[glow=red,2,300]Suspiria[/glow] is really great concerning audiovisuals !
Goblin’s OST kicks ass ! It was also nice to see Udo Kier and Rudolf Schündler (Fritz Lang’s ‘The testament of Dr. Mabuse’ or in Germany known as Dr. Knörz in ‘Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank’ or other “Pauker” [teacher] movies ) even though they have only a few minutes of screentime.
On the English audio track Schündler tells Susy much more frightening and detailed stuff about Witches than on the German audio track !??!
I have to recommend Argento’s Il Tram, tv-movie from 1973. Girl gets murdered in the tram and police have to figure it out which one of the passengers killed her. Well made who-dunnit thriller with jazzy score and some Argento trademarks.
I’ve recently watched Tenebre and I love it. Probably not as good as Deep Red and at the end it gets too bloody IMO.
However it has one of the most stunning scenes I’ve seen in a horror film.
I love his stuff up to Opera. After that some have been just alright and some downright awful. You’d think Demofilo Fidani had tried his hand in horror ;D
Yeah totally. I always held the view that Carpenter was ahead of his time for all those years and somehow the rest of the world just caught up with him, rendering him not so special anymore. Herzog and John Woo are two other directors in a slump lately.
[quote=“John Welles, post:53, topic:605”]I’m not so sure about Werner Herzog. His recent documentaries have all been widely acclaimed.[/quote]And even his ventures into hollywood have been quite succesful. Bad Lieutenant was a terrific film.
Just watched The Five Man Army last night. Great movie made even better with the Morricone touch!! Had never see this one. Thanks for letting me know it was out there. Downloaded the soundtrack music.
I enjoyed Deep Red very much and quite enjoyed Inferno but found Suspiria to be his best. Sadly I haven’t seen anything elseby him, but they are on my watch list, and should have a few more viewed by the end of summer.
Tenebrae was wonderful!
The story goes like this:
An American author is stalked by a mad killer who is influenced by his novel entitled Tenebrae. Our killer wears black gloves, is known to use a blade/ knife, and sometimes uses an axe, viciously kills a few women ( very similar to those killed in the novel). I’ve read that real life events inspired Argento to make this, and it’s the goriest Argento film I’ve seen to date. A fantastic film of dynamic, insane characters, none of whom are trustworthy ( I for one thought the killer could have been a few different people) and the ending is of course my favorite ending of any of Argento films I’ve seen yet. Watch this with caution as blood and surprises fill the screen as only a master filmmaker like Argento can do. I would pick the scene where the dog chases the girl (yes the rabid dog will leave you looking at certain dogs twice from now) is one of coolest and most memorable scene in any Argento film I’ve seen yet.
! It was also nice to see Udo Kier and Rudolf Schündler (Fritz Lang’s ‘The testament of Dr. Mabuse’ or in Germany known as Dr. Knörz in ‘Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank’ or other “Pauker” [teacher] movies ) even though they have only a few minutes of screentime.