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Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Always Away Back Changing Come Guilty Hidden Horror Keep Like Our Secrets Serpent Shedding Skin Subconscious Try Will

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Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Anticipation Definition Emotion Fearful Horror Pure Same Standard Terror

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My life and career is my own adventure.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Adventure Career Life My Life My Own Own

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If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Bizarre Cooperative Distributors Film Helpful Little Make Normally Right Struggle Them Then Time You

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You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring. People will be boring.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Absolute Boring Boring People Else Everything Life Limit Must People Push Will You

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I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Claude Rains that was in color. It was something very important for my career because I began to follow these stories that were morbid.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Because Began Career Color Family Films Follow Important Morbid Old Opera Phantom Rains Retrospective Something Stories Them Vacation Very Were Young

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Horror is the future. And you cannot be afraid. You must push everything to the absolute limit, or else life will be boring. People will be boring. Horror is like a serpent: always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Absolute Afraid Always Away Back Boring Boring People Cannot Changing Come Else Everything Future Guilty Hidden Horror Keep Life Like Limit Must Our People Push Secrets Serpent Shedding Skin Subconscious Try Will You

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Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Better Making Making Movies Maybe Movies Stop Understand Work

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I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

~Dario Argento

Topics: After Back Exploring Fantasy Get Horror Long Long Period Period Style Themes Wanted Years Years Ago

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I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

~Dario Argento

Topics: Films Inside Like Mean Message Something Soul

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Director

Born: September 7th, 1940

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