Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi
The first half of Dario Argento's heady psycho-thriller is a mesmerizing merging of dream and reality. A beautiful young Italian detective (Asia Argento, who does little to convince us she's a tough, ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 13, 2000
Stats: 182 reviews
I don't find myself saying this about most recent Dario Argento, where the holes in the plot only widen under scrutiny, but this film actually improves with repeated viewings. The first twenty minutes or so have an extraordinary hallucinatory quality and are quite masterfully dir...( read more)
While a bit self indulgent at times...this was an interesting film, especially visually.
While not perfect, one who has followed Asia Argento's work can see the progress in her acting abilities.
Argento fans will appreciate the effort, but I don't think it for everyone.
While not a usual Argento's gig - i.e. fat on blood and tight on script - this rape'n'revenge brutal thriller jumps throughout from classical giallo to psychological drama and by being so character-driven, it adds him a special quality. Asia Argento is terrific and villain's not ...( read more)
A disappointing Dario Argento movie! Dumb story, about a Police Woman (Asia Argento) with a rare condition called "The Stendhal Syndrome" where looking at artwork overwhelms her. It did have nice imagery of her being immersed in the paintings. She's tracking a serial killer, and ...( read more)
Asia Argento gives a mesmerizing performance in this grueling "giallo" thriller.
Probably Argento's most disgusting and twisted film along with Mother of Tears and Opera.
Enjoyable and imaginative Italian supernatural horror fantasy thriller that has the feeling of Dario Argento's original 80's and 70's movies. Asia Argento is quite a dish in this movie and the gore is quite good, it's quite a surreal artsy horror flick but not for all tastes.
elle devient le tueur qu'elle a tuer, j'ai adoré...plutot étrange comme film et on pourrais dire cru mais quand meme...
I am fascinated by the title and the topic / theme but horrified by the movie synopsis. No way am I going to watch this.
Highly under-rated Argento film is also his most experimental. Asia is great as the woman suffering for art!
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