The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) by <strike>J.T. LeRoy</strike> & Asia Argento

The heart is deceitful above all things, and

desperately wicked: who can know it?



King James Version of the Bible, Book of

Jeremiah 17:9





單親惡媽 Asia Argento 二十三歲那天，終於從撫養家庭手中奪回兒子 Jeremiah 監護權，兔寶寶玩具和義大利麵罐頭不花多久時間就嚇得 Jeremiah 逃家未遂。(Asia 日夜與不同男人亂搞情節不贅述) Asia 與男朋友外出度蜜月，將兒子獨自關在家裡，為解悶 Jeremiah 在牆壁上塗鴉。繼父 (Asia 男朋友眾多一律統稱繼父) 回家發現後處罰乃強姦他。



祖父母從醫院領取 Jeremiah，安置於基督教基本教義派之家。三年後 Jeremiah 上街傳教佈道，Asia 總是有辦法找到兒子。男朋友趁她在俱樂部跳艷舞時拋棄母子，Asia 理解到若要兒子不當拖油瓶，Jeremiah 得套上女裝扮演妹妹 (little sister)。Jeremiah 耳濡目染媽媽勾引男人美技，前往挑逗瑪莉蓮曼森素顏飾演的繼父。(Asia 負責挑逗戲份)



神奇的是，Jeremiah 被繼父強姦後內褲出現落紅，氣得 Asia 要打死兒子 (因為內褲洗不乾淨)。男朋友甲基安非他命 (methamphetamine) 實驗室爆炸，Asia 開始認為所有東西都沾染毒性，只能吃垃圾桶裡的食物。Jeremiah 喝完催吐劑 (ipecac) 於餐廳昏倒，醫院醒來祖母告訴他媽媽在精神病院。Asia 穿著精神病患服裝，手牽兒子跑出醫院，繼續逃亡天涯。





"That apparent triumph was most visible (or risible) in Cannes, where Argento and a wigged "LeRoy" took honors (and abuse) at the same Directors' Fortnight program that included Tarnation, Jonathan Caouette's harrowing account of his own childhood."

-- Village Voice



"... 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.s. the Outraged Readers of America.

-- New Yorker



改編自 J.T. LeRoy (此人乃 Laura Albert 虛構!!!) 自傳回憶錄，入圍坎城影展導演雙週。這鬼電影實在是異常難看！但身為 Asia Argento 自編自導自演電影，我想仍然有介紹之必要。故事關於一個男孩光怪陸離的成長歷程，亞細亞遺傳老爸才華，穿插許多所謂很藝術的鏡頭，例如每當男孩感到苦痛，就會出現可怕火鳥張牙舞爪，叼走沙漠中男孩手臂



……如果把所有男孩被虐時天真卻堅毅不撓的眼神剪接成短片，你將得到德萊葉的聖女貞德受難記。

























火鳥。











薇諾納瑞德飾演醫院兒童心理創傷輔導人員。







Jordan Taylor 這面熟傢伙就是葛斯范桑大象 神似 Scarlett Johansson 的美少年約翰，亦為【溫蒂與露西】(Wendy and Lucy, 2008) 剛正不阿超市店員。







班佛斯特飾演神父，受洗方式為把孩童扔到浴缸裡用鋼刷刷洗。















素顏的瑪莉蓮曼森。







麥克筆。







右邊那個畫面看起來好像很藝術，其實是 Jeremiah 車窗上的嘔吐物













騙人之心不可有 The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

97 min. 2004



Directed by

Asia Argento

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Writing credits

Asia Argento (screenplay)

J.T. LeRoy (short stories)

Alessandro Magania (writer)



Asia Argento ... Sarah

Jimmy Bennett ... Young Jeremiah

Ornella Muti ... Grandmother

Dylan Sprouse ... Older Jeremiah

Cole Sprouse ... Older Jeremiah

Peter Fonda ... Grandfather

John Robinson ... Aaron

Lindy Maguire ... Girl

Ben Foster ... Fleshy Boy

Marilyn Manson ... Jackson

Michael Pitt ... Buddy

Winona Ryder ... Psychologist (uncredited)























Marilyn Manson - sAINT directed by Asia Argento









Evan Rachel Wood in Heart-Shaped Glasses

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