Italian director Dario Argento celebrates anniversary Automatic translate

On September 7, the unrivaled master Argento turned 75 years old.

On his account such films as “Inferno”, “Suspiria”, “Blood Red”, “Phenomenon” and many others. All of them make up the golden piggy bank of Italian horror films, are the standards of the jallo and slasher genres.

Argento began his long career in cinema as a film critic, and in 1968 he first appeared as a screenwriter. Then the young filmmaker was interested in a completely different genre - spaghetti westerns. The most famous of his work in this area was the script for the film Once Upon a Time in the Wild West.

The first work in the horror genre for the Italian director was the film “Bird with Crystal Plumage” (1970). Already here appeared some characteristic directorial finds of Argento, which were then repeated in many of his films.

Despite his age, the director continues to work. At the moment, he is busy filming the movie "Sandman" with the participation of musician Iggy Pop.

Lolya Uzhegova © Gallerix.ru