hell yeah dario argento. love the white light (and connolley) in
Phenomena.
fuck the remake. for a solid contemporary iteration, check out
Amer by hélène cattet and bruno forzani. recommendation originally courtesy of Joe.
What do you mean by "contemporary iteration" as far as this movie "Amer"?
Do you mean it is like Suspira?
I'll definitely check it out.
So you didn't like the Suspira remake?
I actually really did, just not as much as the original, but i thought it was a very good "rendition" rather than a remake.
I thought that they did the best they could with making it their own without having Goblin on the soundtrack and without using the color schemes Argento uses and replacing those with dance oriented visuals. I found it an interesting kind of "cover" rather than a "remake."
I know Argento was NOT happy with it, especially the lack of music being one thing he cited, but part of me wonders how much of that is genuine and how much it is that he probably would not be happy with ANYONE remaking it.
I mean, I think it's genuine to an extent and he has his reasons, but at the same time, I doubt anyone could have made a remake suitable for the creator under those conditions.
I still prefer the original of course, but I like what they did with it. It was like "how to make a Giallo in 2018 WITHOUT crazy colors or crazy music".
I mean, you just really probably can't very easily do 1970s Italian Giallo in the 21st century and have it be the same.
It was a VERY time-and-place-specific genre IMO, but perhaps some people can still pull it off.
I will totally check out "Amer" though.