Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (1985)

Director:

Michele Soavi

Writer:

Michele Soavi (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

Documentary on horror/mystery film maker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Behind The Scenes | Film Clip | Film Making | Horror Filmmaking

Cast

Romano Albani	...	Himself
Dario Argento	...	Himself
Fiore Argento	...	Herself / Vera Grandt
Urbano Barberini	...	Himself
Patrick Bauchau	...	Himself / Insp. Rudolf Geiger
Michael Brandon	...	Himself
Flavio Bucci	...	Himself
Clara Calamai	...	Herself
Stefania Casini	...	Herself / Sara
Jennifer Connelly	...	Herself
Mirella D'Angelo	...	Herself
Keith Emerson	...	Himself
David Emge	...	Himself
Mimsy Farmer	...	Herself
Ken Foree	...	Himself
James Franciscus	...	Himself
Jessica Harper	...	Herself / Suzy Banyon
David Hemmings	...	Himself
Natasha Hovey	...	Herself
Karl Malden	...	Himself
Davide Marotta	...	Himself / Bruckner Monster
Leigh McCloskey	...	Himself / Mark Elliott
Macha Méril	...	Herself
Irene Miracle	...	Herself / Rose Elliott
Tony Musante	...	Himself
Daria Nicolodi	...	Herself / Various
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself / Prof. John McGregor
Aldo Reggiani	...	Himself
Eva Renzi	...	Herself
Eva Robin's	...	Herself
Tom Savini	...	Himself
Michele Soavi	...	Himself
Luciano Tovoli	...	Himself

Directed by
Michele Soavi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michele Soavi		writer

Cinematography by
Gianlorenzo Battaglia
Stefano Ricciotti

Film Editing by
Piero Bozza

Makeup Department
Antonio Altavilla	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Fabrizio Diaz	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claudio Lattanzi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	sound editor
Luciano Anzellotti	....	sound effects
Massimo Anzellotti	....	sound effects
Giancarlo Laurenzi	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Aldo Mafera	....	titles and opticals

Camera and Electrical Department
Aldo Bergamini	....	assistant camera
Maurizio di Stefano	....	electrician
Mario Massaccesi	....	electrician
Giancarlo Mereschini	....	grip
Auguste Pascarlla	....	grip

Editorial Department
Roberto Priori	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Renato Rinaldo	....	production accountant
Luciano Vittori	....	laboratory technician

Production Companies

• DACFILM Rome
• World Sales Compas International

Distributors

• Synapse Films (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Vidmark Entertainment (USA) (dubbed)

Also Known As:

Dario Argento's World of Horror
Dario Argento's world of horror (Italy) (video box title)

Runtime:

USA:76 min | Argentina:76 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R

Company:

DACFILM Rome

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tenebre

A documentary on a good director.

Dario Argento was a new breed of Italian directors that appeared on the scene in the late 1960's with the Giallo form of horror filmmaking. Giallo's were detective style structures and mixed with horror. Argento dealt with Serial Killers very well. With Mario Bava and perhaps Lucio Fulci (stretching that one a bit), Italian cinema entered a "golden era" of horror gore and exploitation during the 1970's.

World of Horror shows the best of Argento's movies, leading up to Demon's, which he produced only. Most scenes are either "Death Scenes" or "Stylistic Shots". Anyway, there is some technical shots, but the movie does not really go into detail about the technicals of his movies. However, you get a dose on what happens in his noggin, and that in itself is scary enough. If you happen to find this movie on video (good luck), try it out, but good luck trying to find some of his movies on video (I'm still looking for his "4 flies on Gray Velvet")