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Christopher Smith
18Nov11
Riveting experimental film emulates the style and atmosphere of the classic giallo films, helped along by choice sampling from the scores of Ennio Morricone and Stelvio Cipriani. Virtually plotless, but the precision camerawork and razor-sharp editing are masterful. Not for everyone, but I found it a remarkable piece of work.
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HKFanatic
6Oct11
Take any one of these three vignettes and they most likely could have stood on their own as short films. String them together and you get an almost intolerable feature, told entirely through extreme close-ups: close-ups of eyes, of lips, of breasts, of crotches. There is almost no dialogue or music, and what music is here is recycled from older giallos. An homage to Mario Bava that plays out like a student film.
Matt Richards
27Jul11
Experimental, visually dense story about a girl growing up and exploring her sexuality. Most likely an exploration of the murky areas between the violence of male sexuality and the degree of submission within female sexuality. Visually ambitious but not that great, a whole lot of heavy breathing, shadowy figures and a corpse. 1.5 stars
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Bardesanes
1Jun11
This film is gorgeous on so many levels it's like a painting. I'm glad it has so little dialogue because it would get in the way of how amazing this looks. I also like how much sexual tension can be suggested while showing very little. There needs to be more films like this one. This is also currently my favorite soundtrack.
bluesoul
19May11
This was even better than the trailer suggested, really astonishing from a visual and sound perspective (worth seeing in high definition quality for those two reasons alone) and those changes of colours (filters) were really something special. A gorgeous modern take on giallo with a sightly experimental touch, well worth checking out if you're even remotely into such kind of movies ;)
Mathias Palmberg
12Apr11
Cooler than I expected since most comments about this movie stated that there was no plot, which I thought it actually had. However I have to agree with other posters that the last segment of the movie lacked. But the first and second were wonderful.
delbertgrady
11Apr11
Great visuals and soundtrack but loses its way at the end. Maybe I need to watch it again.
Rabbit Room
6Mar11
Beautiful, surreal, perverse tribute to "giallo" cinema that uses the language of the genre in a completely new way. Or, what if Sergio Martino decided to make a David Lynch movie in 1974?
Toby Venable
11Dec10
a purely visual exercise of giallo's psychosexual tropes and like someone below wrote a derivitive pastiche but when has giallo or for that matter any genre film concerned itself with anything else? perfect for what it is, sexy, beautiful and unsettling. a great first film and one I'll be watching again
Wally Zialcita
31Oct10
I wouldn't put much stock in that synopsis from The Transilvania International Film Festival. That said, a synopsis, per se, seems besides the point here. This movie is an exquisite exercise in composition, not narrative, and the central character, seen in three variations, plays more like a motif than a protagonist.
Matthew_Lucas
14Oct10
Tantalizing avant-garde psychosexual horror film evokes the terror of sexual repression through wordless mental turmoil in 3 parts.
occam
4Feb10
A Giallo movie with surreal elements, allot of fetish and style. Pretty good for the first feature! Noticeable is the strong focus on the human perception. The camera and editing is imitating the viewing process of the actors. Details over details, closeup after closeup - it gets more intimate. Pure fetishism! Q&A with Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani from IFFR 2010 http://www.vimeo.com/9195925