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Originally Posted by Todd Do you think a screening of Suspiria or Inferno today would be greeted any differently? I don't. |
After having seen a screening of Suspiria last year, I can safely say that no-one in that audience laughed. What I did hear as I was leaving was "there was no story" being said quite a lot by a modern audience.
Watching Mother Of Tears, you can see scenes where Dario has recreated shots from Suspiria and Inferno. The shot of Jessica Harper approaching the witches coven at the end of Suspiria is recreated with Asia in the tunnels at the end of MOT.
While I agree that it was right not to return to that 70's style of his movies, there was an illusive spark missing from MOT that it so badly needed. Whether this was due to budget, writing or studio intervention, I don't know, but it did affect the outcome and it has been something that has been sadly missing from Dario's work in recent years.
I still argue that this movie would have fared better if it had not been part of the trilogy.