Deep Crimson
Deep Crimson
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1h 54m
Directed by Arturo Ripstein • 1996 • France, Mexico, Spain
In this alternately macabre and mirthful thriller, based on a true-crime story, renowned Mexican director Arturo Ripstein brings a stylish audacity to the tale of the "Lonely Hearts Killers," a couple who, in the 1940s, posed as brother and sister to lure and murder unsuspecting widows. Featuring performances both sympathetic and stomach-churning by Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho, Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí) is a wild update of the same events that inspired Leonard Kastle's The Honeymoon Killers.
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Arturo Ripstein
Director Arturo Ripstein reflects on the making of DEEP CRIMSON in this interview recorded by the Criterion Collection in Mexico City in 2025.
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Paz Alicia Garciadiego
In this interview, recorded by the Criterion Collection in Mexico City in 2025, screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego discusses her enduring collaboration with director Arturo Ripstein and the making of DEEP CRIMSON.
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Introduction by Ari Aster
In this introduction to the film, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 2025, filmmaker Ari Aster pays tribute to director Arturo Ripstein.
