Feed My Fetish, Please: Cattet & Forzani Pay Homage to the Eurospy in Dazzling Pastiche
Whether giallo gore or Western shaped, their films don’t lose their shape, as evidenced by Reflection in a Dead Diamond, the fourth feature from Belgian directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. But the titular gems are certainly not a girl’s best friend in this violent, loopy homage to the 1960s Eurospy craze, the latest genre the directors have plundered for their own brand of narrative which plays like a fetish mobius strip. Headlined by the great Fabio Testi, a remnant from the period of filmmaking being resurrected here, it’s a gonzo merry-go-round of visual textures which spins into a veritable oblivion.… Read the rest
