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12 unusual facts about Dario Argento


Barbara Baraldi

The novel La casa dagli specchi rotti came out at the end of 2009 in an anthology inspired by the cinematographic Italian Giallo of Dario Argento published by Mondadori on Il Giallo Mondadori.

Dane Brookes

Producer, Joseph Zaso, first met Braincell director Alex Birrell when the latter served as cinematographer on Darkness Surrounds Roberta; also encoring from the movie is composer Marco Werba, who was since tapped by Dario Argento to score his latest feature Giallo.

Fiore Argento

Fiore Argento, born 3 January 1970, is the eldest daughter of film director Dario Argento and Marisa Casale, a restorer of stained glass art and a "master glassmaker".

Giulia Marletta

During her career as a producer and executive producer, she has worked with directors including Dario Argento, David Lynch, Werner Herzog, and Al Pacino.

She was also a producer of the 2007 supernatural horror film, The Mother of Tears, third in The Three Mothers trilogy and directed by Dario Argento.

John Barleycorn Must Die

The cover is displayed prominently during a party scene in the 1971 movie by Dario Argento, 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio.

Pino Donaggio

Since then he has worked on many films, and composed music for several more, including: Dario Argento's Trauma and Due occhi diabolici.

Rat-catcher

Ratcatchers also appear in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss and make a major appearance in Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera.

Romano Albani

His film credits include Marco Ferreri's La Dernière femme (U.S. title: The Last Woman) (1976), Dario Argento's Inferno (1980) and Phenomena (1985), Troll (1986), a remake of Roman Holiday (1987) (produced for American television) and four of the movies in the Fantaghirò series.

Ronnie Taylor

Ronnie Taylor (born 27 October 1924) is a British Cinematographer, who has collaborated with directors Richard Attenborough and Dario Argento.

The Dark Secret

Track 5 is a cover of a song by Italian progressive rock band Goblin, composed as part of the soundtrack for the 2001 giallo movie Sleepless, directed by Dario Argento.

Veronica Lazăr

Lazăr is probably best known for her role as the demonic Mater Tenebrarum in Dario Argento's Inferno (1980).


Cinevox

Founded in 1966, the label has released more than 200 titles, including numerous works by Ennio Morricone, Pino Donaggio, and various Dario Argento movie soundtracks composed by Goblin and Keith Emerson.

Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D is a 2012 Italian-French-Spanish horror film directed by Dario Argento and starring Thomas Kretschmann and Rutger Hauer.

Geretta Geretta

She has starred in such classic Italian films horror films as, Lucio Fulci's MurderRock, Bruno Mattei's Rats: Night of Terror and Terminator 2, Producer; Dario Argento and Director; Lamberto Bava's DEMONS, and began her career in Susan Siedelman's Smithereens.

Myriad Pictures

In 2008 the company released Mother of Tears, classic horror film director Dario Argento’s long-anticipated sequel to his witches trilogy, starring Asia Argento and Udo Kier.

The Fifth Cord

The Italian title, which literally means "black day for the ram", reprises Dario Argento's practice of using animals in the titles of his thriller films.

Vittorio Storaro

In 1970, he photographed L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), the first film directed by Dario Argento.