Review of Scarlet Diva (2000) by William B — 26 Mar 2008
I should have taken it as a bad omen that Scarlet Diva had been (incorrectly) filed under the Adult section at my local video store, but having seen The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things - Asia Argento's other directorial effort - I decided to give the film a go, in spite of its somewhat mixed reviews.
The first thing that can be said about Scarlet Diva is that it is a brash work - not unlike The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things - but likewise the flaws of the later film are only more evident here.
That is to say Scarlet Diva is a narcissistic film to say the least, and unlike in The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, I didn't find Argento impressive enough to make her Vincent Gallo-like self-indulgence worthwhile.
There are some clever scenes and ideas peppered throughout Scarlet Diva, but for the most part its a shock-for-shock's-sake excursion of drugs and sex that never really amounts to very much more than an 'oh poor me' statement from the daughter of horror maestro Dario Argento.
This review of Scarlet Diva (2000) was written by William B on 26 March 2008.
Scarlet Diva has generally received mixed reviews.
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