UNLEASHING a PLAGUE of WITCHES
Dario Argento's near mythic career has been pretty darn varied (he got his start by co-writing Sergio Leone’s uber-western ONCE UPON a TIME in the WEST alongside none other than Bernardo Bertolucci) but recently he's made a few real stink-bombs. I mean, I just can't tell you how depressing it was to see a mess like THE CARD DEALER. I have a lot of respect for Dario Argento, so much so in fact that it’s painful to see him peddling shit. Seriously, I even have a weak spot for his decidedly apeshit cinematic offerings—read: PHENOMENA (also know as CREEPERS). But yesterday I heard (via variety) that he's gearing up to make an English-language language giallo pic called THE MOTHER of TEARS, which will supposedly be the closing chapter in his famous and infamous THREE MOTHERS TRILOGY, whose pervious entries were SUSPIRIA and INFERNO.
Shooting is slated to begin on Oct. 30 in Rome (where else would Argento shoot) so as to appropriately mark Dario Argento's return to the slasher-style (meaning: BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and or DEEP RED) filmmaking that won the man his internatinal cult following.
More importantly, Dario’s unbelievably hot daughter, Asia, (of NEW ROSE HOTEL, LAND of the DEAD and shortly Marie Antoinette fame) will again star for her father, (whom she boast has had her raped but never killed in a film) along with BLADE’s Udo Kier Massimo Sarchielli (Under the Tuscan Sun) and The Bible’s Philippe Leroy. By the way Asia will play an American art student who unwittingly unleashes a plague of witches on Rome by opening an ancient urn.
Even if it sucks, I'll go see this one as well. Oh heck, I'll even see it in the theater. Dario Argento, like Terry Gilliam, is one of those directors whose work I will always see, masterpieces and flops alike. Suspiria certainly didn't generate any positive PR for the the pagan religion. It is a testament to his greatness that a practicing Witch such as myself can set aside his narrow vision of witches and enjoy this fantastic and scary movie.
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