"The Reflecting Skin" is among the most beautiful and elegiac movies I have ever seen. It's dark and depressing film which takes place during 50's. Philip Ridley's full-length debut features many memorable moments for example frog exploding in a torrent of blood and guts,a couple of chirping ladies walking close to Seth and carrying a dead seagull,a gruesome suicide that ended with a burning gas station and the discovery of the mummified baby in the barn. The water plays the major theme in "The Reflecting Skin". The film is extremely poetic with its bleak subject matter of loneliness and mourn. The cinematography of Dick Pope is breathtaking with some moody shots of the fields,rolling hills and big skies. Dreamy and strangely hypnotic "The Reflecting Skin" is an unforgettable trip into sadness and melancholy.9 out of 10.
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