Five Questions for Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS)

Lucky us! We managed to get Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, the directors of The Strange Colours of Your Body's Tears, to answer five questions for the Vanguard Blog.Their Giallo-inspired film is playing at the Festival this year.

1. There are many different definitions of Giallo, but how would you define Giallo?

Incredible music, incredible settings, incredible murders! An extraordinary mix between sex and death which put the viewer in a strange position, lost in a game with his point of view!  

2. What are your favorite experimental films?

Meshes of the Afternoon  by Maya Deren, Scorpio Rising by Kenneth Anger, Nightshots by Stephen Dwoskin, Un chant d'amour by Jean Genet, The Sex of Self-Hatred by Solomon Nagler, The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man by Aryan Kaganoff, The Big Shave by Martin Scorsese, Mamori by Karl Lemieux. 

 

3. What film(s) do you consider an influence on your work that people might find surprising?

Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami.

4. Since Giallo influenced slasher films, is there one specific slasher film that you think lives up to its Giallo influences?

If we consider Brian de Palma's Dressed To Kill as a slasher, it is the one! If not, there are some bit and pieces of giallo in the beginning of The Burning, or in movies as Ripper: Letter From Hell and Tuno negro.

5. What is the one piece of advice you would give to emerging filmmakers?

Work, work, and work.

Now that's you've researched all the movies mentioned in this post, you can get your tickets for a screening of The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears, which is playing this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Thanks to these talented and clearly very busy filmmakers for taking the time to chat with us! 

THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY’S TEARS Screening Times:

Wednesday, Sept 11th, 6:00 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA

Thursday, Sept 12th, 9:30 PM SCOTIABANK 3

Saturday, Sept 14th, 12:30 PM SCOTIABANK 8

A FIELD IN ENGLAND Behind-the-Scenes

Because we know you're just dying to hear more about director Ben Wheatley's A Field in England, we found a behind-the-scenes featurette to share with you. WHAT?! Amazeballs, right? Right.

Wheatley originally posted this on his blog, with a link to the full, treasure trove of materials on the film's website, saying he "wanted to make available the process of how you make a film" and that he hopes we find it useful.

If you head on over to the website, you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about A Field in England in a handy, dandy Masterclas--from development to costumes to acting to the score. See, EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know. It probably goes without saying that all of this information contains spoilers, but we don't want anybody whining to us about ruining the film, so we'll say it here, in caps, with bolded font for even more effect: IF YOU PARTAKE IN THE DIGITAL MASTERCLASS, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. GOT IT? GOOD. CLICK HERE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

For those of you who haven't seen the film yet, here's a little spoiler-free snippet from the Masterclass about A Field in England's influences:

A FIELD IN ENGLAND Screening Times:

• Friday, Sept 13th, 9:00 PM RYERSON
• Saturday, Sept 14, 9:00 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 3