Day 23: Dario Argentos Suspiria (1977) I had seen a thousand horror movies before Suspiria, and have seen countless since. NONE have had the effect on me that Suspiria has. The colors. The music. The dialog (i.e. -What do you know about.......Witches?). After hearing about it for years in Fangoria magazine, it finally came on VHS in 1990. Shockingly, Mount Greenwood Records, Tapes, and Video actually stocked the infamous Italian horror flick. I rented it immediately and watched it alone on a Monday night in our basement. Before it had ended, my life had changed. The story is basic - naive American ballet studies abroad at the Tanz Akademie in Frieburg, Germany. Strange things happen, people die. Rumors of witches are whispered about by the girls at the school. Stranger things happen. Fin. The story isnt whats important - how it unfolds is. Argento became my hero for opening my eyes to what movies could truly be. His use of color, set design, and Goblins legendarily thunderous score showed me things Id never seen before. How could something so legitimately horrifying be so beautiful? It is. Like a stained glass window come to life accompanied by the most haunting sounds youve ever heard. Breathtaking. Every film Ive seen since pales in comparison. Its been my favorite movie of all time (regardless of genre) since that first viewing. No other film has come remotely close to matching it for impact artistically or in any other fashion. The score goes with me every where I go, an original tribute print hangs on the wall in my bedroom. I love it as much as anyone can love a piece of art and make no bones about it. It is a perfect film to me and my greatest artistic influence. No sequel, no remake, no equal.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:33:41 +0000
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