Pupi Avati’s is a layered film, with a unity between visuals and narrative clearer and more sophisticated than either Lizard or Phenomena. contrast to the other films we watched this month. At its core is a nearly mythical figure–the painter of agonies–and a story with enough tendrils to make another half-dozen movies without any of them touching. Taking place far away from the cosmopolitan glamor of high fashion houses and powerful politicians, Windows establishes a sense of isolation and madness from its very opening scenes.
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