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
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.
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.
Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.
film horrible psychiatrist
The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience.
moving thinking important
I think the camera was always my obsession, the camera movements. Because for me it's the most important thing in the move, the camera, because without the camera, film is just a stage or television - nothing.
struggle littles helpful
If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.
perfect humanity paradise
Paradise is too perfect for humanity.
watches stories strange
I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story.
men film problem
I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.
beautiful girl men
I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an ugly girl or man. I certainly don`t have to justify myself to anyone about this. I don`t care what anyone thinks or reads into it. I have often had journalists walk out of interviews when I say what I feel about this subject.
dream real imagination
Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this is my style. I tell stories like they are dreams. This is my imagination. For me, it would be impossible to do a film that is so precise, that resembles real life.
limits boring absolutes
You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.
want audience
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.
way film making-changes
Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.