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Hellbilly
09-12-2006, 04:29 PM
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6305807426.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg VS http://www.mediaroach.com/fistfulofdario/images/phenomena.jpg
Workshed
09-12-2006, 04:31 PM
Inferno all the way! Love it.
_pi_
09-12-2006, 04:35 PM
Inferno is a true classic, always climbing further and further up my Argento-favorites-list.

Phenomena is parts brilliant, parts much too long and slow-paced. I almost voted for it on account of such a strange film being made at all, but in the end Inferno takes the cake.
tobaccoman
09-12-2006, 04:39 PM
Inferno is my favorite Argento film so what the fuck do you think?!
welb25
09-12-2006, 04:40 PM
yeah, have to go with Inferno here.
Katatonia
09-12-2006, 05:03 PM
Phenomena was quite possibly the first Argento I ever saw. I was probably about 11 or something at the time. So it rightly holds a nostalgia spot for me.

But, I'll have to side with Inferno as the more solid film.
thrashard76
09-12-2006, 05:44 PM
Phenomena
dwatts
09-12-2006, 07:09 PM
Inferno, but no-one is going to be surprised about that :D
RyanPC
09-12-2006, 07:14 PM
I love both, but I have to go with Inferno because it has a better score and those awesome Suspiria colors.
ZoSo
09-12-2006, 07:46 PM
I'm choosing Inferno, but I do like Phenomena.... the monkey knocks it down a notch though!
satans-sadists
09-12-2006, 08:31 PM
Tough call, but I chose Inferno. Love the Mario Bava f/x near the end. The underwater scene is phenomenal too. 70's and 80's Argento movies are some of my absolute favorites, most of all: Suspiria!
fceurich39
09-12-2006, 09:42 PM
Phenomena
same here only saw inferno once when i was little will have to get it on vhs recorded copy from lm garrett videos
shithead
09-12-2006, 10:23 PM
inferno
Paff
09-12-2006, 11:09 PM
Going with Phenomena here. It melds the giallo style of the earlier films and the supernatural elements of Suspiria and Inferno. There is a physical murderer here, yet you also have the insect communication and dream world elements.

Yeah, it drags on a little long, and I could do without the monkey. But two words give it an edge to me: "Jennifer" and "Connelly"
RyanPC
09-12-2006, 11:26 PM
same here only saw inferno once when i was little will have to get it on vhs recorded copy from lm garrett videos

Why do that when you can buy it on DVD? :confused:
fceurich39
09-12-2006, 11:31 PM
Why do that when you can buy it on DVD? :confused:
its cheaper
DrHerbertWest
09-13-2006, 01:51 AM
Um, I've seen Inferno but can't remember a lick of it. Haven't seen Phenomena. I feel like a jerk.
_pi_
09-13-2006, 11:36 AM
A bit off topic, but if this were a contest between the artwork of those two movies, Phenomena would blow Inferno out of the water. I think every single poster or design work I've seen for Phenomena was, ahemm, phenomenal! There's the poster above, then there's ...

http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/phenomena.jpg

Even the Creepers design was cool:

http://www.giallo.dsl.pipex.com/argento/creepers.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7039/94/1600/6304132328.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/157269.1020.A.jpg

There are more but I couldn't find any good pics online ... But I love the artwork that was done for that film. Simply brilliant!
Workshed
09-13-2006, 02:03 PM
A bit off topic, but if this were a contest between the artwork of those two movies, Phenomena would blow Inferno out of the water. I think every single poster or design work I've seen for Phenomena was, ahemm, phenomenal! There's the poster above, then there's ...

http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/phenomena.jpg



I love this one. Good finds. Phenomena is certainly an interesting film, but I don't feel like it ever comes together like Inferno. The latter has that magical underwater scene and gorgeous colors throughout. And it just feels more concise and structured.