Suspiria (Argento, 1977): BFI Southabnk, NFT1, 8.40pm
This film is also being screened at BFI Southbank on May 12th (details here). Tonight's presentation features an introduction by director Dario Argento, and here are the details of the season devoted to him at the cinema in May.
BFI review:
Four decades ago, Italian
genre master Dario Argento brazenly subverted expectations by abandoning
the giallo tradition upon which he had built his reputation, launching
headlong into a fantastical tale of the supernatural. The resulting film
remains not just one of the director’s most celebrated works, but a
defining classic of horror cinema. American ballerina Suzy Bannion
arrives in Germany to study at the prestigious Tanz Dance Academy. But
as a series of murders and a variety of other inexplicable events begin
to pile up, Suzy realises her new school houses a terrifying secret.
Dripping in dark imagination, Suspiria ranks as one of Argento’s most
visionary works – its garish colour palette and bravura set pieces
adding to a frenzied sense of dread.
Michael Blyth
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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