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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The Five Days | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
The Five DaysDir. Dario Argento ItalyA rarely screened outlier in Dario Argento’s career, this deliciously dark historical comedy follows a thief and a baker caught up in the chaos of a political uprising. Set against the backdrop of the 1848 Italian Revolutions, this politically charged action-comedy stars pop star Adriano Celentano as a hapless thief liberated […]
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Phenomena | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
PhenomenaDir. Dario Argento – Italy, SwitzerlandThis oeuvre of outré, starring a then-14-year-old Jennifer Connelly, is widely regarded as one of Dario Argento’s most eccentric and bizarre films. Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famed American movie star, is sent to study at the Richard Wagner Academy for Girls in Switzerland. Once there, she finds herself in […]
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Tenebrae | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
TenebraeDir. Dario Argento, ItalyInspired by the director’s own brush with an obsessive fan, this stylish slasher offers metacommentary on sexism and screen violence. American crime writer Peter Neal is greeted in Rome not only by a cavalcade of attentive journalists but by two detectives investigating a homicide. A woman’s throat has been slit, mimicking a […]
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The Black Cat | MIFF 2023 | IIC Melbourne
The Black CatDir. Dario Argento Italy, USAHarvey Keitel stars in this adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale of obsession and violence, nowsplendidly restored by Cinecittà. Rod Usher (Keitel) is no stranger to the dark and gruesome; he’s frequently called on by local police to documenthorrific crime scenes. But when his girlfriend Annabel, a violinist, brings […]
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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 – SCHIELE QUARTET
Schiele Quartet Matilde Urbani, violin Anna Avilia, viola Jacopo Gaudenzi, cello Federico Pische, piano Composition: Marco Sebastianelli > Schiele Quartet in concert on the IIC Melbourne Vimeo channel: click here The genesis of our program is based on the central theme of the festival: crossings. Crossings of different cultures, between different eras, between […]
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INCROCI – Francesco Pellegrino and Lisa Cantini
Francesco Pellegrino and Lisa Cantini Live electronics and live video > Ecosistemi Effimeri (Ephemeral ecosystems), a project by Francesco Pellegrino and Lisa Cantini on the IIC Melbourne Vimeo channel: click here Ecosistemi Effimeri is a project that brings together the aesthetic and technical research conducted in recent years: it passes from the idea of […]
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