Way too gory
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PoppyTransfusion — 14 years ago(September 22, 2011 08:43 AM)
The gore and the blood allow him to indulge his love of the colour red and its contrast to blues and whites, as well as his fetishism for beautiful women being slashed in all sorts of ways.
I'm a fountain of blood
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franzkabuki — 13 years ago(May 14, 2012 08:19 AM)
Yeah, its films like his thatre indeed a good illustrative example that gore does not equal horror - just saw Tenebre and it was more like a comedy in effect. Funny stuff, funny stuff But kinda sad, too, because there are passages in each of his films Ive seen that indicate he can be a fairly competent, even masterful director if only he could resist taking the lazy & low road of mindless splatter and keep his storytelling focused for more than just a few minutes at a time. Wouldnt hurt to have thought of something to say as well, to give his work at least some sort of intellectual/thematic relevance instead of churning out this hokey schlock which is to say, he should have very urgently required someone else to write his screenplays as he seems to be trapped in eternal emotional adolescence himself.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan -
simon-bain — 13 years ago(May 16, 2012 12:13 AM)
I find your post fascinating, especially as a British person. Believe it or not, his films do not seem to have had much impact "across the pond". I once wondered if this was because of some kind of bias between Brits and Italians, but I only wondered for about five minutes, then gave up.
Ultimately, who cares?
Because I agree with your post completely: Argentus is CLEARLY a genius, and very underrated.
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franzkabuki — 12 years ago(February 07, 2014 06:44 AM)
"Argentus is CLEARLY a genius".
Geniuses are, as a rule, at least competent at what they do. No such luck with this "Argentus" here, who is a total clueless hack in several key areas of filmmaking. His generally stupid films are overrated beyond belief; somebody should really install an operational brain in his skull.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan -
franzkabuki — 10 years ago(June 03, 2015 06:50 PM)
Hypothetically speaking, even if you did correctly locate MY head, it'd still be preferrable to having sh-t for brains which appears to be the situation you're stuck with.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan