#6 - A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT by Ana Lily Amirpour (USA)
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT revolves around a young girl, who is also a vampire, whose blood sucking identity is jeopardised when he meets a man who seems to treat her with respect.
This feature debut by ANA LILY AMIRPOUR is a visual and stylistic masterwork. The black and white photography is meticulous and every shot is highly passionate, romanticised and meticulously choreagraphed. The ambition of blending several genres into one, from the western and horror genre to the commercialised Iranian romantic films matches also highlights the prominence of the mixture of the geographical filmmaking languages from the United States and Iran.
Despite the undeniable fact that the plot can come across as being paper thin, and seeming to thrive on style over substance, its compelling feminist undertones and the riveting mix of graphic novel and shamelessly cheesy Iranian commercial romantic cinema, as well as horror and western, make this film exciting and potentially trend setting.