"Dario Argento Back to Giallo in 'Yellow'?"

Crystal Plumage · 11-14-2007, 08:39 PM

Could be just a rumor but shocktillyoudrop.com says:

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Dario Argento Back to Giallo in Yellow?
Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com
November 14, 2007

Early rumblings of Dario Argento's next project have floated our way.

An insider tells us the Mother of Tears director may take a crack at a "loving homage" to the giallo films of the '60s and '70s entitled Yellow - an apropos moniker since giallo means "yellow" in Italian and was a popular term used to describe mystery and crime pulp fare.

Argento's Tenebrae, Bird with the Crystal Plummage and Deep Red are all classic and rich with the red stuff examples of gialli.

Hannibal Films' Richard Rionda Del Castro and Rafael Primorac are championing the Yellow script by writers Sean Keller and Jim Agnew. Tuck this under your hat as rumor at this point and keep it here for the latest while we aim to carve up some confirmation.

Dunno,could be nice...-ish....perhaps?
I just hope this won't be an Americanized Giallo (if true).

dwatts · 11-14-2007, 09:48 PM

Way too early to pass comment. All we know from that is that it'll be a giallo. I'm up for that.

bwana the clown · 11-15-2007, 06:16 AM

Well it already loses points for having a sucky title.

X-human · 11-15-2007, 05:31 PM

So is it literally being called 'Yellow' in Italy? It'll probably be about a killer who's mimicking a book's killings. They'll try to follow the book and figure out a way to trap him with it.

dwatts · 11-15-2007, 08:20 PM

No - that's Tenebrae.

MorallySound · 11-15-2007, 10:15 PM

Hmmm.

X-human · 11-16-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dwatts

No - that's Tenebrae.

It was wasn't it? Eh, I'm sure they're not going to let that stop 'em.

DeathDealer · 11-17-2007, 09:24 AM

It'll be GIALLO in Italian and YELLOW in English. It would make no sense to call it YELLOW in Italy.

X-human · 11-17-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathDealer

It'll be GIALLO in Italian and YELLOW in English. It would make no sense to call it YELLOW in Italy.

Liking calling something Suspiria or Tenebre in America? It's no uncommon to use other language's title especially if it's one word. I also think Italians know enough English to know what "yellow" means.

It's probably a play on words, it makes more sense to call it 'Giallo' even in America than just 'Yellow' because the genre is known more by the word itself than by the color connotation. It's almost like calling something Grindhouse, in and of itself modern audiences probably won't get it anyways even in Italy.

DeathDealer · 11-17-2007, 07:06 PM

Well the term YELLOW has no status and historical value, well GIALLO, in the genre, surely does.

X-human · 11-18-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DeathDealer

Well the term YELLOW has no status and historical value, well GIALLO, in the genre, surely does.

Yeah... I ah... Just said that:

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Originally Posted by X-human

it makes more sense to call it 'Giallo' even in America than just 'Yellow' because the genre is known more by the word itself than by the color connotation.

DeathDealer · 11-18-2007, 07:48 AM

The Chaostar · 11-18-2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by X-human

I also think Italians know enough English to know what "yellow" means.

You are very wrong about that, you know.

X-human · 11-19-2007, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by The Chaostar

You are very wrong about that, you know.

You've done surveys? I could be wrong, but in my experience working at an international training center many Europeans have a basic enough understanding of English. Perhaps "yellow" wouldn't be on the tip of their tongue but I think more Italians know "yellow" than Americans know "giallo."

Crystal Plumage · 11-25-2007, 08:14 PM

Would be great to have Morricone do the score.

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11-14-2007, 09:48 PM	#2
dwatts HackMaster Join Date: May 2002 Location: Crashed Posts: 16,580	Way too early to pass comment. All we know from that is that it'll be a giallo. I'm up for that.

11-17-2007, 07:06 PM	#10
DeathDealer I Inhale Horror Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In Your Mind Posts: 2,118	Well the term YELLOW has no status and historical value, well GIALLO, in the genre, surely does. __________________ Peace Out My Dvd CollectioN Top 6 Directors Of All Time (No Order) - 1. Quentin Tarantino (America) 2. Dario Argento (Italy) 3. Takashi Miike (Japan) 4. Ingmar Bergman (Sweden) 5. Akira Kurosawa (Japan) 6. Martin Scorsese (America)

11-18-2007, 07:48 AM	#12
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