The Dryden will screen Scarlet Diva (Asia Argento, Italy 2000, 90 min., DCP, Italian and French w/subtitles).

It took Asia Argento's directorial debut almost two decades before landing a U.S. distribution deal, but it was worth the wait. Scarlet Diva is a poison pen letter to Hollywood from the unique cinematic perspective of this indie film provocateur and an outspoken leader in the #metoo movement. In a semi-autobiographical film, Argento plays Anna Battista, a popular 24-year-old Italian actor who engages in a hectic and self-destructive spree across Europe and America to shed her sex kitten image to become an artist. A timely look at the systematic sexism of the film industry. Created on glorious standard definition Minidv as part of the first wave of digital filmmaking, Scarlet Diva is now newly restored in HD.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Jul-16]