Quote of the Day

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While so far they've been stuffed with the sort of praise that horror director Dario Argento's done his damndest for years now to squash deserving, it's still been worth reading the first couple of STYD's dispatches from the set of his Dracula 3D film for little tid-bits like this. When asked what the look of the film will be, Thomas Kretschmann, who you'll remember is starring at the titular bloodsucker himself, had this choice phrase on hand:

"Splatter Visconti!"

I don't care that the previously alluded to squashing of Argento's goodwill makes me doubt this Visconti allusion deeply (once upon a time an Argento movie could at least be considered pretty even while it made no sense; his recent movies have just been ugly. Giallo still haunts me) - I just love that phrase. Splatter Visconti! Splatter Visconti! Splatter Visconti! The staccato cineaste alliteration of it. And I love it especially coming from the tender lips of Tommy boy. It's a keeper.