Profondo Rosso (35mm OmeU)

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Profondo Rosso, title: Rosso - The Color of Death, Italy 1975, Director: Dario Argento, 126 minutes, 35mm, OmeU (print courtesy of Cinecittà Luce)

PROFONDO ROSSO is a suspenseful thriller by Italian director Dario Argento. Pianist Marcus Daly witnesses a brutal murder and becomes entangled in a web of secrets and danger. Together with reporter Gianna Brezzi, he searches for the murderer who could be hiding around every corner. The giallo thriller uses an extreme color dramaturgy with massively graphic and surreal depictions of murder that thrive on practical effects and creative camera angles. The music of progressive rock band Goblin vividly underscores the gruesome scenes, which are a central fetish of the genre. The complex plot combines murder and mystery and sheds light on the abysses of human voyeurism and the darkest corners of our psyche. The film is a must for fans of stylish Italian horror.

Red, as the title suggests, is a key component that symbolizes violence and bloodshed and dominates the visual dramaturgy of horror. As the color of passion, danger and intensity, red heightens the impact of the brutal scenes and provides a deep emotional resonance. Argento targets the viewer's sore spots to project experiences of pain from 'normal' life - pain that gets under the skin and, like the color red, cannot be ignored.

Trigger warning: R18 (Pronounced depictions of violence and bloodshed)

Pre-program: The Big Shave, Director: Martin Scorsese, USA 1967, 6 minutes, 16mm, original version

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