Posted by Vincent at bg-tc-ppp1512.monmouth.com on January 13, 2003 at 22:26:54:
In Reply to: I was just tryin' to warn the poor fella... posted by rcpweiner on January 13, 2003 at 22:23:14:
: Vincent, how high is Argento on your list of directors? Just curious. And Asia Argento is hot.
My standard answer-
Stanley Kubrick is the greatest director of all time.
Dario Argento is my FAVORITE. I acknowledge that his films are full of flaws, but I love them nontheless (well, excepting SLEEPLESS). I love the sheer lunacy of his visual style and some of his ideas, it strikes me as being really ballsy filmmaking that throws a lot of the rules out the window and just seems to revel in filmmaking for the hell of it. I fully understand why that would be off-putting to some folks, but it gives me goosebumps and I love it.
BTW, before you entirely write him off, give THE BIRD WITH THE CRYTAL PLUMAGE and DEEP RED a go.
Vincent