Suspiria

Suspiria (2018)

Timing: 2:32 (152 min)

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Photo 148

Actors and characters

Release date

2018-10-26

Country

Italy, United States

Production

Amazon Studios, Frenesy Film, Mythology Entertainment, MeMo Films, K Period Media, Muskat Filmed Properties, First Sun, Vega Baby, Videa

Genre

Horror, Mystery, Drama

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$7 953 089

Website

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9KG2PB

Director

Luca Guadagnino

Actors

Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elena Fokina, Sylvie Testud, Renée Soutendijk, Christine Leboutte
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Scenario

Producer

Bradley J. Fischer, David Kajganich, William Sherak, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Gabriele Moratti, Silvia Venturini Fendi, James Vanderbilt, Paul Deason

Operator

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Composer

Thom Yorke

Artist

Romolo Pompa, Nadine Schmidt

Audition

Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino

Editing

Walter Fasano
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• Dakota Johnson dedicated two years to ballet lessons in preparation for her role.
• The film is set in Berlin in 1977 – the year Dario Argento's "Suspiria" was released.
• A significant portion of the filming took place in Germany, however, the main location was the Grand Hotel, which had been closed since 1968 and is located on a mountaintop in Varese (Italy). The building was completely rebuilt to resemble the interior of a dance academy.
• Jessica Harper starred in the film, playing the main character Susie Bannion, which she also played in Dario Argento’s film of the same name.
• Before the film’s premiere and for some time afterwards, the authors and Tilda Swinton herself maintained that Lutz Ebersdorf, the actor who played Dr. Klemperer, was a real person. However, even the name itself contains a clue confirming a connection with Swinton’s surname: “Eber” means “boar” or “swine” in German, and “dorf” means “town.” This forms the actress’s surname – Swine-town, or Swinton.
• For the scene with the main dance number, Volk, each costume was hand-knitted from red rope. The costume designers specifically trained in bondage techniques, drawing inspiration from the work of Japanese artist and provocative photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, known for his erotic work.
• While working on the film’s visual style, director Luca Guadagnino drew inspiration from the films of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Additionally, Ingrid Caven, Fassbinder’s muse and former wife, and a star in more than 15 of his films, played a role in “Suspiria.”
• In 2008, the lead role was offered to Natalie Portman.
• Before the film’s premiere and for some time afterwards, the filmmakers and Tilda Swinton herself claimed that the actor playing Dr. Klemperer, Lutz Ebersdorf, was a real person. However, even the name itself contains a clue confirming a connection to the Swinton surname: “Eber” means 'boar' or 'swine' in German, and “dorf” means 'town'. This combines to form the actress’s surname – Swine-town, or Swinton.
• While working on the film’s visual style, director Luca Guadagnino drew inspiration from the works of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Furthermore, Ingrid Caven – Fassbinder’s muse and former wife, as well as a star in over 15 of his films – played a role in “Suspiria”.