Deep Crimson
Directed by Arturo Ripstein • 1996 • France, Mexico, Spain
Starring Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes
Mexican provocateur Arturo Ripstein takes the ever-ripe lovers-on-the-run premise of dime-store pulp to its deliriously overheated, wickedly perverse extreme. In 1940s Mexico, a lusty, hot-for–Charles Boyer nurse (Regina Orozco) meets a balding con man (Daniel Giménez Cacho) who’s touchy about his toupee through a lonely hearts ad, and it’s not long before they’re off on a cross-country crime spree robbing and murdering widows in between bouts of carnal passion. Based on the same true-crime shocker that inspired THE HONEYMOON KILLERS, DEEP CRIMSON—presented here in its 2023 director’s cut—blends the heavy-breathing hysterics of golden-age melodrama with startling violence and Buñuelian black humor.
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Deep Crimson Director's Cut
Mexican provocateur Arturo Ripstein takes the ever-ripe lovers-on-the-run premise of dime-store pulp to its deliriously overheated, wickedly perverse extreme. In 1940s Mexico, a lusty, hot-for–Charles Boyer nurse (Regina Orozco) meets a balding con man (Daniel Giménez Cacho) who’s touchy about hi...
Extras
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Deep Crimson
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 ...
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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.
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Academy Panel
This panel discussion, hosted by Cristina Venegas, was held after a special screening of DEEP CRIMSON at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles in 2017. It features director Arturo Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego.
