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“She Was Asking
For It” is an art film, but not one in the strictest sense. While Saliba
strives for unique and unusual, he also makes it clear that his film is
an exploitative and gratuitous revenge film that works in a small scale
and never strives for pretension or presumption. “She Was Asking For It”
is composed in a series of stills that act as a form of narrative rather
than attempt narration, or dialogue, or a simple sequence of events.
“She Was Asking For It” is based around the vicious sexual crime of a
young man who is snared into the trap of a gorgeous woman who then
kidnaps him and proceeds to rape him with her best friend. The young man
is now corrupted and becomes a vicious killer stalking them and
inevitably garnering his own form of payback. While the
concept is a bit unusual, Saliba’s film works because the
man has talent clear and simple.
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His world is a dark and
cold place ruled by perverse acts and sexual violence and
this young man becomes a victim and inevitably uses his
crime as a form of payback. The photography with the stills
are fantastic as he presents bold shades of red and blue
paired with some wonderful images of grim murders and rather
demented forms of torture that quickly drive this film as a
great example of ingenuity and creativity. |
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“She Was Asking For
It” is a great Giallo with its protagonist giving into the darkness that
swallowed him whole and becoming the monster he was tormented by. Saliba
has a clear idea of the grim picture of sexual violence he tries to
implement and “She Was Asking For It” is a great exploitation short with
a unique and memorable delivery.
Saliba takes a simple and old formula and turns it into an utterly
creative and simple little revenge exploitation flick featuring a harsh
sex crime, vicious payback, and a surprisingly memorable delivery. Look
for this.
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