The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears DVD | Psychological Thriller Movie by Strand Releasing | Perfect for Film Noir Lovers & Mystery Movie Nights

A word or two of context.Art Nouveau, also known as Jugendstil, was in many ways the final flourish of a European culture of hand crafted art that survived the pit of the dark ages but was not able to survive the ravages of the cruel 20th Century with its totalitarianism and military industrial complexes. It was on many levels the collective expression of hundreds of artists, artisans, poets, architects, actors, models, an organic evolution of a feminine ideal of beauty that was, however evanescently, realized in the moments before that generation of artists went off to meet their untimely demise in the trenches of the first World War. So many real lives were lost, and their style itself has become a symbol for what the world might have been if not...Auteurs Roman Polanski and Dario Argento are both acutely aware of the beauty of Art Nouveau and each, in their own way, has used its aesthetic to accentuate their own expressions of cinematic woe, and I doubt either would begrudge the clear fact Hélène Cattet, along with Bruno Forzani and an amazing ensemble cast, has captured and even resurrected the essence of Jugendstil in all its tragic aesthetic in a way that neither male director ever did or ever could, while at the same time paying a wonderful and loving homage to those who have explored this dark, sensuous Fin de Siécle world before her.You won't get it all on your first viewing. I've watched it at least four times now and am still discovering new things, like the split second early on in the film when a door slams and Klaus Tange's image for a split second turns into a black abyss in the voluptuous, tropical palette of the background that makes every moment of this perfectly realized work of horror art a sumptuous feast for the eye, mind and soul.