He began his formal musical training at the New England Conservatory, and subsequently studied at the University of Minnesota with Dominick Argento.

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The last collaboration with Argento took place in 2000, with the film Non ho sonno ( Sleepless ).

The film's script was written by Leone and his longtime friend and collaborator Sergio Donati, from a story by Bernardo Bertolucci and Dario Argento, both of whom went on to have significant careers as directors.

The screenplay was written by Leone and Sergio Donati, from a story devised by Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento.

The poem inspired a 1989 setting, in modern idiom but with musical quotations from Galuppi's works, by the composer Dominick Argento.

Some of Fulci's fans have retroactively argued that at his peak, Fulci's fame and popularity were on a par with that of Dario Argento, another famous Italian horror film director with whom Fulci had avoided working and whom Fulci had even badmouthed from time to time.

Many of the movie clips featured in the video were from films directed by Dario Argento, an Italian horror director, who has a reputation for being " the most censored film director " in the world because his films are routinely heavily edited by US distributors to remove gore and violence so as to gain an " R-Rating " from the MPAA.

For the " Worlock " video Skinny Puppy included footage deleted from the US versions of such Argento films as Deep Red, Suspiria, Tenebrae, Phenomena, and Opera.

Grosseto and Maremma have been settings for numerous works of fiction and movies, including the novels and associated films, such as The Easy Life ( 1962 ) with Vittorio Gassman ; La vita agra ( 1964 ), from the novel of the same name by Luciano Bianciardi, with Ugo Tognazzi ; An Ideal Place To Kill ( 1969 ) directed by Umberto Lenzi ; In viaggio con papà ( 1982 ), with Alberto Sordi ; Nothing Left to Do But Cry ( 1984 ), with Massimo Troisi and Roberto Benigni ; It's Happening Tomorrow ( 1988 ); Viola bacia tutti ( 1997 ) with Asia Argento ; The Talented Mr. Ripley with Matt Damon and Jude Law ; Emma sono io ( 2002 ); Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio ; Manuale d ' amore 3 ( 2011 ) with Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci ; Swiss movie Summer Games, and some Leonardo Pieraccioni's movies.

Argento went on to receive his Ph. D. from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Alan Hovhaness, Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson.

It is from this period, that Argento composed Jonah and the Whale ( 1973 ) co-commissioned by Plymouth Congregational Church and the Cathedral of St. Mark-Episcopal.

Argento is now retired from teaching but he retains the title of Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota.

) For the Dale Warland Singers, Argento wrote I Hate and I Love ( 1981 ), with text by Catullus, and Walden Pond ( 1996 ), based on excerpts from Thoreau.

* 1995: Bernstein: “ Mambo ” from West Side Story: John Adams in The Chairman Dances ; Aaron Jay Kernis in New Era Dance ; David Schiff in Stomp ; Libby Larsen in Collage-Boogie ; John Harbison in Remembering Gatsby ; Michael Torke in Charcoal, Robert Moran in Points of Departure ; Dominick Argento in “ Tango ” from The Dream of Valentin ; Michael Daugherty in Desi ; Christopher Rouse in Bonham ( Decca )

Tim Lucas has noted that the film has " gone on to inspire legions of contemporary filmmakers, from Dario Argento to Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino.

Jacopo D ' Amico, better known by the pseudonyms of Dargen D ' Amico, JD, or Corvo D ' Argento ( Lipari, Filicudi, 1980 ), was a member of Sacre Scuole from 1999 to 2001.

Simonetti ( with his tribute band, Daemonia ) performed a 9 song set of tunes from the films of Dario Argento.

Argento continued to concentrate largely on the giallo genre, directing two more successful thrillers, The Cat o ' Nine Tails ( 1971 ) and Four Flies on Grey Velvet ( 1972 ).

Bava also helped to write the 3rd " Demons " film, The Church, which was later directed for Argento by Michele Soavi.

By chance, after three or four days of recording activity, Dario Argento decided to try the band's hand at composing: one night to write a score, one day to record it.

In between the making of the first two " mothers ", in 1978, Argento collaborated with George A. Romero on Dawn of the Dead, earning a producer credit and also providing soundtrack work for the zombie classic.

Argento and distribution company, Palm Pictures, have confirmed that the Region 1 edition of the DVD lacks approximately two minutes of footage

Dario Argento hired Lamberto Bava to direct the first two films in his Demons series, but the third film in the series was directed by Michele Soavi instead of Bava.

The Film Festival's principal awards are the Leone d ' Oro ( Golden Lion ), which is awarded to the best film screened in competition at the festival, the Leone d ' Argento ( Silver Lion ) for the Best Director, and the Coppa Volpi ( Volpi Cup ), which is awarded to the best actor and actress.

Noted surrealist horror film director Dario Argento went so far as to recreate the diner and the patrons in Nighthawks as part of a set for his 1976 film Deep Red ( aka Profondo Rosso ).

Moreover, Keitel has worked for other acclaimed directors such as: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Dario Argento, Luc Besson, Fernando Colomo, Brian De Palma, Stanley Donen, Philip Kaufman, Spike Lee, Barry Levinson, Jack Nicholson, Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Paul Schrader, Ettore Scola, Luis Sepúlveda and Bertrand Tavernier ; and for TV productions with Stephen Frears, Clint Eastwood, and Joel Schumacher.

In late October 1918 the 2nd Battalion captured the island of Grave di Papadopoli on the Piave River for which O ' Connor received the Italian Silver Medal of Honour ( Medaglia d ' Argento al Valor Militare ) and a bar to his DSO.

Argento planned for Suspiria to be the first of a trilogy about " The Three Mothers ", three ancient witches residing in three different modern cities.

Soon afterwards, Argento directed an adaption of the F. Paul Wilson short story " Pelts " for season 2 of the same series.

Argento and Jace Anderson share writing credits for the film.

Despite this, her appearance in Italian films like Bread, Love and Dreams ( for which she received a BAFTA nomination and won a Nastro d ' Argento award ) and Woman of Rome, and in French films like Fanfan la Tulipe and Beauties of the Night, brought her to the attention of Hollywood.

Lollobrigida has won 6 David di Donatello, 2 Nastro d ' Argento, and 6 Bambi Awards ; she was nominated three times for the Golden Globe and won one in 1961 as World Film Favourite-Female ; she was nominated once for a Bafta.

Suspiria is noteworthy for several stylistic flourishes that have become Argento trademarks.

" Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader gave a positive review, claiming that " Argento works so hard for his effects — throwing around shock cuts, colored lights and peculiar camera angles — that it would be impolite not to be a little frightened ".< ref > Although J. Hoberman of The Village Voice gave a positive review as well, he calls it " a movie that makes sense only to the eye ".

Argento claimed he had heard about Fulci's miserable circumstances at the time ( he said he was shocked at how thin and sickly Fulci appeared at their meeting ) and wanted to offer him a chance for a comeback.

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 ).

** Dominick Argento ( composer ) for " Argento: Casa Guidi " performed by Frederica von Stade, Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra

Xander finds himself drawn to Yorgi's apparent girlfriend Yelena ( Asia Argento ), and he negotiates a political asylum deal with Gibbons to secure a new life for her in America.

* Suspiria ( 1977 )-A legendary horror film directed by Italian Dario Argento where a new student at a dance academy / school for girls experiences strange goings on.

** Dominick Argento ( composer ) for " Argento: Casa Guidi " performed by Frederica von Stade, Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra

Giallo films that follow a murder mystery format include Five Dolls for an August Moon ( 1970 ) by Mario Bava, three by director Dario Argento: The Cat o ' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet ( both 1971 ), and Deep Red ( 1975 ) – as well as A Lizard in a Woman's Skin ( 1971 ), Black Belly of the Tarantula ( 1971 ), Who Saw Her Die?