Comments on Film Walrus Reviews: Review of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

I think this is one of Argento's better plotte...

2011-09-20T15:44:35.073-05:00

I think this is one of Argento's better plotted films, extremely suspenseful and stylish and a very promising debut for the Maestro. That taunting soundtrack has always given me the creeps as well. Unforgettable giallo.

Walrus, Oh I'm so afraid that it really was ju...

2009-07-24T14:15:33.340-05:00

Walrus,
Oh I'm so afraid that it really was just made for the film.
It fascinates me a lot and I would like to have a large print of it on my wall.
Yes it also gives me a familiar feeling. It's so strange.
The technic and way the figures are drawn reminds me a little bit of Pieter Bruegel. And Argento has used one of Buegels Pictures "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus " for his Stendhal Syndrome!
So I searched for paintings by Bruegel... but nothing :(

Well, I will try to find something out about Dario Micheli, Thank You!!!

2009-07-24T14:03:39.853-05:00

This comment has been removed by the author.

I'm usually pretty good at recognizing artwork...

2009-07-23T16:32:48.735-05:00

I'm usually pretty good at recognizing artwork in giallo, but this one escapes me. It's possible that it was made specifically for the film, so you might see if you can find anything on production designer Dario Micheli who did the set dressing. What kills me though is that I feel like I've recently seen a painting that looked like the work of the same artist, but I can't recall where...

Hi there, I am a huge Argento fan and since I saw ...

2009-07-23T13:56:10.783-05:00

Hi there,
I am a huge Argento fan and since I saw this movie I was trying to find out from wich artist this painting is!
Does anybody know it???

Yeah, giallo can be pretty awful about portraying ...

2008-11-05T16:23:00.000-06:00

Yeah, giallo can be pretty awful about portraying women, not to mention downright exploitive and pornographic in some cases. Do check out some of Susan Scott's films with Luciano Ercoli for a more feminine-empowered perspective, albeit with a conspicuous amount of cleavage, costume-changing, hair-tossing and stripteasing.

Loosely based on "The Screaming Mimi" a Post War p...

2008-11-04T14:31:00.000-06:00

Loosely based on "The Screaming Mimi" a Post War pulp best seller. A great/horrible novel.

Oh, hey, a giallo I've actually seen! I really enj...

2008-11-02T17:13:00.000-06:00

Oh, hey, a giallo I've actually seen! I really enjoyed watching this one, especially the amazing set piece that was the first (attempted) kill. The twist that the story ended up taking at the end was pretty cool in that it didn't break the boundaries of logic, unlike lots of modern horror twists. One thing that this movie did that amused/irritated me was when the protagonist's girlfriend is caught in their apartment. She is so friggin' helpless. Maybe I'm just more used to the female-empowered horror in the good ol' USA, but what's with Dario Argento and women?