Dario Argento
Dario Argento
Dario Argentois an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He 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 movies...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 September 1940
CityRome, Italy
CountryItaly
girl actors young
Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors.
character soul littles
In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.
mind film made
When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind.
writing insanity want
The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I'm afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what's there, to embrace it. I don't know why, but I'm drawn.
kind making-money film
I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.
thinking style audience
I'm Dario Argento, and my style is something recognizable I think by the audience.
film versions knows
But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.
character psychology asia
Fear has disappeared. No more fear. In Asia, it is different. They've discovered again the fear and the psychology of the characters. Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.
interesting special opera
'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience.
beautiful dark men
Americans are very enthusiastic. We have a new generation of moviegoers who love great horror films. I am a very imaginative man, and for me, it's easy to speak with my dark side. I have very beautiful, interesting nightmares.
limits boring absolutes
You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.
daughter thinking supportive
My daughter, Asia, has been in many of my movies. I love working with her. In the beginning, I was not supportive of her being an actress, but now I think she is fantastic.
children men film-critics
I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man, I became a film critic precisely because of my knowledge of cinema. I did better than others because of this. Then I moved on to screenwriting. I wrote a film with Sergio Leone, 'Once Upon a Time in the West.' And then I moved to directing.
italian film-history special
Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.