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A lot of excellent points on the nature of gialli were made. I think it's important for people to understand these things before getting into Argento. When we see a thriller in the Western idiom, we expect it to be based on results instead of the experience, but giallo embraces nonlinear storytelling, it's not where you get, but the journey is its own reward. But, I'm also with V in that Tenebre is sort of underwhelming compared to his other work. Argento is impressive because he's a radical within an innately radical genre and there are just fewer radical aspects of Tenebre. To Chronogrl I recommend Opera, Inferno and Phenomena, which are his most visually rich and radical gialli, and also the most primal and archetypal. Opera also has a lot of fun metafilm, down to its title (a pun, because it also means "work" and it says a lot about making horror films and the nature of viewing). If you like Hatchet for a Honeymoon or the Miraglia's gialli than you'll like Tenebre, if not then you might just not be into traditional gialli.
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