For my money, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani are two of the best genre directors working today. Their two feature-length gialli, Amer (2009) and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (2014) are among the greatest "throwback" films of all-time, taking the vocabulary and iconography of the giallo and twisting it into something new and exciting, all while playing with the cinematic form with a barrage of close-ups, split screens, and Chris Marker-esque jump-cut slideshows. The only downside is that, as of the time of this writing, only the aforementioned gialli are available for viewing, while their latest film, Let the Corpses Tan, won’t be released stateside until this summer. So what’s a fan of hyper-stylized neo-gialli to do? Why, turn to their shorts, of course!
Like many filmmakers, Cattet and Forzani honed the aesthetic they’d use in their later films through their early shorts. Unlike all filmmakers,...
Like many filmmakers, Cattet and Forzani honed the aesthetic they’d use in their later films through their early shorts. Unlike all filmmakers,...
- 10/20/2017
- by Perry Ruhland
- DailyDead
Giallo films are an acquired taste, to be sure, but many influential filmmakers have come up through the giallo ranks, including Dario Argento, Mario Bava, and Lucio Fulci. Many films in this subgenre of horror are often accused of adhering so strictly to its own well-established conventions - the black-gloved killer, the tight eye close-ups, the erotic overtones, etc. - that the films themselves become almost interchangeable. To make that accusation is to show a lack of understanding of what giallo fans and filmmakers love about them: they are more about a feeling than they are about what's actually happening on the screen. Story, while still important, becomes almost secondary to style. That's never been more apparent than in Amer, a France-Belgium co-production from co-writers/directors Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, two filmmakers whose love of giallo shines through in their two previous shorts, 2004's La fin de notre amour and 2006's Santos Palace.
- 10/25/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Midnighter line-up at SXSW seems to be a mish-mash of the weird and the very surreal, as Amer keeps viewers on their toes in fantasy crazyland. The film Amer begins with a shot of a razor over a mouth, or an eye and the trailer is not somewhat, but very disturbing. The early promotional material shows a hodge-podge of images, that come across as disconcerting. Horror fans might have a similar, or very different experience from watching this trailer, provided below. Those who are interested in the bizarre, will need to have a look at this Helene Cattet (Santos Palace) directed film. If you see this film in Austin, Texas drop a note here and let others know what to expect from this Midnighter entry.
A unique synopsis for Amer here:
"Desire has always been linked to one's look. And cinema too. Luis Buñuel knew that very well when...
A unique synopsis for Amer here:
"Desire has always been linked to one's look. And cinema too. Luis Buñuel knew that very well when...
- 2/6/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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