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Scarlet Diva (2000)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:11

Rotten:11

Average Rating:5.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Aug 9, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: The debut film effort from celebrity horror director Dario Argento's daughter, Asia Argento, SCARLET DIVA is a rambunctious, egocentric vanity project shot on digital video. The sassy and erotic... The debut film effort from celebrity horror director Dario Argento's daughter, Asia Argento, SCARLET DIVA is a rambunctious, egocentric vanity project shot on digital video. The sassy and erotic Argento conjures a meandering and brashly compelling world of violence, sex, drugs, and rock and roll, with herself at the center playing an alter ego, Anna Battista. Following Battista, a celebrated and debauched actress, through her breakneck adventures, the crisply photographed film evokes the fast cut style of music videos. As the wildly inventive plot veers towards the fantastical, Argento shines as the hard living Battista who withstands myriad sexual liaisons, pesky adoration from fans and award ceremonies, lecherous producers and the heartbreak of being abandoned by a drug addicted rock star whose baby she is carrying. The futuristic urban soap opera inventively melds satire, melodrama, and fantasy film to create a highly personal and visionary narrative that reflects the disintegrating boundaries of media and morals heralded by the arrival of the 21st Century. [More]

Starring: Asia Argento, Joe Coleman, Jean Shepherd, Herbert Fritsch

Starring: Asia Argento, Joe Coleman, Jean Shepherd, Herbert Fritsch, Francesca D'Aloja, Vera Gemma, Justinian Kfoury, Daria Nicolodi

Director: Asia Argento

Director: Asia Argento
Screenwriter: Asia Argento
Producer: Dario Argento, Claudio Argento
Composer: John Hughes
Studio: Media Blasters Releasing

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety
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The cinematic equivalent of scabies ... and I mean that as a compliment.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
03/03/06
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

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06/25/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Everyone I know who owns a camcorder has made a self-confessional, semi-autobiographical piece of videotaped wankery, but Asia Argento does it better than all of them.

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03/26/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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05/22/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Amid the shock and curiosity factors, the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
01/17/03
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Oregonian

Argento, at only 26, brings a youthful, out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project, as if she's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/07/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

It's difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/20/02
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

A clutchy, indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against... well, just stuff. Watching Scarlet Diva, one is poised for titillation, raw insight or both. Instead, we just get messy anger, a movie as personal therapy.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
09/23/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

As original and insightful as last week's episode of Behind the Music.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
09/20/02
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

It's a demented kitsch mess (although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative), but it's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/19/02
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times
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As home movie gone haywire, it's pretty enjoyable, but as sexual manifesto, I'd rather listen to old Tori Amos records.

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09/19/02
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

This is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it’s hard to know what to praise first.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/19/02
F.X. Feeney
F.X. Feeney
L.A. Weekly

...may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence. This Scarlet's letter is A...as in aimless, arduous, and arbitrary.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
09/01/02
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

The film, while not exactly assured in its execution, is notable for its sheer audacity and openness.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
08/16/02
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Scarlet Diva has a voyeuristic tug, but all in all it's a lot less sensational than it wants to be.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
08/16/02
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento (a producer here), but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/09/02
Megan Turner
Megan Turner
New York Post
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Beneath the film's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination, backed by sheer nerve.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/08/02
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

"Argento splatters her colorful life on the screen like an adolescent's diary, trusting others to sort through the fascinating mess."

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/08/02
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

It is, by conventional standards, a fairly terrible movie ... but it is also weirdly fascinating, a ready-made Eurotrash cult object. It is also, at times, curiously moving.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/08/02
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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