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	Italian Movies: Dario Argento
		Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940 in Rome, Italy.
		Dario became a full-fledged director with the debut of L' Uccello dalle piume di cristallo (Bird with the Glass Feathers) in 1970.
		Dario, who'd been married to Marisa Casale, previously and had a daughter Fiore, had also begun his long and successful partnership with stage and screen actress Daria Nicolodi by this time.
	www.lifeinitaly.com /italian-movies/dario-argento.asp (930 words)

	Dario Argento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dario Argento (born September 7, 1940) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
		Argento 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 and slasher movies.
		Argento and former partner Daria Nicolodi are the parents of actress Asia Argento.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dario_Argento (2000 words)

	Dario Argento (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dario Argento is a filmmaker who has worked almost exclusively in the horror genre.
		Argento had written for Sergio Leone and was well acquainted with the unique sub-genre Americans dubbed Spaghetti Western and he attempted to blend that aesthetic with the style of Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH in a film that was never intended for any but Italian audiences.
		Argento has said the idea came in response to his frustration at seeing how many people would cover their eyes during the more intense parts of his films.
	users3.ev1.net /~fatherx/pulpcinema/darioargento/darioargento.htm (3611 words)

	Dario Argento
		The usual critic of a Dario Argento film will note his superb use of lighting and his cinematic razzle dazzle while blasting his films for lack of realistic dialogue, character motivation and overall story lines.
		It would also continue Argento's movement away from coherent narratives - confusing and magical - Deep Red would be remembered for its various shocking set pieces (the hatchet death of the psychic, the image of a mans teeth being repeatedly bashed against a table, a sinister attacking puppet).
		Argento's long anticipated adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera was a complete debacle - a silly mess of a film complete with poor effects and a surprisingly light feel.
	www.debased.com /content/celebrities/d/argento-new.html (968 words)

	Dario Argento: Master of the Macabre
		It is said that Dario Argento's first memory is sitting on the knee of Sophia Loren.
		Dario Argento is, to put it quite simply, the foremost Italian director of innovative and surreal thriller and horror movies.
		The son of Salvatore Argento, a major movie producer of the 60's and 70's, and Elda Luxardo, a well-known photographer, Dario Argento began his movie career as a film critic for the Rome daily Paese Sera.
	www.cinequest.org /2000/guide/dario.html (594 words)

	Dario Argento
		Dario Argento was born in Rome in 1940, the son of influential film producer Salvatore Argento, and established Brazilian photographer Elda Luxardo.
		Here, Argento's parody of the crime procedures that dominate detective fiction are used to underscore the lack of faith he invests in his amateur sleuths.
		With his most recently released film Sleepless (2000), Dario Argento experienced a triumphant return to the giallo, in a film that detailed the dark legacy of a dwarfed detective fiction writer wrongly accused of murdering a series of young women.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/03/argento.html (2883 words)

	dario argento unzipped
		Perhaps Argento did not realize that he was in "the lion's den" while he was knocking that "sacred" saga, but for such a little guy so far away from home, he sure was (wickedly) cocky.
		Argento then took the opportunity to lay into the entire film industry for making movies that are all the same, uncreative, and uninteresting.
		My perception of Dario Argento is that he seemed to be a genuinely friendly and hospitable chap with a marvellously audacious sense of humour.
	www.darkdreams.org /dariounzipped.html (3520 words)

	Dario Argento
		Dario Argento is an Italian moviemaker known for his mastery of the horror genre.
		As director, Argento's debut was the stylish L'Uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), which opens with a murder at an art gallery, then has the killer target a witness to his crime.
		For the true Argento experience, watch his films in their original Italian with subtitles, or at least look for a promise on the box that the video is "complete and un-cut".
	www.nndb.com /people/950/000035845 (513 words)

	10,000 Bullets » Dario Argento (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940 in Rome, Italy, the first born son of famed Italian producer ‘Salvadore Argento’ and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo.
		Argento bases most of his movies on childhood trauma and he was also impressed by the works of The Brothers Grimm and Edger Allan Poe.
		Dario has expressed his desire to complete the three mothers trilogy and no matter what he does from here on out he has left a legacy of films that has influenced and helped shape cinema in Italy and around the world.
	10kbullets.com /features/dario-argento (700 words)

	The Films of Dario Argento
		Argento never had a stronger plot than this one, which anchors his trademark visual flourishes into a recognizable thematic and human fabric that would later be jettisoned for the candy-colored fantasias of Suspiria and Inferno.
		After a two-film stint in America, Dario Argento shocked fans by delivering one of his most grueling, difficult films with a jittery study of psychosis hinging on the familiar Hitchcockian theme of transmission of guilt, here filtered through disturbing psychosexual imagery that contrasts harshly with his previous dreamy, asexual nightmares.
		Argento's daughter, Asia, takes the lead once again as Anna Manni, a police detective whose pursuit of a serial killer leads her to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
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	Dario Argento
		But his all-time best movie, "Profondo Rosso" (known in the U.S. as "Deep Red" and in Japan as "Suspiria 2") remains unavailable, although a blurry, legal version of it of was released about 10 years ago before going out of print.
		Argento got his start in moviemaking as one of the writers of the 1968 Sergio Leone western classic "Once Upon a Time in the West." He was 28 at the time.
		She was also featured in "The Stendhal Syndrome" and "Phantom of the Opera," two very disappointing films that saw Argento steer clear of his giallo roots.
	www.esplatter.com /profiles/argento.htm (738 words)

	The Terror Trap: Directors: Dario Argento
		One of the most influential and popular Italian horror directors, Dario Argento was born in Rome on 7 September 1940.
		The son of Brazilian photographer Elda Luxardo and cinema producer Salvatore Argento, young Dario clearly had the world of film in focus from an early age.
		And while one could most certainly wish Argento's scripts came more thoroughly cooked, nevertheless his overwhelming bravura style combined with a knack for stimulating visual-audio imagery often compensate the viewer his shortcomings in logic.
	www.terrortrap.com /directors/argento.htm (472 words)

	Dario Argento's Bio
		But Argento's characters are ten times as likely to commit such foolish acts, and much else, to propel the plots of his pictures from one shock scene to the next.
		Argento the film festival guest professes to love animals but Argento the director kills them off on-screen with alarming frequency.
		Extreme reactions dismiss him as a no-talent hack or over praise him as "the Italian Hitchcock." Argento may have his flaws, but provoking lukewarm reaction is not one of them.
	www.houseofhorrors.com /dariobio.htm (522 words)

	EI > DVD > Opera: The Dario Argento Collection (1987) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The master of stylish shock delivers again in 1988's "Opera." As is par for Argento's movies, the focus is on elaborate set pieces which manipulate the audience into a frenzy of dread.
		Argento’s flare for the outrageous is shown when he uses the palatial Opera house to stage some great shots from the point-of-view of ravens flying through the audience.
		Argento's biography was in-depth as is usually the case with Anchor Bay products.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/opera_darioargento.php (564 words)

	Dario Argento's TENEBRE movie review
		Dario went to the police, who concluded that it was a crank.
		The caller continued, even going as far as telling Argento that he knew the police were involved and that he'd have the director's skin anyway.
		Argento manages to pull off some incredible shots, including a long Louma crane sequence where the camera pans over an entire house in intimate close-up before showing the killer sneaking in through a window.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/STU/tenebre.html (1254 words)

	Dario Argento
		The story of a teenager with telepathic abilities who becomes involved in the hunt for a psychotic killer, its sometimes confusing plot was supplanted by an engaging visual style which included eccentric camera angles, slow motion sequences, arresting lighting and energetic editing.
		Argento joined forces with cult director George Romero on DAWN OF THE DEAD in several technical capacities, and then directed "The Black Cat" segment in the episodic TWO EVIL EYES.
		Argento made a rare acting appearance in John Landis' INNOCENT BLOOD before directing his first American feature, TRAUMA, a campy orgy of bloodletting which featured a hooded killer who sawed off the heads of his victims.
	members.tripod.com /~southwor/DarioArgento (495 words)

	DARIO ARGENTO: AN EYE FOR HORROR
		Argento's work in the medium of cinema has gone on to inspire and influence a host of filmmakers from all across the globe.
		While apparently an eccentric (if not downright odd) fellow, Argento himself comes across as a likeable person totally committed to his vision, regardless of its commercial success or failure.
		But for those new to the darkly mysterious and often shocking vision of Dario Argento, this disc should serve as a useful overview of the fantastical treasures that await them.
	www.eccentric-cinema.com /cult_movies/argento_eye.htm (697 words)

	IGN: The Horror Geek Speaks: Dario Argento
		A consummate stylist, Argento’s films are a heady mixture of nightmarish imagery, sexual obsession, and brutal violence –; all shot with a level of artistry that is rarely seen in this genre.
		Argento made his directorial debut in 1970 with his luridly titled giallo (an Italian thriller that served as the blueprint for American slasher cinema) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.
		Argento’s next film wouldn’t hit screens until 1980, which was a long break between productions for the filmmaker.
	movies.ign.com /articles/369/369829p1.html (1511 words)

	News on Dario Argento's 'The Mother of Tears' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While we wait for Dario Argento to finish "Mother of Tears," a Hamburg theater is presenting some of his films on the big screen throughout the month.
		Well, she's set to reappear in an Argento film: the second sequel to "Suspiria," in fact, entitled "The Mother of Tears." Her daughter (and Dario's daughter) Asia Argento has also confirmed her role in the movie.
		Variety had this to say on the upcoming Dario Argento movie: "Italo horror maestro Dario Argento is set to shoot 'The Mother of Tears,' a tale of witches and suicides in contempo Rome being billed as episode three of the helmer's cult "Three Mothers" trilogy.
	www.esplatter.com /2006news/motheroftears (1460 words)

	NorHawk's Dario Argento Page - A kind of a story...
		Dario Argento was born of Italian/Brazilian descent in 1940 and he is the son of movie producer Salvatore Argento.
		Argento directed it, as well as he did the story and the screeenwriting.
		Asia Argento plays a young runaway, who's a drug addict and has just lost her parents to a serial killer known as "The Head Hunter".
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Lot/9262/argento.html (918 words)

	Amazon.com: Trauma: DVD: Christopher Rydell,Asia Argento,Piper Laurie,Frederic Forrest,Laura Johnson,Dominique ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While the cinematography is pure Argento, much of the rest of the atmospheric trappings that make Argento films so wonderful are missing; most notably, the music is nowhere near the quality Argento got when working with Goblin.
		The story is about a distraught anorexic played by Asia Argento whose life turns upside down when she witnesses the murder of her parents including the decapitation of her psychic mother played by Piper Laurie I must say that her performance was way over the top check out that hilarious sceance.
		This Dario Argento movie is not as bad as people say it is. But it's definately not his best film.
	www.amazon.com /Trauma-Dario-Argento/dp/B0009RQRT2 (2369 words)

	Dario Argento - Biography, Filmography, Film Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dario Argento is probably the most influential contemporary European horror film director.
		Shortly thereafter, Argento decided to boost the careers of fellow filmmakers Lamberto Bava (son of the legendary Mario Bava) and Michele Soavi, two of his former assistant directors.
		Critics often dump on Dario Argento, and most of his films are a matter of taste, but all of them undeniably carry the stamp of an ingenious artist.
	www.cultmovies.info /directors/argento/argento.html (1018 words)

	Dario Argento Collection Vol. 3 Tenebre / Deep Red DVD Review
		I know there are a lot of ardent Argento fans who are going to be upset when they read my review so before I get into the details of why I don't think it's a very good movie, let me explain a bit about how I judge a film.
		Argento is famous for his multinational casts, and many of the actors are performing in different languages.
		Argento's is also good, but after you've listened to four or five of his commentary tracks, he gets a bit repetitive.
	www.bugeyedmonster.com /dvd/dario3/index.shtml (1466 words)

	Dario Argento's INFERNO movie review
		Perhaps the film's greatest flaw is that Argento's plot never lives up the film's central premise - that Mater Tenebrarum controls this part of the world.
		Argento pulls out all the stops here, creating one of the most visually arresting genre films ever made.
		While the plot seems to be little more than a series of events required to connect the endless array of elaborate set pieces that Argento has conceived, there's still a discernible plotline and a genuine sense of atmosphere throughout.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/GHI/inferno.html (1016 words)

	Slant Magazine - Dario Argento's Dreams
		Argento was born four days before Brian De Palma on September 11, 1940.
		With the exception of 1993's Trauma and 1971's Four Flies on Grey Velvet, all of Argento's films are available on DVD, and with the exception of the comedy The Five Days in Milan, a peculiarity in Argento's career, all of his films are reviewed here.
		Those new to Argento should know in advance that plenty of secrets will be revealed: If anything is universal it is that half the fun of an Argento puzzle is assembling its gloriously colorful pieces.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/features/darioargento.asp (362 words)

	BBC - Films -article article - Dario Argento: True Horror
		Undoubtedly his most successful thriller was "Deep Red", where David Hemmings spots the killer on the scene of a murder without realising it, only then to become the next target as the victims pile-up.
		The lack of cinema releases for Dario's later product, along with a decline in budgets available to him, and then some frankly poor films in the 90s, saw Dario's star fade somewhat.
		The release of his latest film "Sleepless" is a return to his form of old, but sadly not yet to UK cinemas, despite a healthy European box office.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2002/02/12/dario_argento_profile_article.shtml (455 words)

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