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TIFF 2010: Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s Red Nights
Among Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes’ foreign film delicacies is a number that is part Italian (heavily influenced by giallo), part Hong Kong (exotic locals) and part French, because of its tag team helmers in Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud. Soaked in red and clad in its rubbery textures, Red Nights is a directing debut that the type of product you might receive from a pair of rabid fans who’ve not only grown up with borrowed/pirated video VHS tapes without subtitles but have also been, part of the industry that is cult to them.
Among Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes’ foreign film delicacies is a number that is part Italian (heavily influenced by giallo), part Hong Kong (exotic locals) and part French, because of its tag team helmers in Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud. Soaked in red and clad in its rubbery textures, Red Nights is a directing debut that the type of product you might receive from a pair of rabid fans who’ve not only grown up with borrowed/pirated video VHS tapes without subtitles but have also been, part of the industry that is cult to them. The S&M, murder thriller has got the look down, but somewhere the plot got lost in translation and sultry femme fatales in Frederique Bel and Carrie Ng didn’t have much to work with except the latex offerings and cherry red colors in the make-up chair. Here’s the World Premiere screening intro plus a portion of the Q&A.
