Features: DVD, 2 Pack
Enjoy a night of two great films starring the always sexy and charismatic Asia Argento. The Two Films from Asia Argento 2-Pack includes the movies SCARLET DIVA and LOVE BITES.SCARLET DIVA: SCARLET DIVA is a semi-autobiographical, dramatic and surreal descent into the shockingly intimate world of rising actress Anna Battista. Anna's journey plunges her into the dark heart of the film industry where she experiences despair, loneliness and degradation while trying to recapture her innocence and purity. This film is a sexually charged and unforgettable cinema experience! LOVE BITES: Starring International cult icon Asia Argento! Asia starred in and directed SCARLET DIVA, and co-starred with Vin Diesel in XXX. Antonio makes his living off others, sleeping at his friend's health club, borrowing money, and crashing parties. But he finds himself working overtime when a wealthy club owner, Von Bulow hires him to track down the elusive Jordan, who is thought to be a real Vampire. All Antonio knows is that Jordan lives by the night, but he soon finds that information about Jordan doesn't come without a price, and the company he keeps can bleed him to death.
"[Scarlet] ...a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut..." F. X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
"[Love] ...an interesting and different take on the modern vampire tale..." J.C. Macek, III, The World's Greatest Critic
"[Scarlet] ...has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year." Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times
"[Scarlet] ...[Argento's] raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic." Megan Lehmann, New York Post
Editor's Note
This double feature pairs up the following two Asia Argento-directed films: SCARLET DIVA: 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, 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. LOVE BITES: Part black comedy and part atmospheric horror film, LOVE BITES (LES MORSURES DE L'AUBE) satirizes the narcissistic aspects of European culture. Antoine (Guilliaume Canet) is a Parisian social leech whose obsession with the latest popular nightclubs has him leading a life of poverty: he sleeps at the local gym, where all of his possessions fit neatly into a single locker. Usually able to talk his way into any super-cool establishment, Antoine runs into one club where the bouncers are more reluctant than usual. He makes the mistake of invoking the name of Jordan Charlier, a legendary party promoter, which leads the club owner to offer him a million francs to locate the now-reclusive Jordan. When Antoine agrees, his investigations lead him to a world of underground sex clubs where Jordan's sister Violaine (Asia Argento) holds sway with a hypnotic power and a penchant for biting the necks of her lovers....LOVE BITES is a stylish and atmospheric French horror-comedy.
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