DEEP RED is a movie cowritten and directed by Dario Argento in 1975.
A pianist and a journalist try to discover the identity of the murderer of a psychic woman. They are helped by a psychiatrist and some clues left by the telepathic woman. But the killer is always quicker than our heroes and eliminates one by one those who could identify him.
A giallo. Very aesthetic and violent but poor screenplay.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Deep Red
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- boiling
- drowned
- decapitated
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
