Next up on the murderer’s list is prostitute Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), who while fleeing the killer one night is gravely injured in a car accident, which ultimately causes her to lose her sight. In a plot that’ll sound familiar to anyone au fait with Argento or giallo, the story – co-penned by his regular collab Franco Ferrini – kicks off in Rome where three high-class prostitutes have been garrotted with cello strings. While Dark Glasses is largely a remix of the filmmaker’s better and more innovative prior works, it is nevertheless a relief to see the director back in a mode that confirms he’s still got the drive to craft an atmospheric and entertaining film, albeit one stymied by its patent lack of imagination. Yet a decade on, he’s finally back with a new project – a return to the comfortable familiarity of giallo with a project which he started working on two decades ago. You’d be forgiven for assuming that giallo maestro Dario Argento’s filmmaking career had sputtered to an unceremonious end with the release of 2012’s widely-panned Dracula 3D. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. Starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, and Mario Pirrello.ĭiana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Co-written and directed by Dario Argento.
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