Dario Argento's World of Horror

Dario Argento's World of Horror (Italian: Il Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento) is an Italian documentary film that chronicles the career of Italian director Dario Argento.

Dario Argento's World of Horror
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Directed byMichele Soavi
Produced byMichele Soavi
Written byMichele Soavi
StarringDario Argento
Urbano Barberini
Ken Foree
Romano Albani
Music byClaudio Simonetti
Running time
76 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageEnglish
Italian

The documentary features candid interviews with Argento and various stars from films he has directed, as well as extensive clips and behind-the-scenes footage of his films. The film includes segments focused on subjects as the soundtrack work, coloring and color filtering, and camerawork in Suspiria, the soundtrack for Inferno, the camerawork and insect effects in Phenomena, Tom Savini's make-up work in Dawn of the Dead, and the special effects, make-up and robotics in Dèmoni as well as interviews with Argento on a variety of esoteric subjects. Because most of Argento's films were only available in heavily edited form at the time, Dario Argento's World of Horror was sought after by many fans of the director's work because it contained numerous clips of footage removed from the released films, most notably the opening double murder sequence from Suspiria.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in Fangoria, who found the film "fascinating but also strangely endearing" noting that the documentary was "a delightful eye-opener, An Americans who want to know what all the fuss is bout this visionary writer-director can get a good start here."[1] Tim Lucas wrote in Fangoria that the documentary was "fascinating" and offered many scenes that were at the time cut from American releases of Argento's films including The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Tenebrae and Suspiria. [2] Lucas also proclaimed that the films "real accomplishment is its portrat of Argento's professional intensity and dedication; he cleary deserves to be taken more seriously by American film audiences, critics, and distributors."[2]

References
  1. "The Video Eye of Dr. Cyclops". Fangoria. Vol. 7 no. 67. September 1987. p. 19. ISSN 0164-2111.
  2. Lucas, Tim (August 1987). "The Butchering of Argento". Fangoria. Vol. 7 no. 66. p. 65. ISSN 0164-2111.
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