"Hi Nick, just before the Film4 FrightFest madness takes me over I wanted to tell you a few things. Most importantly, I've had more calls from people who have now seen mother of tears telling me how wonderful it is and how it does indeed exert the 'strange power' of suspiria. This augurs very well for its Toronto debut and I think us fans will have a great deal to celebrate in the trilogy's conclusion. We might have been waiting a long time but early reports suggest it has been worth it.
Secondly, look for director Jason Reitman's new movie 'juno'. Reitman directed the indie hit 'thank you for smoking' last year and 'juno' could well be this year's 'little miss sunshine' breakout movie. The reason I'm alerting you to it is for one main sequence in the unplanned pregnancy comedy. Jason Bateman takes Jennifer Garner home to watch his dvd collection of Herschell Gordon Lewis cult horror movies. He proclaims Lewis a master. But Garner says rubbish, everyone knows Dario Argento is god. There then ensues an argument over the merits of each which will have Argento fans clutching themselves in glee.
Lastly I've done a major Argento retrospective geared around MOT in the glossy magazine Wonder Land, published October. Editor Ben Cobb (writer of the new Alejandro Jodorowsky book) asked me to put my own personal point of view on his work which I must say I enjoyed doing immensely. Now it's all eyes on the Toronto MOT reviews....who knows it could be the first Argento film in decades to actually get a proper worldwide theatrical release."
posted on 23 Aug 2007 by Nick
italian inferno dvd
inferno is scheduled to get a dvd release in italy on october 10th. It will be anamorphic, dolby 2.0 and italian language with a hideous cover! No english subtitles are included.
posted on 02 Aug 2007 by Nick
MOT premiere date
the date for the premiere is over at the toronto international film festival blog along with more info.
"Hi Nick, as I expected the Midnight Madness strand of the Toronto film festival in september is holding the world premiere of the third mother: mother of tears. The exact date will be announced shortly. Programmer Colin Geddes tells me he loved the film - he's calling it "the godfather III of horror" - and asked Myriad in the US if he could launch the movie before its rome premiere in october. Colin was with me when we viewed the promo in cannes and he says the final film is far better than that preview footage suggested. I trust Colin's judgement and so am really excited by his reaction. That means Dario will segue straight from the canadian festival of fear in late august (The reason he couldn't be at frightfest to host our planned restored suspiria event) to toronto. There he will be reunited with George A. Romero whose diary of the dead is also being screened. On a separate note I had a call from MOT writers Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch who were shown the film by Myriad in los angeles a few weeks ago. Their reaction was overwhelmingly positive too. Okay, they are the writers with vested interests, but again both are very honest when it comes to their views. So it looks like the film delivers what was promised. Jace and Adam will be at the rome launch where I'm going to see the film with cast and crew members. As much as I want to see it first, italy is the best place to see it from my point of view. Web reviews will hit mid september so let's hope they're as good as we're now expecting. There's still no UK or US distributor for the movie but toronto being the most prestigious venue the film could possibly have (cabin fever, black sheep and all the boys love mady lane were launched there to massive success) it seems certain the heat from the premiere reaction will guarantee sales instantly."
Giallo
(pronounced 'djallo, plural gialli) is an italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language, however, it is used in a broader meaning that is closer to the french fantastique genre, including elements of horror fiction and eroticism.
The word giallo is Italian for "yellow" and stems from the origin of the genre as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers.
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