Quotes By Dario Argento
I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.
Dario Argento
I think the camera was always my obsession, the camera movements. Because for me it's the most important thing in the move, the camera, because without the camera, film is just a stage or television - nothing.
Dario Argento
To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects.
Dario Argento
Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.
Dario Argento
In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.
Dario Argento
But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.
Dario Argento
I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.
Dario Argento
I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story.
Dario Argento
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
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.
Dario Argento
No, it's interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it's a good idea; it needs to respect the original idea. Don't just take the title and change everything else.
Dario Argento
I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.
Dario Argento
I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise.
Dario Argento
Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.
Dario Argento