EXCLUSIVE: Shudder has acquired rights to Dario Argento Panico, Simone Scadfi’s documentary retrospective and private portrait of the Italian giallo grasp, for the U.S., Canada, the UK, Eire, Australia and New Zealand. Pic debuts on the service on February 2, 2024, after making its world premiere on the 2023 Venice Movie Pageant.
Prematurely of the Shudder launch, the IFC Middle in New York will current a theatrical retrospective of Argento’s movies from January 31 – February 8. Entitled “Panic Assaults: The Movies of Dario Argento,” this system will characteristic the U.S. premiere of Dario Argento Panico, together with screenings of Suspiria, Inferno, Deep Crimson, Tenebrae, and different classics from the horror grasp.
That includes unique interviews with Argento, in addition to such filmmakers as Guillermo del Toro, Gaspar Noé and Nicolas Winding Refn, Dario Argento Panico presents an insightful journey by way of the life and legacy of the legendary Italian filmmaker, revealing his profound impression on horror and his lasting affect on cinema. It was within the secluded atmosphere of lodge rooms that Argento crafted his biggest cinematic creations, searching for solace from the surface world to delve into his nightmares. Now, he finds himself in a lodge room to return to the very setting that ignited his artistic fervor to conclude his newest script and take part in an intimate interview, all whereas being adopted by a movie crew documenting his life for a film about his illustrious profession.
Giada Mazzoleni produced alongside government producer Manlio Gomarasca.
“We’re so proud that Shudder, essentially the most prestigious worldwide platform devoted to style cinema, has chosen the documentary DARIO ARGENTO PANICO,” mentioned pic’s producer, Mazzoleni, in a press release to Deadline. “In doing so, Shudder not solely celebrates the cinema of the best dwelling Italian director, but in addition acknowledges his advantage in having ceaselessly modified the best way of constructing cinema worldwide. That is because of his imaginative cities and directing of actors in scenes which have contributed to defining the very best and noblest stage of worry on the large display screen: that of panic.”
“Following our launch of DARK GLASSES, Shudder is as soon as once more privileged to companion with icon of the style, Dario Argento,” added Shudder’s VP of Programming, Sam Zimmerman. “To name Mr. Argento influential would understate it. His pioneering work in horror and giallo is as indelible as it’s scary, creating pictures that reside ceaselessly within the eyes and minds of audiences and artists throughout the globe. PANICO digs deep to craft an intimate portrait of the grasp, eye-opening to admirers and newcomers alike.”
Mazzoleni negotiated the deal for the Argento doc with Zimmerman on behalf Shudder.
