Dario Argento to Debut Autobiography Fear (Paura)
Steve Barton
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Few filmmakers have been as influential as Italian horror master Dario Argento, and now, thanks to this new book, you can learn all about the life and career of this most interesting and macabre man!
According to THR the terror maestro presented his autobiography at the 24th edition of the Courmayeur Noir Festival, a yearly gathering celebrating the latest in film and literature thrillers in Italy’s idyllic ski town underneath the Alps.
Argento, a regular guest of the festival, debuted the new book, which is published by Einaudi, to a room full of Italy’s cinema elite. The director, who has had numerous tales written about him over the years, said he wanted to finally set the record straight.
Paura mixes stories of Argento’s personal life with his career. “Thriller, horror, fantasy, giallo, noir, these are just words we use to define our dreams,” he writes. The director of classic Italian films including Deep Red and Suspiria, Argento discusses a wealth of topics such as his screenwriting process, his relationships, drug use, and how censorship became his greatest enemy.
There’s also a fair amount of advice from the 74-year-old director. “Things you say as a kid, write them down, put them aside,” he writes, “and read them again when you’re a man.”
“My life is long. I have lots of experience. Some experiences are strange, but this is my life.”
In one life-imitating-art event detailed in the book, the director was once stalked by a Suspiria superfan who called him anonymously over and over, repeating lines from the film, referring to himself only as the “great punisher,” before mysteriously disappearing.
Stay tuned for news on when this book will be coming Stateside.
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