If you loved To Sleep So as to Dream, try Le Lézard noir
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Theyboth carry the neon soaked, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Fantasy / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to To Sleep So as to Dream, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Le Lézard noir is
A neon-lit Tokyo summer night. The chime of an antique clock. A jewel thief lures a gumshoe into a mirrored salon where the walls are stocked with stolen faces. The detective’s coat pockets fill with cryptic appointment cards while a sequined hostage listens through a porcelain teacup. This is the year the Japanese camera learned to wink—panavision parody starring one of Toei’s last great gangsters.

