

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Direction
Tom Ford's second film—somehow MORE visually controlled than A Single Man.
Acting
Michael Shannon's dying detective steals every scene he's in.
Cinematography
Susan's sterile art world vs. the desert's brutal golds—no accident.

Director
Tom Ford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The opening images—obese nude dancers—are from actual artist Leigh Bowery's work; Ford wanted immediate discomfort.
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