Profondo Rosso - Argento's finest? Your opinion!
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Eumenides_0 — 15 years ago(April 18, 2010 07:38 AM)
Of the four Argento movies I've seen so far,
Deep Red
is my favorite. I think Argento took his fascination with clues and the way the protagonist interprets them to perfection. The sequences where Hemmings' character investigates the old house are amazing: his scraping the stucco to uncover the drawing underneath; discovering that there is a window missing; breaking the wall down to find the corpse. It was so inventive and chilling.
And then there was the way he recollected what was missing from his memory, discovering he had seen the killer's face all along, that twist sent a chill down my spine, and once the movie ended I rewinded it just to confirm if indeed the face was there, and it was!
It's an amazing movie for me.
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Ceephax — 14 years ago(January 11, 2012 09:53 AM)
Yes, Profondo Rosso is (I think) Argento's best film. I watched it again a few days ago, it's the most 'mature' film he's made. It doesn't have any 'risible' dialogue. It's brilliantly acted. The double twist is extremely clever (it was one of the few Giallo's I've seen, where I DIDN'T know who the killer was). The characters are well rounded. The script is great. It builds up this feeling of dread (the doll coming out of nowhere gets me every time). Soundtrack- awesome and funky. The narrative flows smoothly and doesn't seem disjointed or messy in any way (including even the truly great stuff like Inferno and Phenomena, which are). I'd say it's easily the greatest Giallo ever made (and I've seen many) and also, one of the best thrillers of all time.
And then there was the way he recollected what was missing from his memory, discovering he had seen the killer's face all along, that twist sent a chill down my spine, and once the movie ended I rewinded it just to confirm if indeed the face was there, and it was!
And this is the exact reason why, it's truly chilling how you can imagine someones face (whose pretty creepy) to be a painting! It gives me the chills also. VERY subtle and imaginative how it plays on memories and flashbacks (including that of the killers, as well as the music which is kind of eery).
I'd say it's a close tie with Suspiria (although I'd love to see an Italian version with English subs, like they did with the Tenebre Blu Ray).
It's the one film of Argento's that I keep coming back to watch again and again, and never get bored!
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Xeokym — 14 years ago(March 19, 2012 09:41 AM)
It's a tough call between Profondo Rosso & Suspirabut I think Deep Red is my favorite. The creepiness, surreality, the Goblin soundtrack, a touch of humor, and of course David Hemmings
sigh My top 3 favorites would be:- Deep Red
- Suspira
- Opera
But I really like practically every one of his movies.
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armanmarok — 13 years ago(October 28, 2012 08:56 PM)
Hear, hear. I've seen more than thirty Giallos and none of them is as good as Tenebre. That was truly Argento at his freaking finest. Seriously, it's the Band of Outsiders of giallo movies. There are so many memorable scenes it's unbelievable.
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armanmarok — 13 years ago(February 14, 2013 10:36 PM)
Shut up. BAND OF OUTSIDERS? What does that even mean, big shot? That's not even Godard's finest movie, not even close (good as it is).
Maybe it's just the only non-horror foreign movie you know about.
My top 10 movies from my profile, which is just 1 click away:- Amlie (2001)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Dekalog (1988)
- Persona (1966)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Leon (1994)
- The Innocents (1961)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Brazil (1985)
so, what's that again about me and non-horror foreign movie? Care to repeat your words?
And, look at it this way, if some people consider Tenebre as Argento's masterwork, then Argento definitely has more than one masterpiece different people could appreciate. Simple, no?
The darker the shadow, the more radiant the light it beams.
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totokeke — 11 years ago(November 26, 2014 12:01 PM)
I think it's Slant that takes Tenebre as Argento's crowning achievement, and I love it but the central performance is problematic to me.
I love Deep Red but I love all his films from the start through Stendhal. My list:
I really groove on the fantastic endings of some of his films well they almost all have fantastic endings, but here goes:
Opera
Stendhal Syndrome
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Phenomena
These are all equally good
Suspiria
Tenebre
Profondo Rosso
And the rest make a great stew of yumminess (though I have a fondness for Trauma).