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Artemisia (1998)

Starring: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault Director: Agn�s Merlet Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD

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Actors: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti, Emmanuelle Devos
Directors: Agn�s Merlet
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001
Run Time: 96 minutes

Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005R87F
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,353 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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This controversial and confused new film, written and directed by Agnès Merlet, is ostensibly about the seventeenth-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, but it is really the silliest form of late-twentieth-century iconography. The movie, which stars the fetching Valentina Cervi, makes a sexy love story out of Artemisia's relationship with her teacher, Agostino Tassi (played by Miki Manojlovic): it's art lessons as foreplay. "Let yourself go," Tassi tells his young pupil, as though he is quoting from Masters and Johnson, and Artemisia not only expertly guides him in bed but insists that he gave her pleasure when he raped her. Although the real Artemisia did flout the conventions of her time by insisting on painting from live models, it's hard to believe that she proceeded with the air of defiant entitlement she's given here. Once you accept the film on its own fraudulent terms, however, it's quite engaging-not least because of the erotic subtext. In French. -Daphne Merkin
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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A widely acclaimed critical favorite honored with a Golden Globe nomination as Best Foreign Language Film, ARTEMISIA is the highly provocative true story of a young woman whose bold pursuit of artistic freedom and physical desire threatened the elite powers of her time! Artemisia Gentileschi, the beautiful and talented daughter of one of Italy's greatest painters, is forbiden to fully pursue her own passion for painting. When she convinces a renowned and unconventional artist to tutor her, however, he not only liberates her in the world of art, but initiates her into the treacherous world of sex and love! Following the controversy of a theatrical release that saw the original NC-17 rating overturned on appeal, Miramax Films is proud to present this important and powerful motion picture complete and unedited!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not the true story..., January 28, 2000

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This review is from: Artemisia [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When this movie was first released, due to the outcry from the feminist and art history communities, Miramax had to remove their claim that it was "the true story of the first female painter in art history." Actually, it is practically a complete inversion of Artemisia Gentileschi's real story...she was in fact raped by Tassi (the 'love interest' in the movie) and maintained her stand *against* him even under torture (as is documented in the records of the trial). The film romanticizes and sexualizes her and their relationship to an almost soft-porn level while giving hardly any screen time to her actual work and using her paintings out of context...which is a shame, because the real story of this remarkable woman would have been just as dramatic if not more so.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Politically incorrect, and thought provoking, September 5, 2001

By	Susan E. Wood "Susan" (Rochester, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This film is a must-see for feminists and art historians although (or perhaps precisely BECAUSE) it may make you angry. It is a beautiful, intensely sympathetic study of the young Artemisia Gentileschi, her struggles to learn and grow as an artist in a society that makes it very difficult for her to do so, and her relationships with the men in her life. Artemisia has no desire to be the feminist role model that she later became (how could she? The word and concept of "feminism" didn't exist in her day), she just needed to paint. The part of this movie that infuriated feminists is its portrayal of her relationship with her much older and very disreputable teacher Tassi as consensual, rather than as a violent rape, followed by a relationship in which Artemisia reluctantly cooperated because he had promised her marriage.

According to modern definitions, of course, Tassi was guilty of some form of rape, whether Artemisia said "yes" or "no," because she was only 17 at the oldest, and he took advantage of his position of power. But there may be some truth in the movie's version of their relationship; Artemisia wouldn't be the first or the last young woman to have a crush on an older teacher, and to try out her powers of sexual attraction without fully understanding the consequences. It's true that the movie probably whitewashes Tassi's character in order to portray his relationship with Artemisia as a love story. In the actual trial transcript, Artemisia mocked him bitterly when they applied the thumb-screws to her hands during testimony, saying, "This is the wedding ring you promised me!" If she had ever felt any affection for him, it was gone by then. But if you allow the film some leeway for artistic license, it presents a fascinating study of how even a seemingly devastating experience like the rape trial and scandal could be part of an artist's growth. Artemisia's later career was not that of a poor, wronged victim; she went on to become a very successful painter.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy, inaccurate period costume flick, October 30, 2003

By	Laurel962 (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

Everybody else has clarified for you that the REAL Artemisia's story is not told here and is actually "inverted", i.e. they turn the story of her rape into a consensual love affair.

But that's far from the worst thing...I think the worst thing about this smarmy, heavy-breathing costume flick is that it makes the story of a brilliant woman painter's career into a story about who she sleeps with. And that's a terrible injustice.

The least interesting thing about Artemisia Gentilleschi is her sex life. If this film had the slightest integrity it would have at least shown her paintings. If you viewed this movie and had no other knowledge of the artist and the historical period, you would come away feeling you had watched a 17th century version of the Red Shoe Diaries...i.e., softcore porn, in this case focused on the smarmily told sexual awakening of a pretty teenage girl. Ugh.

You can skip this one... or watch if if you are an adult, but please please do not offer it up to a youngster, especially a girl, as any kind of "life of the artist" type of film (like the vastly superior "Frida" about Frida Kahlo), because this movie just sends absolutely the wrong kind of message to girls, that your sexuality is the most interesting thing about you, and talent is only another way to get laid.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not the real story of Artemisia, really bad research
This movie may have some value is you look at this purely as a work fiction, without of documenting how her life may have been . Read more

Published 8 months ago by Elise (the polyglot )

2.0 out of 5 stars Pornograpic and not suitable for class viewing
I have done extensive research for years concerning Artemisia Gentileschi, and I am always looking for new material to share with my college students when I teach the Baroque... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Gay Clarkson

4.0 out of 5 stars "More Earth, Less Sky" ~ Lessons In Perspective
The '98 French film `Artemisia' fluctuates back and forth between artsy, romantic, decadent, eloquent and profound. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Brian E. Erland

2.0 out of 5 stars Bummer.
I've been doing a lot of research about the artist Artemisia Gentileschi, and this movie really doesn't fit the historical data that we do have about this amazing artist and... Read more

Published on September 4, 2006 by Rebecca Burch

3.0 out of 5 stars As a story and movie, it's...okay
This is the story of Artemisia Gentileschi. According to the end of the movie, she was the first woman painter to be commissioned for her work. Read more

Published on August 2, 2006 by Wendy Schroeder

2.0 out of 5 stars Personal truths and loyalties
The movie is an evocative work of art. I encourage people to read all the reviews if they want to enjoy the movie from many different points of view. Read more

Published on July 17, 2006 by One More Option

4.0 out of 5 stars Women of the Renaissance
We all know about the magnificence of the male artists of the Renaissance, and especialy those of Italy. Read more

Published on June 25, 2006 by Ellenida

4.0 out of 5 stars Artemisia
Beautiful representation of the life of a woman that could be considered a landmark in the history of painters

Published on February 21, 2006 by Daniel Rodriguez

1.0 out of 5 stars What in the world...
Alright, the film has gorgeous landscapes, beautiful costumes and quite talented actors. However, if the director believed that incorporating pornography in the film would make... Read more

Published on June 11, 2005 by Sappho

1.0 out of 5 stars Wretched Tripe
The first ten minutes into this movie I knew it was going ot be a bitter disappointment. Take a good look at the real Artemisia Gentileschi's self portrait - she does not look... Read more

Published on March 30, 2005 by J. Headen

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