Cinema
Suspiria
Dario Argento · 1977
Synopsis
Suzy Bannion, a young American woman, arrives at night in Freiburg im Breisgau to study at a renowned dance academy. In front of the school, she sees a student running away in terror, and she cannot get in; the next day, she learns that this student has been murdered. In the academy, where a strange atmosphere reigns, incidents multiply around her.
Context
Daria Nicolodi wrote the screenplay with the director, based on an essay by Thomas De Quincey published in 1845. The cinematography is by Luciano Tovoli, and the film was one of the last to be printed using the Technicolor process. The music is by Goblin, composed with the director. The interiors were shot at the De Paoli studios in Rome, and a few exteriors in Munich, on the Königsplatz.
Who it is for
Over an hour and a half. A horror film in saturated colours, violent at times, for an informed audience.
Prizes and reception
Restored in 4K from the original negative, it was presented at the BFI Festival in London in 2017, then released on Blu-ray in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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