I am starting to write this article right after I just finished watching Dario Argento’s Stendhal Syndrome for the third time in about two years. I am fascinated by it because it is likely Argento’s last good/great film (Dracula 3D doesn’t look very promising so far), and because surprisingly, what disturbs me the most is the brutality of the film and that Dario put his own daughter Asia at the center of it. Talk about a Freudian setup. Additionally, the movie is gorgeous. Yes, its use of digital effects is very crude, even for the time, but the film is otherwise very polished in the greatest Argento tradition. I appreciate that. I also appreciate Asia greatly....

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