The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This movie is visually stimulating, and has a beautiful soundtrack. It's heavily based in paying tribute to the Giallo era, with the Sergio Martino/Edwige Fenech films and Dario Argento topping the list of sampled visual ideas, direction, and soundtracks. (Even the name is taken from Martino translations)It's not made for everyone, but for the people that it's aimed at, it couldn't be a more perfect breath of fresh air! I absolutely love this film. 10/10 for me.

There is no ending and no beginning. Missing narrative destroys a film with mesmerizing sequences and images. Not sufficient unless we are simply looking for that, plus a sound track that at several junctures grabs a viewer by the throat.What is so disappointing is the obvious filmic talent on display that goes nowhere. It is difficult to judge the acting because the style obviously demanded by the director is flat and almost entirely one dimensional. There are a few hiccups, such as an unwanted reflection or two, but generally the visual images are powerful, as are some of the sequences. I recommend serious viewers consult a copy of Kraft-Ebbing for a deeper understanding of some of the images.

Certainly in the spirit of giallo but with the soul of Kafka. No simple narrative flow, not even a regular narrative structure, this visual and aural treat is not the simplest of watches. Always beautiful with continuous references to stained glass, art nouveau, eyes, knives and bared and bleeding flesh, the music and effects are also alluring, evocative and disturbing. A man returns from a business trip to find he cannot find his wife ( Edwige, nudge nudge aficionados! ) and that's about it, unless you count the wondrous building in which the film takes place or the spaces behind the walls. The directing duo are clearly fascinated by the Italian genre films of the 60s and early 70s and deliver up the most sumptuous offering, its just that, not unreasonably, they are less interested in the story lines but more in the more primal elements that go into even the lesser giallo. They love the colours, the sounds, the wide eyed screams and the trickling blood. The confused participants who know not whether they are mad or even dead, cannot help but draw us in to this manic mayhem and those of us who, similarly enjoy this craziness, can only applaud and breathe a sigh of relief we got out alive.

This type of movie has a name : masturbation! A bad mix between Belgian "arty" cinema, Lynch, Cronenberg, … without talent! And most of all without script!This is typical of directors who want to show their visual talent without any idea of a story to tell.And don't get abused, you won't see anything that you haven't before. Even on the visual aspect talent is not a word that concerns that movie. More technical abilities we should say… so what's the point???Yes gentlemen directors of this movie (if we shall call it so); go and see Videodrome! That's a weird visual movie, yes! But it has a script, yes!The worst in all this is that people get money to spend to do that kind of things. It is a BAD thing for Belgian cinema!Avoid!!!