The Stendhal Syndrome (2-Disc Special Edition)

The Stendhal Syndrome (2-Disc Special Edition)
by Dario Argento

The Stendhal Syndrome (2-Disc Special Edition)
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Actor: Asia Argento, Marco Leonardi, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Dario Argento
Brand: Ryko Distribution
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Blue Underground

Movie Reviews of The Stendhal Syndrome (2-Disc Special Edition)

Movie Review: The Stendhal Syndrome - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 3 Stars

Version: U.S.A / Blue Underground / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS
Running time: 1:59:31
Movie size: 37,70 GB
Disc size: 44,52 GB
Total bit rate: 42.07 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 33.01 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 2611 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 2611 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1767 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 1767 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Dolby Digital EX Audio English 448 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital EX Audio Italian 448 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 448 kbps

Subtitles: English SDH / English
Number of chapters: 24

#Director interview: Dario Argento (SD - 20 min.)
#Inspiration: Interview with Psychological Consultant Graziella Magherini (SD - 20 min.)
#Special Effects: Sergio Stivaletti (SD - 16 min.)
#Assistant Director: Luigi Cozzi (SD - 22 min.)
#Production Designer: Massimo Antonello Geleng (SD - 23 min.)
#Trailer (SD - 1 min.)

Summary of The Stendhal Syndrome (2-Disc Special Edition)

DARIO ARGENTO'S Masterpiece Of Terror - For The First Time Uncut And Uncensored!

When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy, the young woman falls victim to the bizarre "Stendhal Syndrome" - a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until she comes to know the killer's madness more intimately than she ever imagined.

Horror maestro Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA, OPERA) reaches new heights of florid fantasy and Grand Guignol with this warped work of art starring Maxim Magazine's "Sexiest Woman in the World" Asia Argento (LAND OF THE DEAD, XXX), Thomas Kretschmann (KING KONG, BLADE II) and Marco Leonardi (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3). Previously edited outside of Italy, THE STENDHAL SYNDROME is now presented here in all its grotesque glory, remastered in High Definition under the supervision of cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno (ALL THAT JAZZ, AMARCORD) from the original Italian 35mm interpositive, and loaded with exclusive new Extras in this 2-Disc Special Edition.


The first half of Dario Argento's heady psycho-thriller is a mesmerizing merging of dream and reality. A beautiful young Italian detective (Asia Argento, who does little to convince us she's a tough, seasoned cop) investigating a serial rapist is suddenly overwhelmed when the paintings in an art museum erupt with life. According to the film, this is "the Stendhal Syndrome," an intense and overwhelming response to art that turns the viewer mad. As Anna steps in and out of fantasy worlds like Alice through the looking glass, she's kidnapped by her quarry, who repeatedly rapes and tortures her in a dark, dank underground cave. The delirious nightmare of shattered reality becomes a sadistic, mean-spirited spectacle of murder and degradation--perpetrated on, of all people, the director's own bound and beaten daughter!--and the thriller disintegrates into a paranoid mystery of amnesia, split psyches, and shadowy phantoms. At its best this is a mesmerizing vision of madness: paintings melt into the real world while objectivity disintegrates before our eyes. But before the unexpectedly sensitive conclusion, Argento puts the viewer through a bravura but brutal series of gory murders (a slow-motion bullet passes through both cheeks of a helpless victim, and another shooting is viewed from inside the body) and unsavory violence. The poetic beauty of Phenomenon and the craftsmanship of Suspiria and Deep Red are sorely missed. --Sean Axmaker

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