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Environment
Suspiria
(1977)Dir.DarioArgento
Suspiria
isahorrormovieineverysenseoftheword,butthestylisticchoicesemployedinordertoprovidethefilmwithitsgraphic,visualintensitymake
Suspiria
totallyunique.
“Itisnotatangledwebofpsychologicalfrissonnorisitadiabolicalodetowitchcraft,butitisaflawlessrepresentationofacinematicnightmare:relyingsolelyonvisualandaudiomasteryratherthanplotorpacing”
(Breese,2005)Thefilmisdoesexceptionallywellatviolatingthesensesoftheaudience.Withasickening,highcontrastcolouraestheticandadisturbing,yetmesmerizingsoundtrackthatperfectlyreflectstheoff-colournatureoftheprestigiousballetacademy.Theplotisprettytypicalof70’shorror,butthefilmsstrikingvisualsseparate
Suspiria
fromotherfilmsofthetime.Argento’smanipulationoftheaudienceresidesinhisvibrant,hyperrealandratherbeautifulrepresentationofcarnage,destructionandultimately,death.Thevividcolourpaletteispresentthroughoutthefilm,butthecomfortinwhichthesecolourssitisentirelydependentonthesituationonscreen.Anotableexampleistheuseofthecolourred.
“Theproductiondesignandcinematographyemphasizevividprimarycolors, particularlyred,creatingadeliberatelyunrealistic,nightmarishsetting.”
(Gore,2008)Typically,redisassociatedwithdangerandfear,in
Suspiria
,itiseverpresent.FromthemomentSuzystepsoffoftheplane,sheissurroundedbythered.Boththeinteriorandtheexterioroftheacademyarevividredandinalmosteveryshot,thecolourredispresentthroughlightingchoices.Thismakestheaudienceawarethatdangerispresentateveryturn;it’sjustamatterofwaitingforthedangertorevealitself.Thisiswhenblueisthrownintothemix.Whilsttypicallyconsideredacalmingcolour,in
Suspiria
,blueupstheante,indicatingtheriseintensionwithinthesceneandnotifyingtheaudienceofimpendingdeath.
Fig.1
Suspiria
FilmPoster
Fig.2SuzySurroundedbyRedasSheLeavestheAirport
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