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TELLING TALES.(The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things)(Movie review)
A movie called "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things," directed by and starring Asia Argento, has been slouching around the festival circuit for a while. At last, it has earned a theatrical release, and, whether by design or by a thick slice of luck, the timing could not be sweeter. For the film is adapted, with surprising fidelity, from J. T. LeRoy's book of the same name, and right now there is much gnashing of teeth in the matter of J. T. LeRoy v. the Outraged Readers of America.
LeRoy's books deal in a trampy squalor and a kind of sawed-off lyricism that are, if nothing else, fiendishly a la mode. On no page of "The Heart Is Deceitful," a necklace of ...
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- Magazine article from: W Kerwin, Jessica March 1, 2006 700+ words
Asia Argento is a lot of work. The 30-year-old actor-director fills the air with...character in the mythic universe of JT LeRoy, whose book of short stories The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Argento has turned into a feature film...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Thielman, Sam September 2, 2008 700+ words
Also at BAM, an Asia Argento retrospective begins in November and will include the U.S. premiere...starring Argento. The thesp and sometime helmer's film "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things" and her father Dario Argento's...
- Asia Argento: for some, art imitates life. For this dynamic actress and...
- Magazine article from: Interview Brody, Adrien August 1, 2002 700+ words
...Dana Argento's cult horror films, Asia Argento, 26, is Italy's dark star. Beloved...Brady. ADRIEN BRODY: Ciao, bambina. ASIA ARGENTO: [laughs] Where are you? AB: I...you could. So I've had a little Asia Argento film festival going on out here. AA...
- Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. (PAR163397)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Ferdinando Scianna January 1, 1996 700+ words
...01-01-1996 Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. Keywords: cleavage people person body...effect portrait portraiture italian actress asia argento in milano.a. merini. milan. italian actress asia argento. 1996 Magnum Photos
- Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. (PAR163399)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Ferdinando Scianna January 1, 1996 700+ words
...01-01-1996 Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. Keywords: cleavage people person body...effect portrait portraiture italian actress asia argento in milano.a. merini. milan. italian actress asia argento. 1996 Magnum Photos
- Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. (PAR163410)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Ferdinando Scianna January 1, 1996 700+ words
...01-01-1996 Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. Keywords: leather inside dominant interior...effect portrait portraiture italian actress asia argento in milano.a. merini. milan. italian actress asia argento. 1996 Magnum Photos
- Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. (SCF6403)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Ferdinando Scianna January 1, 1996 700+ words
...01-01-1996 Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. Keywords: people person lying down...effect portrait portraiture italian actress asia argento in milano.a. merini. milan. italian actress asia argento. 1996 Magnum Photos
- Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. (SCF6409)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Ferdinando Scianna January 1, 1996 700+ words
...01-01-1996 Milan. Italian actress Asia ARGENTO. Keywords: inside dominant interior...effect portrait portraiture italian actress asia argento in milano.a. merini. milan. italian actress asia argento. 1996 Magnum Photos