DVD
4 of 5 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
The heart is deceitful above all things
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Asia Argento, Peter Fonda, Marilyn Manson, Michael Pitt, John Robinson, Jeremy Renner, Jimmy Bennett, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Ornella Muti, Lydia Lunch, Ben Foster, Winona Ryder, Kip Pardue, Jeremy Sisto.
Publication Information
[Portland, OR : Collective Eye Films], 2024.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for intense depiction of child abuse/neglect, strong sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence.
Summary
"Steeped in controversy, unflinching, unforgettable... Asia Argento's adaptation of J.T. Leroy's bestselling novel The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things is a searing exploration of trauma and survival in the underside of America's heartland. Headlining one of the most intriguing casts of the 2000s, which includes Peter Fonda, Ornella Muti, Jeremy Renner, Lydia Lunch, Ben Foster, and Winona Ryder, Argento stars as Sarah, a woman who rips her son out of foster care and throws him into her transient life as a sex worker at truck stops. Leroy was later revealed to be a fabrication of author Laura Albert and her sibling-in-law Savannah Knoop, a story that broke the year after The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things was released. Argento's blistering second feature finds real pain in a historic hoax, traveling to dark places most directors fear to tread."--Container.
Notes
Based on the book by J.T. Leroy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.