Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2013)
Meg and I went to the film society showing of A Girl Walk Home Alone at Night and it was soooooo good. The aesthetic was gorgeous, so chill and moody and atmospheric. I really liked that it's black and white, it made it seem very film noir and added to the vibe of 'Bad City' which is grimy and cold and sad. There was a lot of shots I really enjoyed e.g. the moving industrial machines, the train when the two meet up, the note signed dracula, the body pit/mass grave, etc. Overall it was just a really beautiful film and the aesthetic of an almost dystopian city really interested me. The characters were another part I LOVED. The female lead was incredible, so well written and she pulled off the vampire vibe so well but in a way that isn't the usual 'sexy vampire' thing where a young woman is made to be this objectified monster woman thing. She was powerful but odd and she felt like a real character. I also liked how the film played on horror film tropes e.g. the title sounding like a classic horror where a woman would be killed or captured on her walk home, whereas in this film men who walk home alone are killed by a vampire woman who is small and young and doesn't look aggressive or monstrous. I really want to draw some cool vampires now.
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