Asia Argento's directing debut is this self confession style documentary like cheap flick. Playing Anna Battista, an Italian rising star who's life is anything but charmed. Having had a rough time growing up with a demented mother, Anna is a troubled adult who's living a wild and slutty life with her equally disturbed friends. Using drugs and heavily abusing alcohol and meeting only sexually depraved men who want to use and abuse her, her stardom doesn't ensure her a happy existence.
Asia herself said this film is somewhat (or mostly) based on her own life experiences and that it was actually a kind of catharsis for her, she just needed to let out some steam. That may well be but it's not very entertaining for the casual viewer. It looks cheap, it's not very well acted, it just goes from one thing to the other, it's shoddily written, there doesn't seem to be a decent guy in the whole wide world (hence; fairly one-dimensional) and in the end I didn't feel very sorry for her 'cause she's not really all that nice a character herself. In fact, all the people here seem to be whacked out and you can't help thinking that the world would be a better place if they weren't here taking up space.
So why 5 stars; well the movie gets 2 at the most but Asia gets three, that's how easy we devoted fans are. Her presence alone makes the film all the more watchable.
Asia herself said this film is somewhat (or mostly) based on her own life experiences and that it was actually a kind of catharsis for her, she just needed to let out some steam. That may well be but it's not very entertaining for the casual viewer. It looks cheap, it's not very well acted, it just goes from one thing to the other, it's shoddily written, there doesn't seem to be a decent guy in the whole wide world (hence; fairly one-dimensional) and in the end I didn't feel very sorry for her 'cause she's not really all that nice a character herself. In fact, all the people here seem to be whacked out and you can't help thinking that the world would be a better place if they weren't here taking up space.
So why 5 stars; well the movie gets 2 at the most but Asia gets three, that's how easy we devoted fans are. Her presence alone makes the film all the more watchable.