Deep Red

What I appreciate about Dario Argento is how carefully he utilizes what makes a slasher/thriller/Mystery film good! The murder sequences he does were always done so well for the time! Now I will admit right off the bat that DEEP RED (a.k.a PROFONDO ROSSO) didn't have the conclusion I was hoping for, but that doesn't stop this classic film from being the trippy, genuine shocker that it is! I always give credit where it's due and I will say this film had some ingenious moments with camera work and kill scenes and the psychological elements that keep you guessing who this devious killer/trickster could be! There are easily some effective and jarring visuals (more specifically a disturbing scene with an alarming looking puppet). There isn't much else to say (plot wise) without giving too much of it away! But I do recommend this to hardcore horror/Slasher fans (or even if you're a fan of a good murder mystery flick). As a hardcore horror fan myself, I'm a little saddened to see this film doesn't have more recognition among the horror community. I feel like if you're a fan of Argento films such as SUSPIRIA (which is Argento's most recognized work) then you ought to give some of his other films a try! Lately I've been finding myself on a blind buy rampage for Dario Argento flicks and besides SUSPIRIA, INFERNO, and TENEBRAE, this one probably has to sit as #4 on that list as another favorite. Like I said, the ending of the film didn't exactly have the conclusion I was hoping for, but I'll leave the rest of you to judge whether or not you got a kick out of the ending and if it was fulfilling or not. However, the soundtrack, the visuals, the kills, and the mystery leading up to the conclusion was all really well done! I think the mystery aspect of this film is what still makes it creepy after all these years! There's so much suspense and such little answers you're getting (again, until the end) that it begins to make you feel just as crazy as the main character. You're just DYING to know who the culprit is! Like I mentioned above, if you're a murder mystery/horror Slasher fan, this is one you may not wanna sleep on! The bluray/4K transfer is STUNNING so moviegoers of modern day should feel the suspense and terror that audiences felt in 1975. A genuine, STYLISH classic!

Once again, Arrow Video gives the Criterion treatment to a highly-regarded genre classic. This time, it's Italian director Dario Argento's art/giallo classic,"Deep Red", and Arrow does a fine job upgrading the film's original elements with a brand new 4K restoration, along with a much-improved soundtrack. Also provided in this deluxe edition are bonus features such as interviews, critical analysis and a visit to Argento's shop in Rome (Profondo Rosso, which I managed to visit back in 2012), as well as a booklet featuring articles and thoughts on the film by author, Mikel J. Koven, and critic, Alan Jones. The images in the newly revamped film are (as expected) brighter and clearer than in the previous version I own, particularly in the haunted villa scenes, which are much less murky (but no less creepy), and the score by Goblin is even more jarringly effective now that the soundtrack has been cleaned up."Deep Red" (or "Profondo Rosso") is, justifiably, one of Dario Argento's most lauded films. Made in 1975, it starts out as a fairly standard murder mystery and then rather quickly morphs into a many-headed hydra, incorporating elements of the supernatural, romantic comedy, thriller and horror show as its bloody, convoluted narrative unfolds. Like the movie "Blow-Up" (my favorite 60's film), "Deep Red" features David Hemmings as the protagonist who witnesses a murder and then attempts to investigate it. Over the course of "Blow-Up" his character (a photographer) begins to doubt that the event he thinks he saw ever occurred: there's no body so maybe things weren't exactly how they appeared in his photographs. In "Deep Red", although there's a body, the Hemmings character (Marcus, a musician) quickly realizes that something doesn't quite add up in his recollection of the events. It's a skillfully rendered mystery that plays out masterfully in Argento's hands and, despite the initial similarities to Antonioni's iconic 60's film, "Deep Red" takes a much darker, gorier and, ultimately, grim turn.Actress Macha Meril, an occasional denizen of Italian horror films of the period, plays a psychic and starts off the film in Grand Guignol fashion: after reading the thoughts of an unknown psychopath in the audience at a parapsychology conference, she is stalked and brutally hacked to death in her apartment by a black-gloved intruder. Meanwhile, Marcus, having finished rehearsal with his band, is guzzling booze across the square with his gay best friend, Carlo (Gabriele Lavia). They hear a scream and Marcus looks up to see a bloodied woman being slammed against her window. Realizing that the woman lives in the apartment directly above his, he hurries up to her place and finds her dead. Recounting this tale to the (as usual, ineffectual) police, he immediately senses that something is missing from his story. But what? It takes the remainder of the film and a number of grotesque murders for him to finally piece things together, and by then, he's in mortal danger.The acting in "Deep Red" is very good across the board, which isn't always the case in many giallo films. Hemmings is a much more likable protagonist here than he was in "Blow-Up". He gives Marcus an air of vulnerability and confidence, without ever coming off as arrogant: he has a lived-in quality that makes him more relaxed and open. Marcus' scenes with his romantic interest, reporter Gianna Brezzi have a breezy, screwball quality that should throw off the movie's momentum, but somehow don't. As Brezzi, actress Daria Nicolodi shows off her skill as a deft comedienne, and she and Hemmings have a nice chemistry together, especially when he's playing straight man during her comedic antics; Nicolodi is, I think, at her best playing flighty, slightly daft characters (she was also great in "Opera"). Of course, this being an Argento movie, these humorous moments are only brief respites from the deadly business at the dark heart of this mystery. There are several elaborate death scenes that are trademark Argento. The most notorious involves Professor Giordani (well-played by Glauco Mauri) being confronted in his study by a mechanical doll that presages the eerily similar one in the "Saw" movies. The ensuing scene is both sadistic and squirm-inducing, although I found the later death-by-scalding of another character even more difficult to watch. By the end of the movie almost everyone is dead but all the actors have their moment to shine, however briefly. Gabriele Lavia, as Carlo, has the unenviable task of playing a self-loathing homosexual who is also an alcoholic (gays were still a few years away from being portrayed in a positive light, even by gay-friendly directors like Argento), but he's got even worse problems than that. Interestingly, Argento is known to play with gender. In "Deep Red", he has a woman playing Carlo's male lover; in "Tenebrae" Argento cast a transgender actor to play the femme fatale who psychically damaged the killer as an adolescent. In other roles, Giuliana Calandra fares well as a writer who knows more than she should , and Clara Calamai, a former screen siren of Italian cinema, is excellent as Carlo's glamorous mother.If you're paying close attention, the denouement will probably not be a great surprise but I think the key to the mystery is easily missed, as much by the casual viewer as by the character, Marcus. In the end, "Deep Red" is a really good mystery that gets a little messy and needlessly confusing but pulls itself together to provide a scary and gruesome (if abrupt) conclusion. A great giallo and a must for anyone's film collection.

Mit "Deep Red" (Originaltitel: "Profondo Rosso") setzte Dario Argento die Tradition des "Giallo" fort (ein italienisches Subgenre besonders gewalttätiger Thriller) und erzielte seinen ersten durchschlagenden Kassenerfolg in seiner italienischen Heimat. Der Film, den viele für sein Meisterwerk halten, baut auf dem technischen Können und der Kreativität auf, die er bereits bei früheren Beiträgen demonstriert hatte: "Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe". "Mein erster Job war der eines Filmkritikers für die römische Zeitung "Paesa Sera"; aber ich war ein ziehmlich kritisierter Kritiker, deswegen fing ich an, Drehbücher zu schreiben." (Regisseur Dario Argento). In diesem Film, dessen Idee ebenfalls von Argento stammt, geht es (wie in vielen italienischen Horror "flicks") um einen irren Schlitzer, auf deren Wahnsinn man ausgerechnet auf einem Kongreß aufmerksam wird: Eine telepatisch begabte Tagungsteilnehmerin spürt die Anwesenheit einer psychisch gestörten und mordwütigen Person, aber bevor sie ihren Kollegen genauere Hinweise geben kann, wird sie umgebracht. Der Schlüssel zu "Deep Red" ist jedoch das Spiel mit den Begriffen Erinnerung und Falschinterpretation (wie bereits in Argentos "Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe"). Der Film, der mehr dem europäischen Modernismus als dem Horrorgenre verpflichtet ist, weist Ähnlichkeiten mit Michelangelo Antonionis "Blow Up" auf-die Art, wie Ereignisse eine Erklärung zu haben scheinen, knapp außerhalb der Reichweite-, vor allem auch durch die Besetzung mit David Hemmings, der in beiden Filmen mitspielt. In "Deep Red" geht es mehr um das Ausloten des Wesens und der Grenzen des visuellen Mediums als um überflüssige Szenen expliziter Gewalt. Mit "Profondo Rosso" bewies Argento, dass er mehr war als nur ein "Horrror"-Regisseur und nahm seinen Platz im erweiterten Pantheon der Filmkünstler ein. Die amerikanische zensierte Version bekam den Titel "The Hatchet Murders" obwohl der Mörder auch andere Mordinstrumente benutzt."Argento der gewiß kein Hitchcock ist, erzeugt "Suspense" mit überladener Kameraarbeit, lauten Geräuschen und stampfender Musik (sic!) ("New York Daily News")

Excelente edición, la remasterizacion es impecable. Me fascinó ver esta película con un formato tan nítido.PD: El servicio de FedEx es terrible, nunca me llegan los pedidos. Estoy harto de su servicio de paqueteria.

I love Argento's films and this is one of my favs. Blue Underground did a wonderful job with the transfer and this has the best soundtrack with any horror film ever made in my opinion. I can't get enough of the soundtrack. The audio is booming at times, which gives it a theatre feel. I think they wanted the the soundtrack to really boom out of your speakers and it does. Sometimes it's a bit jarring but awesome as well.If you haven't seen this film and like Italian Giallo's you are really missing out. On a side note check out the Italian prog rock band Goblin who did the soundtrack. If you're into Prog Rock and have never heard these guys you are doing yourself a disservice.

Il film più classico di Dario Argento viene ripubblicato dalla inglese Arrow con il nuovo restauro 4K che porta un deciso aumento della qualità rispetto a tutte le edizioni precedenti a questa (2016). La pellicola del 1975 ha raggiunto finalmente un livello di definizione soddisfacente ma è in parte penalizzata dall'aspetto cromatico rimasto invariato, il film ha ancora i colori piatti e vecchi, con una predominanza del grigio del marrone e del nocciola e con i volti troppo rosa con poca profondità e che diventano bianchi in alcuni casi. le uniche scene dove i colori sembrano quasi normali sono quelle esterne del protagonista alla villa abbandonata, dove finalmente il verde degli alberi e la luce naturale fanno dimenticare quanto visto finora. A parte ciò questa nuova edizione è ottima e la visione del film rimane sempre godibile anche se in parte penalizzata dai colori. Il film è intergrale senza tagli e ha i titoli di testa e di coda in italiano, l'audio italiano è disponibile nell'originale mono e in 5.1 dts-HD master, e i sottotitoli in inglese sono disattivabili tramite menù setup o il tasto subtitle del telecomando del lettore. Tra gli extra una poco interessante intervista in italiano a Dario Argento (10min), a Daria Nicolodi (17min), una in inglese a Claudio Simonetti (13min), e un tour al negozio-museo di Roma con Luigi Cozzi (13min). la fascetta della custodia reversibile mostra da entrambi i lati due differenti locandine in inglese. In attesa di una futura riedizione con colori migliori, questa edizione di Profondo Rosso è attualmente il massimo della qualità disponibile in home video. Acquisto consigliato a tutti gli appassionati

Hola, gran disco blu ray de doble disco, con la versión larga de la película y la versión más corta. Algunas entrevistas en italiano y una en inglés. Hice una excelente compra.