How would "Labyrinth" have been different if directed by Dario Argento?

[akiratubo]

A friend and I were watching Labyrinth for the first time in a few years and we got to wondering, for no particular reason, how it would have been different if directed by Dario Argento.

Personally, I feel that it wouldn't have been too much different.  The goblins, Hoggle, Ludo, and the various creatures would have been scarier.  Setpieces like the "Magic Dance" and "Chilly Down" would have been even more disturbing.  Other than some stylistic differences, though ...

Dario's work always has an element of the fantastic to it and I think he actually would have done a great job directing a fantasy film, even one meant for children.

[Neville]

Could have been interesting. I've always though that the filmmaking on that movie, sets and creatures apart, was too conventional. Argento probably would have achieved a more "dream-like" camerawork which would have improved the global result.  

[plan9superfan]

I don't think it's a good idea to have a horror movie director make a family film...

[Neville]

Why not? I think either Brian Yuzna or Stuart Gordon are the minds behind "Honey, I shrunk the kid".

[plan9superfan]

It's a far cry from Brian Yuzna to Dario Argento...

[dean]

It's an interesting thread, since it begs the question: what do you find scarier; Dario Argento's movies, or David Bowie in tight pants with a codpiece singing to a baby.

But nonetheless, minus Bowie's influence I doubt it would stay as a quasi musical [unless those elements were somehow in the book or something]

I'd like to see it.  Did anyone else see Mirrormask?  I haven't but a friend did and said it was pretty good, and I'm wondering whether there's a comparison to be made here.

Anyways, I'd imagine Argento's version would be much more atmospheric, and I'd hate to imagine how the bog of stench would have been pulled off, but overall I'd imagine that an Argento-directed version of the labyrinth would make for some good viewing.

[Ash]

It would've been even weirder if David Lynch had been at the helm.

[plan9superfan]

Hey, who knows, maybe Argento can direct the remake...

[odinn7]

plan9superfan Wrote:
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> Hey, who knows, maybe Argento can direct the
> remake...


And stick Asia in it somewhere...

[plan9superfan]

As who? The teenage girl who gets captured?