Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

An exploration into truth and fiction in the age of the internet.

2006 · 133 min · Documentary, Drama, Romance

Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio over the course of October 2006. The vignettes, drawing on an ad-hoc 'video diary' aesthetic but in fact painstakingly directed, intertwine reality with fantasy thanks to a script devised by Emma Forrest that confuses fiction with reality.

Directed by Asia Argento · Written by Emma Forrest

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