The film made Argento famous internationally and inspired a number of other directors to work in the genre ( John Carpenter has frequently referred to the influence Argento's early work had on Halloween ).

Charleson's other feature film roles are: punk-era Angel in his film debut Jubilee ( 1977 ) directed by Derek Jarman ; Lt. Ryder in the Golden Bear-winning " Irish question " film Ascendancy ( 1982 ), which starred Julie Covington ; a small role as the abusive drunk Jeffson Brown in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan ( 1984 ); a comedic turn as Gerald Spong in the rather ill-fated Car Trouble ( 1985 ), opposite his friend Julie Walters ; and opera director Marco in Dario Argento's horror film Opera ( 1987 ).

Argento's song cycles are notable in his frequent use of dramatic, unusual text, most often prose that does not have immediately apparent musical possibilities ; they blur the distinction between straightforward groupings of songs and dramatic works, which he terms " monodramas ".

Notable film roles include Apocalypse Now as Engineman 3rd Class " Chef " Hicks, The Conversation, Valley Girl, Promise Him Anything ( TV ), One from the Heart, The Stone Boy, The Missouri Breaks, The Deliberate Stranger ( TV ), and horror maestro Dario Argento's first American film Trauma.

Along with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, these three films are frequently referred to as Argento's " animal trilogy ".

The Screaming Mimi has been adapted into a movie twice ; Gerd Oswald's The Screaming Mimi in 1958, and then, more loosely, Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage in 1970.

" The film was written by Carpenter and Debra Hill with Carpenter admitting that the music was inspired by both Dario Argento's Suspiria ( which also influenced the films surreal color scheme ) and William Friedkin's The Exorcist.

His 1996 film The Stendhal Syndrome, in which a policewoman ( played by Argento's daughter, Asia ) who suffers from Stendhal syndrome is trapped by a serial killer in an abandoned warehouse, was the first Italian film to use computer-generated imagery ( CGI ).

2005 saw the TV broadcast of Argento's Do You Like Hitchcock ?, in which the director paid homage to Alfred Hitchcock after decades of being compared to him by critics.

On 4 March 2011, it was announced that Rutger Hauer had signed on to play Van Helsing in Argento's Dracula 3D, which was scheduled to begin shooting in Budapest later in the year.

English sound designer, writer and musician Heather Emmett published Sounds to Die For: Speaking the Language of Horror Film Sound, which includes the first in-depth study of the use of sound in Argento's films.

He was also expected to tour several Italian cities during the 2008 – 09 winter season in another Noël Coward play, Private Lives ( performed in Italian, which he speaks fluently ), playing Elyot to Italian actress Asia Argento's Amanda.

Some elements from the mystery's plot were referenced in Dario Argento's giallo comeback movie Sleepless ( called Non ho sonno in Italy ), which featured killings referencing a nursery rhyme.

Argento's first large-scale choral work, if one discounts The Masque of Angels ( parts of which, such as the " Gloria " and " Sanctus ", are frequently excerpted ), is The Revelation of St. John the Divine ( 1968 ), which sets portions of the Book of Revelation and is scored for male chorus, brass, and an array of percussion instruments.

Klein also wrote the screenplay for Dario Argento's 1993 film Trauma, which starred Asia Argento and Piper Laurie.

In a predominantly tonal context, his music freely combines tonality, atonality and a lyrical use of twelve-tone writing, though none of Argento's music approaches the experimental avant garde fashions of the post World War II era.

On March 4, 2011, it was announced that Hauer would play vampire hunter Van Helsing in legendary horror director Dario Argento's Dracula 3D.

She appeared in Other People's Money with Gregory Peck ( 1991 ), and in horror maestro Dario Argento's first American film Trauma ( 1993 ).

Argento's father died during its production, Vanessa Redgrave quit the project before filming began, he had problems working with his former long-time girlfriend and collaborator Daria Nicolodi on-set and the cast and crew were plagued by several minor accidents and mishaps.

2004's The Card Player, a giallo about a killer whose murders are conducted during Internet poker matches with the Rome police, earned a mixed reception: some fans appreciated the techno music score composed by ex-Goblin member Claudio Simonetti, but felt the film was too mainstream, with little of Argento's usual flourish.

Starting with 1996's The Stendhal Syndrome, Argento's films have been generally poorly received by critics.

According to movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 94 % " fresh " rating based on thirty-one reviews with the consensus, " The blood pours freely in Argento's classic Suspiria, a giallo horror as grandiose and glossy as it is gory ".

Fulci wrote a plot synopsis and a screenplay for Argento and thought that he was slated to direct the film as well, but he died before filming could begin ( due to a series of delays caused by Argento's involvement with his own film, The Stendhal Syndrome, at the time ).

* Dominic Argento's Te Deum and Missa " Cum Jubilo " by Maurice Duruflé ( with Rodney Gilfry as baritone soloist and Frederick Swann on organ ( RCM )

Bava retired in 1978 after co-directing his last horror film, Shock, with his son Lamberto ( although he did some special effects matte work on Dario Argento's 1980 movie Inferno ).

They remain notable in part for their expressive use of music, most notably by Dario Argento's collaborations with Ennio Morricone and his musical director Bruno Nicolai, and later with the band Goblin.

They self-destruct after the party defeats them in an effort to destroy them and rejoin Heath. Their name comes from these of Dario Argento's daughters.

More recently, Saxon may be best known as a supporting player in horror films, most notably Bob Clark's Black Christmas ( 1974 ) as the relatively smart leader of a bunch of dumb cops ; in Dario Argento's Tenebrae ( 1982 ) as the writer hero's shifty agent ; in Mitchell ( 1975 ) as the murderous union lawyer and prostitute provider Walter Deaney ; in Battle Beyond the Stars ( 1980 ) as Sador ; in Cannibal Apocalypse ( 1980 ) where he played a Vietnam veteran tormented because his worthless pal bit him and years later, he is starting to get the urge to do the same ; in Prisoners of the Lost Universe as a alternate-universe warlord, and in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 ) as the heroine's ( Nancy Thompson's ) father.

Argento's non-vocal output is relatively small ; there are, for example, no symphonies, and just one String Quartet written when he was a student.

Phenomena also showed Argento's predilection for using new technology, as evidenced by the film's several prowling Steadicam shots.

A recent book by James Gracey, simply titled Dario Argento, provides fresh critical analysis and an exploration of Argento's far-reaching impact on modern horror cinema and popular culture.

1964-Dominick Argento's Masque of Angels performed by the Center Opera Company as first Performing Arts commission.

Pitt next appeared in Asia Argento's The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, and headlined Gus Van Sant's Last Days, playing a rock star " inspired " by Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain.

A Toccata of Galuppi's ( 1989 ), a 20-minute setting of a Robert Browning poem, is one of many works inspired by Argento's time in Florence.

A videocassette of the film can be seen on a shelf behind the counter in a video rental store in Dario Argento's film Do You Like Hitchcock ?.

What was left of the band continued to work on further soundtracks, but there was a partial reunification for Argento's Tenebrae ( 1982 ) ( although they were credited separately, not as Goblin ).

* Albert ( suspiria ), minor character in Dario Argento's 1977 film Suspiria

Argento's next movie was Suspiria ( 1977 ), a violent supernatural thriller.

In Dario Argento's Phenomena ( 1985 ), the protagonist, Jennifer Corvino ( Jennifer Connelly ), witnesses a murder while sleepwalking.

He was one of the founders of the Center Opera Company ( now the Minnesota Opera ), and indeed Newsweek once referred to the Twin Cities as " Argento's town.

The film was a large box office hit when released in Italy, grossing € 5, 443, 000, 000 Italian lira ( US $ 3, 809, 977 ), making it Argento's highest grossing film in his native country.

Alida Valli ( 31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006 ), sometimes simply credited as Valli, stage name of Alida Maria von Altenburger baroness von Markenstein und Frauenberg of the Holy Roman Germanic Empire, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Luchino Visconti's Senso, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 and Dario Argento's Suspiria.