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Dario Argento

Profession : Director

Birth : September 7, 1940

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

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This is my life - I want to tell stories. There is something huge inside me that pushes me to tell stories, and tell stories for an audience and everybody.

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My mother was a famous photographer for actresses, including Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, and so many. I remember I went to school close to my mother's studio, and for years, I went to the studio after school and just watched how she captured these beauties.

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I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

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'Deep Red' (1975) is my favorite movie. The character David Hemmings plays is very much based on my own personality. It was a very strong film, very brutal, and of course the censors were upset. It was cut by almost an hour in some countries.

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Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

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There's nothing gratuitous about my films.

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But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

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But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.

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Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.

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When I was five. That's when I started to love film.

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Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.

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I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

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To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects.

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Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

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In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.

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If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.

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In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.

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The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience.

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I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.

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