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Reverb & Seduction

DEEP RED with The Bavannaires

DEEP RED with The Bavannaires
This screening of Dario Argento’s 1975 masterpiece DEEP RED will be preceded in the main auditorium with a selection of European Horror score pieces performed by members of a Portland supergroup! The band features prominent members of the music scene. You will hear a haunting selection of pieces familiar to all fans of Giallos and 60’s & 70s European Horror Music!
Starring David Hemmings & Daria Nicolodi, DEEP RED is frequently cited by many critics as the best Giallo ever made. Its release followed the success of Argento’s debut “Animal Trilogy” and marked a new direction for Argento’s films. Indeed his first three films THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970), THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971), and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1972) all saw Argento collaborating with film music legend Ennio Morricone. But Argento had grown disillusioned with Morricone’s increasingly difficult and abstract scores. As a result he went searching for a new musical collaborator for DEEP RED. After failing to secure Pink Floyd for the job (whose music had been used recently by fellow Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni’s ZABRISKIE POINT) Argento looked closer to home and found the Italian progressive rock band Goblin. Who’s primary composer Claudio Simonetti impressed Argento by producing two compositions within just one night for the film. The new collaboration with Goblin was sosuccessful that Argento would collaborate with Simonetti ten more times in the following decades. Including such classics as TENEBRAE (1982) and the supernatural masterpiece SUSPIRIA (1977). Visually DEEP RED marks a shift as well. With a more intense focus on viscerally disturbing the audience with graphic, realistic violence. The inspiration for the murder scenes came from Argento thinking of painful injuries to which the audience could relate, as the pain of being stabbed or shot is outside the experience of most viewers. This style of filmmaking would later be taken up in the 1980 by American “Slasher Film” directors. Leading directly to films such as HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13TH.
In the auditorium preceding the film there will be a short discussion by programmer and bandleader Collin Hegna touching on the work and influence of Dario Argento and the music of Goblin that often accompanied his films.
This Film & Music event continues the ongoing series from Portland’s Hollywood Theatre titled “Reverb & Seduction”. Which aims to pair influential musical acts with film in a storyteller-like setting. Curated by Collin Hegna of the bands Federale & The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Director: Dario Argento
Run time: 98 mins
Format: Digital

In general, the Hollywood Theatre does not provide content advisories about the subject matter shown in our theatre. Films exhibited don’t necessarily reflect the views of the Hollywood Theatre. Information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media and DoesTheDogDie.com.