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Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis.
Aug 12, 1977 · Suspiria: Directed by Dario Argento. With Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé. An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
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Mar 19, 2024 · Suspiria is a chilling, utterly original story that speaks to Dario Argento's ability to create astonishing films and develop a comprehensive universe filled...
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Nov 2, 2023 · Anybody who first watched Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria remake might think that Argento’s Suspiria doesn’t have the same narrative depth. But as you’ll see in this piece, we argue that Suspiria ‘s ideology and humanistic explorations prosper thanks to its legendary technical qualities.
- IT IS PARTIALLY INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. Though the phrase “fairy tale” is often thrown out to describe Suspiria’s unique Technicolor horrors, the original seed of the story apparently emerged from something quite real.
- THE MYTHOLOGY CAME FROM AN ENGLISH WRITER. To add to the overall aura of Suspiria’s menacing witches, Nicolodi and Argento crafted an overarching mythology of the Three Mothers: powerful sorceresses each with their own imposing lair somewhere in the world.
- IT WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY FAIRY TALES. With Nicolodi’s initial tale about witches at a finishing school and the Three Mothers concept to anchor the story, Suspiria then needed its distinctive tone.
- THE CHARACTERS WERE ORIGINALLY MUCH YOUNGER. Because the film was so heavily influenced by fairy tales, the original screenplay called for the students at the dance school to be very young girls, aged eight to 10.
Nov 2, 2017 · “Suspiria” is famous for the murder set pieces devised by Argento, which remain some of horror's most infamous. The opening sequence depicting the murder of the student and her friend in the apartment building blends gut-wrenching terror and sublime style (one shot takes us inside the body of one of the victims, so that we can get a close ...
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Jan 2, 2021 · Dario Argento’s Suspiria was released in January 1977. Since then, it has become iconic in the world of cinema for its manipulation of lighting and color. Critics and audiences alike agree that Suspiria pushes the boundaries of non-diegetic lighting in film, subsequently opening up new possibilities for how color can be used in the medium.
