Advantages: Surreal, weird fantasy; a fascinating one-off Disadvantages: May be too weird for some
Starring: Adrienne Barrett as The Gamine Bruno VeSota as Rich Man Ben Roseman as Gamine's Father / Plainclothes Cop Richard Barron as Evil One This is one weird film - probably one of the, if not THE, very weirdest you'll ever see. Although classified on Ciao as 'Horror', it really is a one-off that defies categorisation. This 1955 production is a very dark, very surreal, very odd and somewhat disturbing film that, if there was a category called ... ...under. It has far more in common with 1920s German Expressionism and the Surrealist movement, than any modern definition of a horror film. The film consists of a series of frightening experiences a young woman encounters during one night in a bad part of a big city, after she wakes up in a cheap hotel room. There is no dialogue in the movie, just a brilliant soundtrack consisting of cool 1950s jazz, avant-garde orchestral music, and the voice of ...
thereddragon 16.02.2009 (18.02.2009)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Dementia (DVD)
Come with me into the tormented, haunted, half-lit night if the insane. This is my world. ... more
Let me lead you into it. Let me take you into the mind of a woman who is mad. You may not recognize some things in this world, and the faces will look strange to ...
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