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Restored Print of SUSPIRIA to be shown theatrically in NYC in Sept 2009

posted 16 years ago by alanbobet
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Anthology Film Archives of NYC will screen in September 2009, the recently restored print of Dario Argento's original SUSPIRIA that was commisioned by the Weinstein Company & Criterion Home Video and was theatrically shown in Cannes in Summer of 2007. According to Anthology Film Archives' Film Calendar, SUSPIRIA will be screened the second weekend of September 2009, the days of the 11th to the 13th, so check their website, www.anthologyfilmarchives.org for more details.

[–] Nykvist768 16 years ago

That is awesome! Is that Criterion Home Video as in the Criterion Collection, or are they totally different?

[–] alanbobet 16 years ago

Yes, they are both the same video company and they're responsable in obtaining this vintage print of SUSPIRIA for this September screening at the Anthology, from a private film collector who restored the print with Criterion's help. So hopefully, we Argento fans will be able to see a very good print of the American edited version of SUSPIRIA that was released by 20th Century Fox in 1977 thru it's subsidiary, International Classics.

[–] backdrop 16 years ago

The AMERICAN edited version?? Thats cut to *beep* =[

[–] alanbobet 16 years ago

I agree that the American print is the R rated one, missing 7 minutes from the original European version, but at the same time, it's the rare International Classics print(which was a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox that distributed the film in the US in 1977)that has the "breathing" SUSPIRIA main titles that the European print doesn't have!

[–] backdrop 16 years ago

So this is NOT the same print that was shown at the Cannes film festival? Cuz if I'm not mistaken, that was a brand new print... correct me if I'm wrong.

[–] alanbobet 16 years ago

Nope it's not. I was recently informed by the guys in charge at Anthology Film Archives when I asked about the SUSPIRIA print while I was there to watch the Hidden Cinema Treasures of the 70's Film retrospective that Bill Lustig (MANIAC, MANIAC COP) was hosting there last week. They told me that the SUSPIRIA print that is scheduled to be screened on the second weekend of this September is an archive print of the 1977 American R rated version released by 20th Century Fox thru it's subsidiary company, International Classics and that print was provided by a private collector.

[–] mr-murph 16 years ago

The best way to see Suspiria is in the theater with an audience who appreciates it. The sound and music are amazing, and the visuals pop out on the wide screen.

I'm envious.

[–] alanbobet 16 years ago

I know, since I have seen SUSPIRIA two times this decade with a theater audience here in NYC, once at the Walter Reade Theater and the second time at Cinema Classics in a double feature with INFERNO and both times were great seeing it with an audience than on home video. That's why I'm going to the SUSPIRIA screening at the Anthology this upcoming September.

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[–] alanbobet 15 years ago

SUSPIRIA will be screened this weekend,starting tomorrow Friday Sept 11,continuing thruout Saturday Sept. 12 and Sunday Sept. 13, 2009 at the Anthology Film Archives in Manhattam. NYC with two daily screenings of 7:30 PM & 9:30PM for each of the three days of these screenings. According to a friend of mine who works at the Anthology Film Archives, the SUSPIRIA print is quite good since it comes from a private collection of the Criterion Collection which preserves classic films. To buy tickets, you must go to the box office at Anthology Film Archives at 6:30PM when the box office opens to buy them since they do not sell tickets online and the prices are $8.00 for each moviegoer.

[–] mr-murph 15 years ago

So how was it?
I don't think you can beat Suspiria on the big screen. DVDs just don't do it justice. Those wonderful colors and the terrific soundtrack are made for a big theater.

[–] alanbobet 15 years ago

The SUSPIRIA screening went great this weekend, although it was an "X Certificate"(comparable to our "R" rating) British print that had the most bloody sequences slightly cut out(the murders of the two girls in the beginning, the death of the blind pianist by his seeing eye dog and the death of Sara in the piano wired filled room) and the sound quality in the theater wasn't quite up to par, since some of the dialogue sounded muffled although the Goblin soundtrack sounded great! The print looked fine but not excellent, since it had minor wear & tear for a more than 30 tear old film, but it didn't looked like those terrible botched grindhouse prints of the 1970's. The audience behaved themselves quite well the screening I went at(not unlike the audience at the INFERNO screening at BAM'S Cinematek in Brooklyn which laughed all thruout the film) and they only laughed at the over the top performance of Alida Valli as Miss Tanner, but more importantly, the audience I was with, stayed silent in the last 15 minutes of the film until the end titles in which they applauded. But all in all, it was a very satisfying experience seeing Argento's SUSPIRIA on a big screen again!

[–] gzhtub 15 years ago

I still recall seeing the original movie (slightly cut) in England in the '70s, it was great...

[–] alanbobet 15 years ago

Ironically that slightly cut British print of SUSPIRIA was the one screened at Anthology Film Archives last September of this year,because the print had the British Board of Censor's Certificate on it at the beginning of the print.