the years! Even the lesser ones like 'Cat' and 'Trauma'. (In my little dark world, Phantom Of The Opera doesn't exist) I think 'Trauma' is the only one that actually gets worse the more you see it. And I defended that movie like hell when it first came out -
Spunkybutt69 — 22 years ago(October 07, 2003 08:30 PM)
I have only seen two of Dario Argento's Films, Suspiria, and Opera. This is because the video shops here in Australia well, within a half hour radius of my place, don't have them in store for rental. I managed to find a copy of Opera, and i was amazed. Having seen that, i brought Suspiria on blind faith because Opera was so good.
Suspiria really creeped me out with the music score, and being in 6.1 ES made it so much more chilling. I am ordering Phantom of the opera, Deep Red and Phenomena as soon as i can. So out of the two, it's hard to choose which one i like more. I think Suspiria for the music, and Opera for it's originality. I would have to say that they tie. I'm holding Dario Argento right up there with Wes Craven as the Best horror directors of all time. -
matt-282 — 22 years ago(November 19, 2003 10:01 PM)
This is my personal top Five of Dario Argento
- Suspiria
- Phenomena
- Deep Red
- Tenebre
- Inferno
However I also have the least favorite here are in my opinion, Argento's top Five worst. - Phantom of the Opera (1998)
- Sleepless
- Trauma
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet
- Opera
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skinmeister — 22 years ago(December 11, 2003 11:42 AM)
Here are mine:
- Phenomena
- Deep Red
- The Cat o' Nine Tails
- Suspiria
- Trauma / Sleepless
This selection may seem kind of unusual to many of you (except for the first two titles, of course) but I just can't help it!
The only Argento movie that I don't like at all is the abysmal "Phantom of the Opera".
Sadly I haven't been able to see "Four Flies on Grey Velvet", yet. Hopefully it'll be put on DVD soon ("Anchor Bay" - please read this!!!)