opera (dario argento)

i remember hearing about this film when it was first released. it looked amazing. i loved the imagery, i even had a small poster on my wall when i was a kid. but somehow i never watched it until now, not sure why. i guess at the time i was too young to be allowed in the cinema to see a film like this, then i never came accross the vhs... and then i suppose i kind of forgot about it. i'm glad i've seen it as an adult, because i think i've enjoyed it more than i'd have had in my early teens. i love the photography aspects more than the gruesomeness, simply brilliant. it has some beautiful scenes too, very lyrical, very argento. and all the sets of the actual opera are incredible, i particularlly like the one with the stairs and the big window behind them. and the crows!! everything with the crows is amazing!!  nonetheless i found some bits of script rather poor, but let's just forget about them, shall we? an enjoyable film, all in all.

Rating: 7.5