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Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s horror films have been described as a blend of Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero—psychologically rich, colorful, and at times garish, excelling at taking the best elements of the splatter and exploitation genres and laying them over a dark undercurrent of human emotions and psyches. Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds, which dissects such Argento cult films as Two Evil Eyes, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, and Deep Red, includes a new introduction discussing Argento’s most recent films, from The Stendahl Syndrome to Mother of Tears; an updated filmography; and an interview with Argento.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. 2-5
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-7
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  1. Introduction. Heart of Darkness: Twenty-first Century Nightmares
  2. pp. vii-xxvii
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  1. Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds
  2. pp. 1-31
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  1. An Introduction to the Dark Dreams of Dario Argento
  2. pp. 3-34
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  1. The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
  2. pp. 35-57
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  1. The Cat O'Nine Tails and Four Flies on Grey Velvet
  2. pp. 59-90
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  1. Le cinque giornate and Deep Red
  2. pp. 91-122
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  1. Suspiria and Inferno
  2. pp. 123-158
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  1. Tenebrae and Creepers
  2. pp. 159-196
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  1. Opera and Two Evil Eyes
  2. pp. 197-221
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  1. Trauma and the Changing Face of Horror
  2. pp. 223-230
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  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 231-234
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  1. An Interview with Dario Argento (circa 1985)
  2. pp. 235-249
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 251-280
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  1. The Films of Dario Argento
  2. pp. 252-280
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  1. Select Bibliography
  2. pp. 281-293
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  1. About the Author
  2. pp. 295-324
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