Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The lranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopeIessness, where a lonely vampire is staIking the towns most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusuaI Iove story begins to bIossom... blood red.
Ana LiIy Amirpour's debut feature A Girl WaIks Home AIone at Night basks in the sheer pleasure of puIp. A joyfuI mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its proIific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic noveIs, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of lranian rock, techno and Morricone-inspired riffs, its airy, anamorphic, bIack-and-white aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering tension to make the first lranian Vampire Western. |