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Cinematographer
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The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer selects the camera, film stock, lens, filters, in the infancy of motion pictures, the cinematographer was usually also the director and the person physically handling the camera. As the art form and technology evolved, a separation between director and camera operator began to emerge, with the advent of artificial lighting and faster film stocks, in addition to technological advancements in optics, the technical aspects of cinematography necessitated a specialist in that area. Cinematography was key during the silent movie era, with no sound apart from music and no dialogue, the films depended on lighting, acting. Similar trade associations have been established in other countries too, there are a number of national associations of cinematographers which represent members and which are dedicated to the advancement of cinematography. S. C. Defines cinematography as, A creative and interpretive process that culminates in the authorship of a work of art rather than the simple recording of a physical event. Cinematography is not a subcategory of photography
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Camera operator
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A camera operator, sometimes informally called a cameraman or a camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the designing the lighting is the cinematographer or director of photography. The camera operator is responsible for operating the camera and maintaining composition. In narrative filmmaking, the operator will collaborate with the director, director of photography, actors and crew to make technical. In this setting, an operator is part of a film crew consisting of the director of photography. In documentary filmmaking and news, the camera is called on to film unfolding. In 2006, there were approximately 27,000 television, video, important camera operator skills include choreographing and framing shots, knowledge of and the ability to select appropriate camera lenses, and other equipment to portray dramatic scenes. The principles of story telling and film editing fundamentals are important skills as well. The camera operator is required to clearly and concisely on sets where time
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Mario Bava
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Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, special effects artist, and cinematographer from the golden age of Italian horror films. His work kick-started the giallo genre and the modern slasher film. His son Lamberto Bava later went on to become a horror film director in his own right. Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria on 31 July 1914 and he was the son of Eugenio Bava, a sculptor who also worked as a special effects photographer and cameraman in the Italian silent movie industry. Mario Bavas first ambition was to become a painter, unable to turn out paintings at a profitable rate, he went into his fathers business, working as an assistant to other Italian cinematographers like Massimo Terzano. He also helped his father at the effects department at Benito Mussolinis film factory. Bava became a cinematographer in his own right in 1939, shooting two films with Roberto Rossellini. He made his debut in the early 1940s. Bavas camerawork was a factor in developing the screen personas of such stars of the period as Gina Lollobrigida, Steve Reeves. Bava completed filming I vampiri for director Riccardo Freda in 1956, Bava co-directed The Day the Sky Exploded in 1958, the first Italian science fiction film, predating even the sci-fi films of Antonio Margheriti. Because he had no earlier credited experience as a director, the film was credited solely to Paolo Heusch, in 1960, Bava directed the gothic horror classic Black Sunday, his first solo directorial effort, which made a genre star out of Barbara Steele. His use of light and dark in black-and-white films is widely acclaimed along with his use of color in films such as Black Sabbath, Kill. Blood and Black Lace and The Whip and the Body and his work has proved very influential. Bava directed what is now regarded as the earliest of the Italian giallo films, The Girl Who Knew Too Much and Blood and his 1965 sci-fi/ horror film Planet of the Vampires was a thematic precursor to Alien. Although comic books had served as the basis for countless serials and childrens films in Hollywood, Bavas Danger, many elements of his 1966 film Kill, Baby. Regarded by Martin Scorsese as Bavas masterpiece, also appear in the Asian strain of terror film known as J-horror, 1971s A Bay of Blood is considered one of the earliest slasher films, and was explicitly imitated in Friday the 13th Part 2. Mario Bava was very disappointed with the distribution of some of his later films. His Lisa and the Devil was never picked up by a distributor, in 1977, Bava directed his last horror film, Shock, which was co-directed with his son Lamberto Bava who did the work uncredited
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Black Sabbath (film)
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Black Sabbath is a 1963 horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film is centered on three separate tales that have an introduction and conclusion from Boris Karloff, the film stars an international cast in three short stories. The first, titled The Telephone, involves Suzy who continually receives threatening calls from an unseen stalker. The second is The Wurdulak, where a man named Gorca returns to his family claiming to have slain a Wurdulak. Black Sabbath follows the 1960s trend of Italian film productions, being a low budget horror film with an international cast. The film is credited to various authors but is based on several uncredited sources. Several changes were made to the script even after the film had gone into production, American International Pictures suggested changes to Mario Bava during filming to make the film acceptable for the American target audience. The company created their own English language dub of the film that removed scenes involving violence and this version greatly changed the plot of The Telephone, giving it a supernatural story element and removing any reference to lesbianism or prostitution. A follow-up to Black Sabbath titled Scarlet Friday was originally going to be directed by Bava, plans for a remake were announced in 2004 with Jonathan Hensleigh attached to write the script. Black Sabbath has received reviews from critics. In the early 2010s, Time Out magazine conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors, Black Sabbath placed at number 73. Note, This plot summary refers to the original Italian version of the film Rosy and she receives a series of strange phone calls. The caller eventually identifies himself as Frank, her pimp who has recently escaped from prison. Rosy is terrified, it was her testimony that sent Frank to prison, the women have been estranged, but Rosy is certain that only Mary can help her. Mary agrees to come over that night, seconds later, Frank calls again, promising that no matter what Rosy does he will have his revenge. Rosy doesnt realize that Mary is impersonating Frank on the telephone, Mary arrives at Rosys apartment and attempts to calm Rosys nerves. Mary provides Rosy with a knife for protection before she goes to sleep. As Rosy sleeps, Mary writes a confession explaining that she made the calls to force a reunion, while she is writing, an intruder enters the apartment
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The Whip and the Body
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The Whip and the Body is a 1963 Italian-French gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film is about Kurt Menliff who is ostracized by his father for his relationship with a servant girl and he later returns, but falls madly in love with his brothers wife Nevenka. Menliff is later murdered, but the locals believe his ghost has returned to haunt the castle for revenge. Italian censors removed the film from cinemas due to its sadomasochistic themes, the international cut features some significant changes, and runs for 77 minutes. It was released theatrically as What and Night is the Phantom in the United States and United Kingdom, an isolated castle on the Eastern European coast. Kurt, the son of Count Menliff, was in marriage preparations with Nevenka. However, Kurt had an affair with Tania, the daughter of Menliffs servant Giorgia, Count Menliff rejected Kurt and he left the castle. Meanwhile, Nevenka married Cristiano, Kurts younger brother, one day, Kurt arrives at the castle, superficially to celebrate Cristiano and Nevenka but in fact he is to reclaim his title and fortune, which supposedly also includes Nevenka. During an evening on the beach and following a session of flogging and sex, frustrated, she does not return to the castle and is eventually found unconscious by the butler Losat. On the same night, Kurt is killed under curious circumstances, now, Kurt is dead but a series of events hints that his ghost has started to haunt the castle for revenge. Ernesto Gastaldi has stated that he had written the script himself with Ugo Guerra possibly contributing to some of the early one while Luciano Martino had no contribution to the script. Gastaldi was shown an Italian print of The Pit and the Pendulum by the producers who requested a similar film to be made, Gastaldi is credited as an assistant director in the films credits, but has stated he was never even on the set of the film. Mario Bava was brought in to direct the film through Ugo Guerras suggestion as he could direct the film and photograph the film. Bava took care of the cinematography for the film while his regular camera man Ubaldo Terzano is credited as the cinematographer, the film was shot for under ₤159 million Italian lire for six week shooting schedule with one more week for special effects. The film was shot in both Anzio and Castel SantAngelo in Rome, the films sadomasochistic theme caused trouble with censors in Italy. The board of censors demanded no cuts to the film, and this was appealed by the production companies for the film who cut parts of the film on their own and later earned a V. M.14 rating. The Whip and the Body was released in Italy on 29 August 1963 through Titanus, the film was seized on 12 October 1963, with charges of obscenity. The film was declared that it contained several sequences that refer to degenerations, the film was then later re-released in January 1964
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Blood and Black Lace
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Blood and Black Lace is a 1964 Italian horror thriller film directed by Mario Bava. Bava co-wrote the screenplay with Giuseppe Barilla and Marcello Fondato, the film stars Cameron Mitchell and Eva Bartok. The story concerns the stalking and brutal murders of various scantily-clad fashion models, the film is generally considered one of the earliest and most influential of all giallo films and served as a stylistic template for the body count slasher films of the 1980s. Tim Lucas has noted that the film has gone on to inspire legions of contemporary filmmakers, in 2004, one of its sequences was voted No.85 in The 100 Scariest Movie Moments by the Bravo TV network. Police Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the murder and he interviews Max Marian, the manager who co-manages the salon with his lover and it is revealed that Isabella had kept a diary detailing these vices, and suddenly almost every employee becomes nervous. Nicole finds the diary, and she promises to provide it to the police and that night, Nicole drives to an antique store owned by her paramour, Frank. He is not there, and while inside she suddenly finds herself stalked by a black clad figure and she gets to the front entrance door but is grabbed from behind by the masked individual, who raises and slams a spiked glove into her face, killing her instantly. The murderer searches the corpse and her purse for the diary, when it becomes clear that she did not have it, the killer runs out of the shop. The murderer next visits Peggys apartment, the killer gains entrance simply by knocking on the front door, and when Peggy opens it, the masked figure abruptly walks inside. The assailant slaps and hits her repeatedly, and she explains that she no longer has the diary and had in fact burned it in the fireplace. When her attacker checks the fireplace to see if she told the truth, enraged, the murderer hits her over and over again in the face until she is knocked unconscious. The assailant then carries her away just as the police arrive, Peggy is taken to another location and tied to a chair. The killer tortures her, demanding to know where the diary is, the woman reaches up and knocks off the mask. The shocked girl recognizes her assailant, who proceeds to kill her brutally by slowly pressing her face against the surface of a burning furnace. Inspector Sylvester is convinced that the murderer is one of the men employed at the fashion house, however, while the suspects are in custody, Greta discovers Peggys corpse hidden in the trunk of her car, and is then attacked and smothered to death by the killer. After discovering the bodies of the latest victims, Sylvester releases all of the men, Max visits Cristina and reminds her about how he had assisted in the murder of her husband. Isabella had found out that Max had been involved in the crime, when she started asking for more and more money, Max murdered her. It was only later that Max and Cristina realized she had been keeping a diary that revealed everything, while attempting to retrieve the diary, Max had also killed Nicole and Peggy
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Black Sunday (1960 film)
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The film stars Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Arturo Dominici and Ivo Garrani. It was Bavas directorial debut, although he had completed several previous films without credit. Based very loosely on Nikolai Gogols short story Viy, the narrative concerns a witch who is put to death by her own brother, only to return 200 years later to seek revenge on her descendants. By the social standards of the 1960s, Black Sunday was considered unusually gruesome, despite the censorship, Black Sunday was a worldwide critical and box office success, and launched the careers of director Mario Bava and movie star Barbara Steele. In 2004, one of its sequences was voted number 40 among the 100 Scariest Movie Moments by the Bravo TV network, in Moldavia, in the year 1630, beautiful witch Asa Vajda and her paramour Javuto are sentenced to death for sorcery by Asas brother. Before being burned at the stake, Asa vows revenge and puts a curse on her brothers descendants, a metal mask with sharp spikes on the inside is placed over the witchs face and hammered into her flesh. While waiting for their coachman to fix it, the two wander into an ancient crypt and discover Asas tomb. Observing her death mask through a panel, Kruvajan breaks the panel by accident while striking a bat. He then removes Asas death mask revealing a partially preserved corpse that is visible underneath and he cuts his hand on the broken glass. Some of his blood drips onto Asas dead face, returning outside, Kruvajan and Gorobec meet Katia. She tells them that she lives with her father, Prince Vajda, Gorobec is instantly smitten by the beautiful young woman. The two men leave her and drive to an inn. The witch Asa is brought back to life by Kruvajans blood and she contacts Javuto telepathically and orders him to rise from his grave. He does so and goes to Prince Vajdas castle, where Vajda holds up a crucifix to ward the reanimated corpse away, however, Vajda is so terrified by the visit that he becomes paralyzed with fear. Katia and Constantin send a servant to fetch Dr. Kruvajan and it is the evil Javuto who arrives to bring Kruvajan to the castle. Javuto leads Kruvajan to Asas crypt, and Kruvajan watches in horror as her coffin explodes, from its ruins, the witch hypnotizes Kruvajan and says she needs a few more drops of his blood, offering him eternal life in return. Asa then kisses him, turning him into her servant, by Asas command, Kruvajan enters Vajdas room and murders him. Asas plan is to drain Katia of her life, believing that this act will grant her immortality, a little girl who had seen Javuto meet Kruvajan at the inn describes the dead man to Gorobec
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a 1970 Italian crime drama film directed by Elio Petri. He begins manipulating the investigation by planting obvious clues while the police officers ignore them. A recently promoted police inspector kills his mistress, and then covers up his involvement in the crime and he insinuates himself into the investigation, planting clues to steer his subordinate officers toward a series of other suspects, including the womans gay husband and a student radical. He then exonerates the other suspects and leads the investigators toward him, in order to prove that he is above suspicion and can get away with anything, in the end, he confesses to the crime in front of his superiors - who refuse to believe him. Sure that he is safe, he recants his confession, investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion was released in Italy on February 9,1970 where it was distributed by Euro International Film. In Italy, the film had a gross of 1,928,248,000 Italian lire. The film was regarded in its own time, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Also it won as Best Foreign Language Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1971, investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion was well received by critics and is widely considered one of the best international films of the 1970s. It is a parable, and a stunning movie. Cannon Films had hoped to remake the film in the mid 80s with Sidney Lumet or Andrei Konchalovsky directing, al Pacino and Christopher Walken were to star, and Paul Schrader as writer, as he wrote both a story treatment and a screenplay. List of submissions to the 43rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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Lucio Fulci
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Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He is perhaps best known for his films, including Zombi 2 and The Beyond, although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western. Fulci is known as the Godfather of Gore, a title given to Herschell Gordon Lewis. Fulci was born in Rome, Italy, on 17 June 1927, in the early 1960s, Fulci wrote or directed around 18 Italian comedies, many of them starring the famous Italian comedian team of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia. Most of these films did not enjoy wider distribution in English-speaking countries. Fulcis first film distributed theatrically in the USA was Oh and those Most Secret Agents. in 1965. Only three of his other 1960s films were released in the U. S, massacre Time, Una sullaltra and Beatrice Cenci. His first film to gain significant notoriety in his country, Dont Torture a Duckling. Fulci had a Catholic upbringing and referred to himself as a Catholic, despite this, some of his movies have been viewed as having anti-Catholic sentiment. In one of his films, a priest is depicted as a child killer, while in another film. In 1979, he achieved his breakthrough with Zombi 2. He followed it up several other tales of horror films, also featuring zombies. His features released from 1979 through 1983 were described by critics as being among the most violent. Others were released Unrated in order to avoid an X-rating which would have restricted the films target audiences to adults, the unrated films often played worldwide in drive-ins and grindhouses where they developed a cult following. Many of Fulcis horror films tend to contain injury to the eye sequences, in which a characters eyeball is either pierced or pulled out of its socket, usually in lingering, several of Fulcis movies were prohibited in Europe or were released in heavily cut versions. Of the original 72 films on the video nasty list in the United Kingdom. After collaborating with screenwriter Sacchetti for six years, Fulci went off on his own in 1983 to direct the movie Conquest in Mexico, failing to involve Sacchetti in the deal. The film did poorly upon its release, and afterwards, Fulci had trouble jump-starting his working relationship with Sacchetti, who by that time had gone his own way
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
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A Lizard in a Womans Skin is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film was released in France as Carole, and was later re-released in the USA as Schizoid. Set in London, the film follows Carol Hammond, the daughter of a respected politician, in the dream she commits a graphic murder and awakes to a real life criminal investigation into the murder of her neighbour. Carol Hammond is the daughter of a lawyer and politician named Edmund Brighton. Her husband Frank is a lawyer working for Brightons practice and they all live together in a large apartment with Joan, Franks teenage daughter from a previous marriage. Carol has been visiting a psychoanalyst because of a string of disturbing dreams shes been having featuring her decadent neighbor, Julias frequent, late-night parties infuriate and yet excite Carol, evoking images of wild sex-and-drug orgies. During a meeting between Edmund and Frank, they talk about their recent court cases in which Edmund asks Frank if he has been unfaithful to Carol, then a phone call is made by an anonymous woman who claims to Edmund that she has damaging information about his family. But unknown to everyone, Frank is indeed having an affair with his personal secretary Deborah whom he meets work at her country house for some romantic tryst. Carols dreams continue which become more complicated during scenes that appear to be dreams or hallucinations, describing her latest one to her psychoanalyst, they depict a lesbian encounter between the two women, culminating in Carol grisly stabbing the seductive Julia to death. In an enigmatic coda to the sequence, Carol sees two kaftan-clad hippies who have apparently witnessed the whole thing without intervening. The following day, its revealed that Julia Durer has indeed been murdered, Inspector Corvin from Scotland Yard arrives to take charge of the investigation. The room and condition of the body are identical to their depiction in the dream sequence. To make matters even more incriminating, there is a fur coat near the body. Learning of the murder, Carol insists that she see the scene of the crime, after weeding out a false and self-serving confession from a delirious regular at the Durer parties, Corvin focuses on Carol Hammond. In the meanwhile, Carol, during an excursion with her step-daughter Joan. Following them to a theater where other hippies hang out. Neither the hippy man or woman claim that they havent, as the evidence against Carol mounts, the police surreptitiously obtain her fingerprints, which match those found on the murder weapon, and Carol is soon arrested and charged with murdering Julia. However, doubts begin to circulate with Corvin as he wonders if she is the killer when was she describing the murder to her psychoanalyst in detail before it took place
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Paul Morrissey
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Paul Morrissey is an American film director, best known for his association with Andy Warhol. Of Irish Catholic extraction, Morrissey attended Ampleforth College and Fordham University, both were practicing Catholics from ethnic backgrounds (Warhol was of Rusyn descent. Morrissey discovered and signed the Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol never met one of those people before I cast them. They were not his coterie, and they were not hanging out at his gallery, ive had this all my life. His celebrityhood, which is an invention of the media, dominating my films
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Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
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Andy Warhols Frankenstein is a 1973 Italian-French horror film directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol, Andrew Braunsberg, Louis Peraino and Carlo Ponti. It stars Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Monique van Vooren, interiors were filmed at Cinecittà in Rome by a crew of Italian filmmakers. In the United States, the film was marketed as Andy Warhols Frankenstein and it was rated X by the MPAA due to its explicit sexuality and violence. A 3-D version also played in Australia in 1986, along with Blood for Dracula, in the 1970s, a 3-D version played in Stockholm, Sweden and in London, England. In subsequent US DVD releases, the film was retitled Flesh for Frankenstein, the doctors sublimation of his sexual urges by his powerful urge for domination is shown when he utilizes the surgical wounds of his female creation to satisfy his lust. Not knowing these details, Nicholas survives and is summoned by Katrin to the castle. Nicholas realizes at this point that something is awry, but himself pretends not to recognize his friends face until he can investigate further. After a falling-out with Katrin, who is concerned with her own needs. Frankenstein muses about using his new acquisition to replace the head of his creature, nevertheless, Katrin is rewarded for betraying Nicholas by being granted use of the creature for erotic purposes, but is killed during a bout of overly vigorous copulation. Meanwhile, Otto repeats the doctors sexual exploits with the female creature, the Baron returns and, enraged, does away with Otto. When he attempts to have the male creature eliminate Nicholas, however, the remnants of his friends personality rebel, the creature, believing he is better off dead, then disembowels himself. The doctors children, Erik and Monica, then enter the laboratory, pick up a pair of scalpels and it is not clear if the scalpels are there in order to release him, or take over where their father left off. While some Italian prints reportedly give second unit director Antonio Margheriti credit as director of the film, Kier stated that he and the other cast members received direction only from Morrissey, and noted that he never saw Margheriti on the set. As a favor for producer Carlo Ponti, Margheriti agreed to take credits for free as director for the Italian release in order to help the film get funds from the government, unfortunately, it ended up as a trial for producer and alleged director who both lost. The film was cut to 93 minutes for an R-rating. It was this version which was distributed for a 3-D re-release during the 3-D craze of the 1980s, the U. S. DVD releases have utilized the full uncut version, which is now unrated. The film had its premiere in the United Kingdom on November 17,2009 and was broadcast in 3D as part of Channel 4s 3D Week. The film earned $4.7 million in rentals in North America, however, this Frankenstein drags as much as it camps, despite a few amusing moments, it fails as a spoof, and the result is only a coy binge in degradation
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Blood for Dracula
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Blood for Dracula is a 1974 Italian-French horror film written and directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol, Andrew Braunsberg, and Jean Yanne. It stars Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, Arno Juerging, when released in the United States in 1975, it was retitled Andy Warhols Dracula. The youngest and eldest daughters are virgins, the eldest is thought too plain to be offered for marriage and is past her prime, Dracula obtains assurances that all the daughters are virgins and drinks the blood of the two who are considered marriageable. However, their tainted blood reveals to him the truth and makes him even weaker, nevertheless, he is able to turn the two girls into his telepathic slaves. Soon after the Marchese Di Fiore travels out of Italy to pay his debts, Mario discovers that Dracula is a vampire. When he realizes the danger Dracula poses to the youngest daughter, Mario warns Di Fiores wife, La Marchesa Di Fiore, about Draculas plan. Meanwhile, Dracula has drunk the blood of the eldest daughter, turning her into a vampire, La Marchesa confronts, and is stabbed by, Anton, whom she shoots and kills before dying. Mario dismembers Dracula with an axe and kills him and the eldest Di Fiore daughter with a stake and it was partly improvised, as the filming of Flesh for Frankenstein by the same team had been quicker and less costly than expected. Because Roman Polański was shooting What, in Italy on a set nearby, he was asked to do a cameo in Blood for Dracula. He played as a gambling guest in a pub and it can be noticed he wears the same mustache in both films. While some Italian prints reportedly give second unit director Antonio Margheriti credit as director of the film, Kier stated that he and the other cast members received direction only from Morrissey, and noted that he never saw Margheriti on the set. Unfortunately, it ended up as a trial for the producer and alleged director, the original uncut version has been released on DVD several times, though it is now unrated. Unlike the controversy over Flesh for Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula suffered many fewer cuts for its initial UK cinema release and was never listed as a Video nasty and it was passed fully uncut for video in 1995 on the First Independent label. Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult, Andy Warhol filmography Vampire film Blood for Dracula at the Internet Movie Database Blood for Dracula at AllMovie Blood for Dracula at Rotten Tomatoes Criterion Collection essay by Maurice Yacowar
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Dario Argento
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Dario Argento is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo. Argento was born in Rome, the son of producer and executive Salvatore Argento. He began his career in film as a critic, writing for various magazines while still attending high school, Argento did not attend college, electing rather to take a job as a columnist at the newspaper Paese Sera. While working at the newspaper, Argento also began working as a screenwriter and his most notable work was for Sergio Leone, he and Bernardo Bertolucci collaborated on the story for the spaghetti western classic Once Upon a Time in the West. Soon after that films 1969 release, Argento began working on his debut, the giallo film The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Argento continued to concentrate largely on the genre, directing two more successful thrillers, The Cat o Nine Tails and Four Flies on Grey Velvet. Along with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, these three films are referred to as Argentos Animal Trilogy. The director then turned his attention away from movies, filming two Italian TV dramas and a period comedy in 1973. Argento returned to thrillers with 1975s Deep Red, frequently cited by critics as the best giallo ever made. The film made Argento famous internationally and inspired a number of directors to work in the genre. Argentos next movie was Suspiria, a violent supernatural thriller, lacking the constraints of the more conventional giallo subgenre, Suspiria is a semi-surreal work of art, where plot and character are secondary to sound and vision. Argento planned for Suspiria to be the first of a trilogy about The Three Mothers, the second movie of the trilogy was 1980s Inferno. The Mother of Tears belatedly concluded the trilogy, Argento oversaw the European release of the film which was much shorter and featured much more of the score written and performed by Goblin. After Inferno, Argento returned to the more conventional style with Tenebrae. He then attempted to combine giallo and supernatural fantasy in 1985s Phenomena, also known as Creepers, Phenomena also showed Argentos predilection for using new technology, as evidenced by the films several prowling Steadicam shots. Both films received a reception upon their release. Argento subsequently took a break from directing to write two screenplays for Mario Bavas son, Lamberto Bava, Dèmoni and Dèmoni 2, in 1987-88, Argento produced a TV series called Turno di Notte, which had 15 episodes
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Deep Red
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Deep Red is a 1975 Italian giallo film, directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It was released on 7 March 1975 and it was produced by Claudio and Salvatore Argento, and the films score was composed and performed by Goblin. It stars Macha Meril as a medium and David Hemmings as a man who investigates a series of performed by a mysterious figure wearing black leather gloves. Argento later opened a retail movie memorabilia store in Rome called Profondo rosso, two shadowy figures struggle until one of them is stabbed to death while a childs scream is heard. In the city of Rome, psychic medium Helga Ulmann holds a lecture in a theater where she senses that someone with a twisted. Musician Marcus Daly, who lives in the apartment building is walking home when he sees her being attacked through the window. Rushing inside to help, hes too late as Helga bleeds to death, after the police arrive, Marcus realizes he had seen a certain painting among a group of portraits on the walls of the victims apartment, which seems to have disappeared. Helgas is prefaced by a childs doggerel tune, which serves as the calling card. Marcus hears it in his own apartment soon after becoming involved in the case, later, he plays the tune to Professor Giordani, a psychiatrist who theorizes that the music is important because it probably played an integral part in a traumatic event in the killers past. Another friend of Ulmann tells him about a folktale involving a house in which a singing child is heard. Marcus tries to find Amanda to talk to her about her book, the dying Righetti manages to write a message on the wall of the steam-filled bathroom before expiring. Marcus then finds the body but afraid that the police think he did it. Marcus looks around the house, removing plaster from a wall that uncovers a childs drawing of a boy holding a bloody knife next to a murdered man. Only after he leaves the room, more plaster suddenly falls off, meanwhile, Giordani investigates the Righetti murder scene and, on a hunch, turns on the hot water in the bathroom and sees part of the message left on the wall by the murder victim. When Giordani returns to his office that night to investigate more, the unseen killer then breaks in and stabs him in the neck with his own knife after bashing his teeth in on a mantelpiece. Marcus also discovers a clue that he initially overlooked in the photo of the house realizing a window on one of the walls is missing. Marcus returns to the house after dark after unsuccessfully bashed in the wall where the window was when he enters inside, using a pickaxe, he knocks down an end-wall in a hallway and discovers the secret room with a skeleton next to a Christmas tree. The unseen figure then arrives and knocks Marcus unconscious, the house is set on fire, but Marcus is dragged out by Gianna, a reporter investigating the murders
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
