Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081665607X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fascinating" according to AndrewJL. McDonagh offers a fascinating history of and detailed breakdown of every Argentine film until 199Fascinating McDonagh offers a fascinating history of and detailed breakdown of every Argentine film until 1993 that no cinema reader should go without. Although I find she seems to skim over some of his early films a little too much for my liking (and Creepers gets no more than a glorified plot summary - just because it isn't good doesn't mean that as a critic you get to list Wikipedia details and call it a day; there are still things going on in Creepers worth explori. that no cinema reader should go without. Although I find she seems to skim over some of his early films a little too much for my liking (and Creepers gets no more than a glorified plot summary - just because it isn't good doesn't mean that as a critic you get to list Wikipedia details and call it a day; there are still things going on in Creepers worth explori. Amazing work on an interesting filmmaker Maitland has written a very admirable study of one of the world's most interesting horror filmmakers. She even goes to the trouble of defending the more nonsensical moments of Arengto's films. For example, the scene in Suspiria where a murder victim stumbles across a room full of barbed wire makes no logical sense, but after you read Maitland explain how Argento works (kind of like surrealists, he uses a technique called "Automatic writing" which involves v. For the already familiar Katari I still haven't finished this book despite buying it years ago. It's thorough in it's discussion of Argento's films, but if you haven't seen them it doesn't do you much good. I haven't seen any of his films past 1982 or so and therefore, I stopped reading when the discussion moved to his newer works.
She was the senior movies editor of TVGuide from 1995 to 2008.. Maitland McDonagh is a film critic and TV commentator who maintains her own Web site, MissFlickChick
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 rec
McDonagh strikes an effective balance between intellectuality and enthusiasm, offering film-by-film commentary enlivened by a generous helping of poster and production-still reproductions and topping everything off with a recent interview with Argento in which he admits, "I like when people are disgusted, because it means you've made an impression on them. From Booklist Virtually unknown to mainstream moviegoers in the U.S. He's been called the Italian Hitchcock, but his work--11 films in the horror and thriller genres during the last 25 years--is far more lurid and violent than Hitchcock's. Most of Argento's American following consists of "psychotronic" types who disdain the scholarly critical approach, but for its verve, individualism, and technical virtuosity, Argento's work warrants such treatment. and even to most connoisseurs of foreign films, Italian director Dario Argento is highly esteemed among aficionados of the cinematic extremities. A deep impression." Gordon Flagg