The Reflecting Skin | |
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Directed by | Philip Ridley |
Written by | Philip Ridley |
Produced by | Dominic Anciano Ray Burdis |
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Cinematography | Dick Pope |
Edited by | Scott Thomas |
Music by | Nick Bicât |
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Distributed by | Virgin Vision (UK) Miramax Films (US) |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
Countries | United Kingdom Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
Box office | $17,042[3] |
The Reflecting Skin is a 1990 British-Canadian dramatic horror film written and directed by Philip Ridley and starring Jeremy Cooper, Viggo Mortensen and Lindsay Duncan. Described by its director as a "mythical interpretation" of childhood,[4] the film weaves elements of vampirism, surrealism, black comedy, symbolism, and religious zealotry throughout its narrative about the perceptions and fantasies of an impressionable young boy in 1950s America. The Reflecting Skin places the majority of its action outdoors around the dilapidated farms and in the wheat fields of Idaho shot in idyllic sunlight which belies the dark secrets of the characters and plot.