Opera | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
OperaDir. Dario Argento, ItalyAfter bringing bloodshed to a ballet school in Suspiria (also screening at MIFF 2023), the giallo maestro wreaks operatic havoc on a soprano tackling a Shakespeare adaptation. Theatre folks consider it a curse to utter the title of Macbeth while staging a production of Shakespeare’s historical tragedy, a superstition shared by their opera […]
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Suspiria | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
SuspiriaDir. Dario Argento, ItalyWith a title derived from the Latin phrase ‘sighs from the depths’, Dario Argento’s most famous film is an undeniable masterwork of skin-crawling terror. Argento’s beloved classic fuses the refined and graceful movements of ballet with the bloody horror and melodrama of Italian giallo. Suzy is an American dance student who arrives at […]
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Do You Like Hitchcock? | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
Do You Like Hitchcock?Dir. Dario Argento Italy, SpainIf you like Hitchcock, you’ll love Dario Argento’s exhilarating 2005 homage to the Master ofSuspense. Giulio is a Rome film student obsessed with the work of Alfred Hitchcock. He spends his time watching movies and spying on his attractive neighbour, Sasha, who he discovers frequents the same video […]
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Deep Red | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
Deep RedDir. Dario Argento ItalyHailed as one of the greatest giallo works ever made, this oneiric fever dream about an amateur sleuth attracted praise from Alfred Hitchcock himself. When a psychic is brutally murdered in her apartment, English jazz pianist Marcus – a resident of the same building – teams up with Gianna, an Italian […]
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The Cat o’ Nine Tails | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
The Cat o’ Nine TailsDir. Dario Argento Italy, France, West GermanyDo murderous thoughts lurk in our very DNA? Dario Argento interrogates nature vs nurture inhis suspenseful second film. When a mysterious break-in occurs at the Terzi Institute for genetic research, the only thing amiss is the glaring lack of stolen goods. But these apparently low […]
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The Bird With the Crystal Plumage | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
The Bird With the Crystal PlumageDir. Dario Argento Italy, West GermanyIn Dario Argento’s assured and tense debut, an American expat in Rome is entangled in a serial killer’s web. Sam Dalmas is a struggling writer living abroad with his girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall, To Sir, With Love); he makes ends meet by writing manuals about […]
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
Four Flies on Grey VelvetDir. Dario Argento Italy, FranceA quirky and lesser-known piece of the Italian giallo maestro’s tapestry, and a lesson in cinematic innovation. Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, is being watched by a mysterious man. He follows the shady figure into a theatre, where a struggle ensues; Roberto accidentally stabs the […]
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS: ARGENTO RESTORED | MIFF 2023 | IIC MELBOURNE
DIRECTOR IN FOCUS: ARGENTO RESTORED Presented by Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne, Director in Focus: Argento Restored will see horror lovers rejoice in a huge film project of twelve brand new 4k restorations by the master of Italian horror. Restored by Cinecittà and overseen by the director himself, all restorations will screen at Melbourne International […]
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INCROCI – Laura Faoro and Roberta Gottardi
Laura Faoro,Roberta GottardiFlutes and clarinets “…touching and getting to know one another; / greeting and arguing with shouts (but also with kissing noises…); / singing, playing and tongue clicking around each other; / speaking with each other through the instruments; / seducing each other; / weeping and cheering up again; / yearningly sighing, at last […]
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INCROCI – Francesco D’Orazio and Francesco Abbrescia
Francesco D’Orazio, Francesco Abbrescia Violin, electric violin and live electronics > Francesco D’Orazio and Francesco Abbrescia in concert on the IIC Melbourne Vimeo channel: click here Programme Pasquale Corrado (1979) Dal segno d’ombra (2016) Violino elettrico a cinque corde ed live electronics (8’) Gianvincenzo Cresta (1968) Voci incroci (2013) Violino e live electronics (16’) Alessandro […]
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