Mother of Tears vs. The Stendhal Syndrome

is that a joke? if you're asking which one is better, between mother of tears and stendhal syndrome, then the answer is that The Stendhal Syndrome is better. by a huge margin.

if it's a joke, though, the answer is that mother of tears is better. more breasts in mother of tears.

Got to go with "The Stendhal Syndrome", in my humble opinion it's his best work in his later years. I very much prefer the Italian language dub to the english one, which is rather shabby. Almost envy you in having yet to discover the maestro's films; have fun.

Stendhal Syndrome all the way. Though it´s far from being my favorite from Argento, it´s still a very good effort, and probably his last great film. Mother of Tears is a stupid mess.

The theater is like a faithful wife. The film is the great adventure, the costly, exacting mistress

It pains me to say that The Stendhal Syndrome by far the better movie, even if it can't be counted among his better films. Story and acting is a mess here too, but Dario delivers some powerful scenes here and there. Not to mention that the music, which is written by Moriccone, adds a lot to the atmosphere.

Personally, I believe that The Stendhal Syndrome is the only masterpiece he did after Opera. Plus Asia's performence is great! Not so-so like her's in Mother of Tears.



"Paradise is too perfect for humanity." ~ Dario Argento

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The Stendhal Syndrome is fairly underrated as Argento films go. It's obviously nowhere near as good as his work from 1970 to 1988, but it's enjoyable enough as a psychological thriller, and has a fairly fearless and committed performance from Asia that almost overcomes the limitations of the script.

I'm still not sure how I feel about Mother of Tears. It was surely dreadful, but I enjoyed it in the way that I enjoy a Fulci film; just a collection of vicious gore-scenes crudely strung together.

Obviously, with this in mind, Stendhal Syndrome is better.

Stendhal Syndrome is his only great post-Opera film. This is unwatchable.