Aaron A. Aaronson ([info]hornbuckle) wrote,
@ 2008-01-23 11:30:00
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Current mood: working from home
Entry tags:juno, suspiria, wizard of gore

sorry, juno/diablo cody
the wizard of gore ≠ suspiria

suspiria > the wizard of gore


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[info]mister_punchy
2008-01-23 07:45 pm UTC (link)
I muttered the exact same thing at the screen...

But hey, nice to see either of 'em mentioned at all in a movie.

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[info]businesscasual
2008-01-23 07:49 pm UTC (link)
Can't even compare the two. Different styles/eras/countries, even. I don't put Herschell Gordon Lewis up to Argento at all. HGL was strictly splatter and camp and wanted to make money off the success of guts & tits. Argento was giallo, more suspense/mystery based and cared more about the visual art of his films, I would argue.

Anyway, that's my NERD FILM opinion.

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[info]hornbuckle
2008-01-23 07:54 pm UTC (link)
agreed. that's why i think that line in juno is especially ridiculous. she should have said it was better than something else that relates better.. although perhaps suspiria was chosen because it's relatively well-known.. ? i dunno. either way, that line just really irked me, and i had to break my 6+ months of lj silence to comment about it.

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[info]businesscasual
2008-01-23 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Hahaha, I'm glad you broke the silence.

And I don't think Argento "owed his career" to HGL, as Jason Bateman said in the movie (I think). I think they're coming from two different disciplines and really, the only thing they have in common is that they happen to both make violent movies. I don't really fit Argento or Bava or any of those Italian dudes into the same sphere with HGL or Roger Corman or David Friedman or any of the American splatter people.

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[info]chrisishardcore
2008-01-23 11:53 pm UTC (link)
This could be a book. Real nerds objections to on screen nerds.

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[info]hornbuckle
2008-01-24 12:29 am UTC (link)
well, that's pretty much it. millie has said about all that needs to be said.

and i just wanted to say, "nice try, 'diablo,' but no."

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