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Brilliant debut for Dario Argento
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage was the directorial debut for Dario Argento, prior to this he wrote several screenplays. In my opinion The Bird with the Crystal Plumage rates as one of the best debuts. <
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>While not the first Giallo this one took the genre to a whole new level and would show Argento was a director with great promise and he would totally live up to that and would go on and do some great work. <
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>The only real flaw seen in Argento flicks are the screenplays, which is weird considering he started off as a writer. Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying Argento is a bad writer, he isn't by any means, but that is the only place he's flawed and I think a lot of Argento fans would likely agree. <
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>The Bird with the Crystal Plumage though shows that Argento is in fact a fantastic writer. The movie is cleverly plotted and the characters are very well written for. Even though this was his first movie as a director if you didn't know any better one would think Dario Argento was already a proven director. <
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>There are absolutely no flaws as a director; Dario Argento's scenes are paced brilliantly without a slow moment to be found. Each scene Argento brings out the best. While there is some action in the movie it's much more character driven. <
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>Visually Dario Argento does a fantastic job, but doesn't he always? I don't think there is a better visual director than Dario Argento. The guy really knows how to work the camera and can make any scene brilliant. <
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>The score by Ennio Morricone was just mind blowing; The Bird with the Crystal Plumage features without a doubt one of the best scores in a movie. The score really adds an eerie feel to the movie. <
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>The highlight of the movie for me was around the 30-minute mark; the kill scene was very suspenseful; from the way it was shot to the score, which really added even more to an already brilliant scene. <
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>The actors are all excellent and Tony Mustante makes for a great lead, he delivers a very solid performance. <
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>The Bird with the Crystal Plumage has plenty of twists and turns with a great twist ending. The movie is very well made and filled with tension through out, while it doesn't rate as my favorite Argento movie it does come damn close. <
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>Alfred Hitchcock may be the master of suspense, but Dario Argento can definitely give him a run for his money. <
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>In closing, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is a well made suspenseful flick with twists and turns it really was a great mystery and a must see for Argento and Giallo fans <
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Argento's 1st Remains a Stunner
For many years, I'd felt that of the Argento films I'd seen, Deep Red (Profundo Roso) was easily my favorite. However, recently I ordered - on DVD - that movie, Suspiria, Inferno, and Bird Witb a Crystal Plumage. And while I'm glad to have all four in my collection, I've concluded that - at least for the time being - Bird has become my top choice, which surprises me. <
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>Bird really benefits from the increased production values of DVD over VHS (I've owned a copy for the past decade): the cinematography (thank you, Vittorio Storaro & crew) is astounding. There are times when I feel like I can reach right out and touch buildings, foliage, people. It's that visually tactile. Also, the film is very tight. Little, if any, wasted space - and it's a talky picture, too. Fortunately, a good chunk of the dialogue is funny, sometimes hilarious (check out the scene when protagonist Tony Musante visits a painter whose work looks to be a significant clue in a series of mysterious murders that Musante is investigating in tandem with the police). <
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>The mystery's a good one, too. And the use of repetition works like repeated motifs/actions should: a fascinating revelation of the process of memory - and how we may construct and reconstruct events through it. Though Bird's use of repetition looks something like DePalma's Blow Out (released over a decade later than Bird), it has more in common with that other late '60s enigmatic masterwork, Blow Up. <
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>We also benefit from an imaginative musical soundtrack by the recent lifetime Academy Award winner, Ennio Morricone, who scored several of Argento's earliest efforts, including Four Flies on Grey Velvet (where has that gone?) and Cat o' Nine Tails. While I enjoy the pulsing, thrashing musics of Goblin in Deep Red and Suspiria, Morricone's pieces are more surprising and impishly playful - in much the same way Argento plays with us - including his use of a false ending. <
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>Okay, so it's his first major direction. And the dubbing into English is, well, dubbing into English. But the suspense builds and builds, intelligently, leaving this viewer more than satisfied - after repeated screenings. If you're into Argento and you've overlooked this one, please get with it! And if you're a newcomer to this horror/mystery master, this is an excellent place to start. And do see it on DVD.

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amazing giallo
this is argentos first horror film and one of my favourites how it all comes together at the end is amazing one of the best giallos i've ever seen!!!