a lot of attention to detail and makes reference to everyone from hitchcock to dario argento. oddly sincere film, and it's also subversive. i really enjoyed it. i thought it was going to be a parody oi’ thought it was going to be a parody ora thought it was going to be a parody or a pastiche. but it was so much more. i've met some of the people who thought the same thing, they thought it would be a bit camp or kitsch and it is much more than that. though it is all of those things as well. just looking at the poster, i'm thinking isjust not camp enough. kitsch is the word, isn't it? there's also a strange sincerity underlying giver makes in just pastiche. it's a strange movie andi just pastiche. it's a strange movie and i light it very much. now the talking point of the week is elle. and as a woman, i feel almost anxious about seeing it. it can be read in many ways and them contradictory. on the one hand, it isa contradictory. on the one hand, it is a boundary crossing tale of sexual violence. on the other, it is a showcase for isabel huppert, who is sin are's most fearlessly i