Monday, 27 September 2021

THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS no stars


 Anyone who's seen "Amer" will know what to expect...or maybe not, since Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's "The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears" takes giallo-homage weirdness to new heights. We're in visual and audio overdrive here; this is like Argento on acid. It may not make much sense, if any, but then dreams and nightmares very seldom do and this is a fever-dream of a movie.

There's no point in even attempting to describe what passes for a plot; best to just let it all pass over you like the body's tears of the title. Giallo may be the most obvious influence but this horror movie isn't aimed at a mass audience and it will have a very limited appeal. It may look like brilliant cinema from a couple who clearly know their stuff but I found it very difficult to sit through and, worst of all, it seems endless.

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