‘Dario Argento Panico’ Doc Trailer About the Iconic Italian Filmmaker

‘Dario Argento Panico’ Doc Trailer About the Iconic Italian Filmmaker

by Alex Billington
September 1, 2023
Source: YouTube

“Dario Argento is fear!” Italian master of horror / giallo filmmaker Dario Argento finally gets the biopic documentary treatment. Premiering at the 2023 Venice Film Festival underway now in the “Venice Classics” section is Dario Argento Panico (also known as just Panico), a new documentary by filmmaker Simone Scafidi. The first biopic dedicated to Argento. The film zooms in on titular Italian filmmaker Dario Argento as he finishes writing the script for his last feature in a hotel as a film crew shoots a movie about him. “It is an immersive deep dive into the creative process and life of Argento and features exclusive interviews with the legendary filmmaker and insight from other acclaimed directors like Gaspar Noé, Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn about his impact on the horror genre and generations of other directors.” Argento is currently 82 years old and continues to make films – Dark Glasses was out last year. If you’ve never seen any of his films, it is always a good time to start watching – Suspiria, or Inferno, or Deep Red, or Tenebrae.

Here’s the festival promo trailer for Simone Scafidi’s doc Dario Argento Panico, direct from YouTube:

“Within hotel rooms, sheltered from the outside world, Dario Argento created his most acclaimed films. Today, in a hotel room in Rome’s countryside, he is writing his last. This time, however, he is not alone. Today, in agreement with his agent, he decides to return to a hotel to conclude his new script and to be interviewed, filmed, followed by a crew that is shooting a film about him. Inside this structure, Argento does not initially feel at ease, struggling to find tranquility both to finish the writing of his film, and to confide in who is interviewing him. But the demon of cinema, who never abandoned him, followed him up there and will push him, once again, to give himself totally.” Dario Argento Panico is directed by Italian filmmaker Simone Scafidi, director of the films La Festa, Eva Braun, Sexual Scandals, and docs Zanetti Story and Fulci for Fake previously. Produced by Daniele Bolcato and Giada Mazzoleni. This is premiering at the 2023 Venice Film Festival this month. No release dates are set – stay tuned for this. Who’s interested?

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