Dario Argento's Occhiali Neri aka Dark Glasses

[bigrob]

saw this info posted over at a Dario Argento facebook page. needless to say that i ordered it

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Originally Posted by bigrob

saw this info posted over at a Dario Argento facebook page.

That was my facebook post.

[CompleteCount]

As an Argento fan, I'm really not sure if I want to see it.

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Originally Posted by CompleteCount

As an Argento fan, I'm really not sure if I want to see it.

A friend of mine went to the Berlin premiere (which had English subtitles). Afterwards, he said it was best Argento since Sleepless. Later he decided it was best Argento since Stendhal. So I would give it a fair chance. Unfortunately I won't be watching till Monday as my wife (who is also an Argento fan) is away until then and I think we should both experience it at the same time. Roll on Monday.

[Funktion]

Thanks for the heads-up.

Looking forward to watching my copy in the weekend.

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I couldn't resist a viewing. My thoughts:

Enjoyed Dark Glasses. My friend thinks it's the best Argento film since Stendhal. Dunno about that but it's easily the best since Card Player. Massive improvement over Giallo and Dracula!! Would need to rewatch to properly assess the film (which I will be doing on Monday, this time with my wife). I was a bit surprised by how bloodless it was, since it had an extremely graphic opening. Lead actress gives excellent performance successfully portraying both strength and vulnerability. Also her relationship with the young boy was quite touching. I can recommend the film. Considering that it was very low budget, I'm quite happy with the end product. And I am really glad that there was English subtitles as there was quite a lot of dialogue! (btw the sole five minute extra doesn't have any).