Veteran Italian horror director Dario
Argento will make his debut as an actor at the Cannes Film
Festival next month, organisers said Thursday.
Argento, 80, cult director of shockers like Profondo Rosso (Deep
Red) and Suspiria, will appear in Gaspar Noé's Vortex, the story
of the last days of a pair of old lovers.
Argento's influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s
and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, has led
him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the
"Master of Horror".
His films as director include the "Animal Trilogy", consisting
of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Cat o' Nine
Tails (1971) and Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971); the "Three
Mothers" trilogy, consisting of Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980)
and The Mother of Tears (2007); and the standalone films Deep
Red (1975), Tenebrae (1982), Phenomena (1985), and Opera (1987).
He co-wrote the screenplay for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time
in the West (1968) and served as George A. Romero's script
consultant on Dawn of the Dead (1978), of which he also composed
the soundtrack with his long-time collaborators Goblin.
Argento's 45-year-old daughter Asia is an actress and director
as well as being a symbol of the Me Too movement.
The 74th Cannes Film Festival runs from July 6 to 17 in the
French Riviera city.
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