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4.0 out of 5 stars
good intro to dario,
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This review is from: Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: Dark Dreams of Dario Argento (Paperback)
Truly one of my favorite directors - this is an excellent book and it is well worth your time to read. very enjoyable.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, serious criticism on Dario Argento.,
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This review is from: Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: Dark Dreams of Dario Argento (Paperback)
Maitland McDonagh, Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento (Citadel Press, 1991)
Thanks to horribly butchered American theatrical releases and a staunch refusal to operate outside of genre filmmaking, Italian horror auteur Dario Argento escaped critical notice, especially on this side of the pond, for a good long time after he started making films. McDonagh, looking to correct this, decided to do her thesis on Argento; Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds is the revised and expanded edition of that thesis. You get about what you expect: a critical analysis of Argento's movies. If you've read a critical analysis or two previously, you know what's coming. What may be surprising is the book's accessibility. This isn't three hundred pages drowned in jargon the average human being can't understand; this feels like basic film review writing, albeit a little more objective than most Argento fanatics are likely to find comfortable. Still, the fact that a serious critical analysi of Dario Argento's work even exists is cause for celebration. **** |
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Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: Dark Dreams of Dario Argento by Maitland McDonagh (Paperback - March 5, 1993)
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