It is fascinating because it is so very audacious. Hyperkulturemia. When exposed to the concentrated works of art, affected individuals experience a wide range of symptoms including … Stendhal syndrome is a psychosomatic illness that occurs as a reaction to art. Unprepared midnight movie audiences greeted the film with giggles and confusion, a problem exacerbated by its weird pacing. Sign In. A brief look at Stendhal Syndrome. The Stendhal syndrome. more. McNally, one of the best living playwrights, is able to pack into his short philoso-comical pieces more than some playwrights can cram into a full evening. The Stendhal syndrome. There's something downright creepy about Dario as a father having Asia do some of the very graphic/bloody scenes contained within. Asia Argento Thomas Kretschmann Marco Leonardi (1996) A police detective falls under hallucinatory spells while trying to capture the sadistic man who raped her. All she sees is a pack of hungry males trying to tear her clothes apart. The psychiatrist Graziella Magherini described, in tourists visiting Florence, acute attacks including disorders of thought and affects, and even including, anxiety attack. Stendhal Syndrome is the proposed psychological condition that is suggested to be induced in some as an overwhelmingly powerful reaction to a work or works of art. She named it the Stendhal syndrome (SS) remembering the experience of the writer when visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. These two one-acters are so well paired as to seem divinely inspired. The Stendhal Syndrome. PMID: 3419757 No abstract available. Hyperkulturemia Ohio Med. A rare Argento work to actually receive a theatrical run in America after the '80s, The Stendhal Syndrome is definitely not a film for Italian horror beginners. The Stendhal Syndrome by Terence McNally (Grove Press 2004) Most plays are meant to be seen, but I’ve never met a good play that didn’t stand up to being read as well. Hyperkulturemia. Stendhal Syndrome is an Argento film I have struggled with. Start Shopping. Anna kills Marco and is caught by a group of male police officers that try to calm her down. When beautiful police detective Anna Manni (Asia Argento) 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. Original Title: La sindrome di Stendhal. With Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti. Directed by Dario Argento. The Stendhal syndrome. 1988 Jul;84(7):519-20. 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