If Afterschool taught us to keep our teens within arm’s length reach, Antonio Campos’ latest film could serve as a public service announcement that the grip could be tighter. A lone wolf slices thru nocturnal dwellings of a Paris-scape, and as we know it, the postcard version of the City of Lights turns to muck. Much like his debut, Simon Killer (Sundance ’12) is sure to divide audiences, and this may have to do with how the film’s protagonist (brilliantly played by Brady Corbet) is fleshed out – the aud’s rapport with the character matures as the Simon mutates and potentially becomes shades of his former self. It was an exhausted and under the weather Campos I met back in Park City back in 2012 and among the items we discussed were the aesthetic choices that add to the sensorial experience, the insertion of LCD’s Dance Yrself Clean, visual template of the film and creating the character of Simon with Corbet. IFC Films opens the film on April 5th.
Interview: Antonio Campos (Simon Killer)
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.
