REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND Is a Surreal Spy Throwback (Review)

Exclusive Interview: Filmmakers Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet reflect on their hyperstylized “REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND” - Rue Morgue

Exclusive Interview: Filmmakers Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet reflect on their hyperstylized “REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Having homaged the giallo genre with the much-lauded AMER (2009) and THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY’S TEARS (2013), the French-born, Belgium-based writing/directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani turned to li…

REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND Is a Surreal Spy Throwback (Review)

I love filmmakers who not only have a lane and stick to that lane, but find new and inventive ways to breathe life into that lane. Belgian writer-directing duo of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani shattered my cineaste brain at a film festival in 2013 with their giallo pastiche, The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, a sensual and surreal series of paranoia, violence, and nudity. The pair’s love for Italian cult cinema from the ’60s and ’70s plus…