Reflecting Skin, The (1990) d. Ridley, Philip (UK)
A cerebral, challenging film that examines the bleak and beautiful nightmare of childhood. Award-winning playwright/author/painter Philip Ridley envisions the American Midwest of the '50s as a wasteland devoid of moral compasses and populated by bizarre characters. Here, the monsters are everywhere but where we look for them, the beauty of the landscape masking the darkness that lurks beneath.
