Quotes by Dario Argento

About Dario Argento:

Dario Argento is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror movies.
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I'm Dario Argento, and my style is something recognizable I think by the audience.

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I don't like landscapes. I like cities. Lots of cities. I like buildings. I like streets.

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I'm appreciated more abroad. In America, Japan... and in the United Kingdom.

Dario Argento

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

Dario Argento

When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind.

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'Deep Red' (1975) is my favorite movie. The character David Hemmings plays is very much based on my own personality. It was a very strong film, very brutal, and of course the censors were upset. It was cut by almost an hour in some countries.

Dario Argento

I think the camera was always my obsession, the camera movements. Because for me it's the most important thing in the move, the camera, because without the camera, film is just a stage or television - nothing.

Dario Argento

I make a film - and once I've made it, everyone comes along and says 'Ah! This is a film that's political, or social' , or whatever. But I'm not telling the story that they see. I made a film, told a story, but I wasn't thinking about exactly what it...

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If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.

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I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise.

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Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.

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So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time.

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When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

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I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.

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It's incredible that they censor films. It's sad.

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For a long time, censors have been cutting my works. This makes me so sad, because many times they will tell me, 'Television won't like, so we have to cut, cut, cut!'

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If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

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Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.

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Author Bio

  • NameDario Argento
  • DescriptionItalian film director, producer and screenwriter.
  • AliasesSirio Bernadotte
  • BornSeptember 7, 1940
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Screenwriter; Composer