Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds
The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art Technique
| Author: | Maitland McDonagh | ISBN: | 9781452915371 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press | Publication: | March 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Univ Of Minnesota Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maitland McDonagh |
| ISBN: | 9781452915371 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Publication: | March 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Univ Of Minnesota Press |
| Language: | English |
Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s horror films have been described as a blend of Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero—psychologically rich, colorful, and at times garish, excelling at taking the best elements of the splatter and exploitation genres and laying them over a dark undercurrent of human emotions and psyches. Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds, which dissects such Argento cult films as Two Evil Eyes, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, and Deep Red, includes a new introduction discussing Argento’s most recent films, from The Stendahl Syndrome to Mother of Tears; an updated filmography; and an interview with Argento.
Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s horror films have been described as a blend of Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero—psychologically rich, colorful, and at times garish, excelling at taking the best elements of the splatter and exploitation genres and laying them over a dark undercurrent of human emotions and psyches. Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds, which dissects such Argento cult films as Two Evil Eyes, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, and Deep Red, includes a new introduction discussing Argento’s most recent films, from The Stendahl Syndrome to Mother of Tears; an updated filmography; and an interview with Argento.
