Dario Argento, one of the most acclaimed Italian directors in the world, is a person who has always defended his private sphere. In interviews, he has always been very generous in talking about himself, offering interesting considerations on his films and even opening up about personal details, but always protecting his innermost thoughts. The documentary proceeds like a rhapsody, in which certain themes are privileged: his mother from the famous Luxardo family of photographers, his father a producer, his beginnings as a critic and screenwriter, his debut as a director, his relationship with music and architecture, his mentors, friends, and imitators, his tastes in literature and cinema, the evolution of genres and his career, his daughters Fiore and Asia. Finally his true dark side: comedy, which often surfaces in his daily life and even in his cinematic nightmares. Argento is the absolute protagonist: within the intimacy of his home, with the people he loves or appreciates, among the locations of his films, pursuing his dream of an ideal Argentian city. In this journey, he is accompanied by clips from his films, which re-emerge from the past to dialogue with the present. And unexpectedly, photos and documents emerge from his personal, jealously guarded archives. An Argento-tinted puzzle.
Introduced by Dario Argento, Luciano Tovoli
DIRECTOR: Giancarlo Rolandi, Steve Della Casa
NATION: Italy
YEAR: 2023
RUNTIME: 65′
Original version with subtitles