Le Samouraï Review
Pristine natbait. The way the meticulous framing and cuts echoes and emphasizes Costello's meticulousness. He's almost always shot in profile or dead on—indirect angles are rare and brief. The camera frames him in right angles, in the center of doorframes and surrounded by lines, until his plans start going awry and the perfect symmetry breaks. The subtle but consistent thrum of the samurai metaphor, the killer's code propelling him forward and lifting him up and ultimately the only thing he sees when he looks inside himself.
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