EYES WIDE SHUT... VERTIGO... MULHOLLAND DRIVE... 8 1/2... IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE... If you didn't like any of these films then steer clear of FEMME FATALE - it's not the guilty pleasure you've been looking for.
FEMME FATALE is a deliberately artificial work that blatantly ignores the popular conventions of mainstream cinema, while simultaneously seducing us with stylish tribute to noir bad girls. It's a film within a film. A dream masquerading as a story. A thriller that gives way to a self-referential commentary.
And the script? The acting? The dialogue? Artificial. Deliciously so. The mise-en-scene? The music? The split screen images? Self referential and loaded with double, triple and quadruple meanings.
FEMME FATALE is like midnight ride in a sleazy amusement park, and when it's all over you'll either want to barf over the side or you'll want jump in line to experience it all over again.
FEMME FATALE is a deliberately artificial work that blatantly ignores the popular conventions of mainstream cinema, while simultaneously seducing us with stylish tribute to noir bad girls. It's a film within a film. A dream masquerading as a story. A thriller that gives way to a self-referential commentary.
And the script? The acting? The dialogue? Artificial. Deliciously so. The mise-en-scene? The music? The split screen images? Self referential and loaded with double, triple and quadruple meanings.
FEMME FATALE is like midnight ride in a sleazy amusement park, and when it's all over you'll either want to barf over the side or you'll want jump in line to experience it all over again.