Sequestered inside the fashion house, models and management arouse scandal with every dramatic stare. Jealousy and desire entwined through the young cast and the Technicolor murder spree. With everyone as a suspect, secrets abound; awaiting upon unsure lips that beget sensuality and dismay with their disclosure. Every character seeking an alibi and paranoia following them in their designer Italian cars. While the narrative is spurred by the murder of a young model called Isabella (Francesca Ungaro), it is the betrayal…

Amidst the chimera of passion and memories, the main characters disclose their maladies to each other in the two day/night span they are together. In the capsuled time together, their sorrow-lovelorn, war afflicted, or simultaneous- is steadily unveiled to each other. Albeit their affair seems vapid in the tender hours after their one-night stand, their interminable convergences wrest the intimacy that was lacking at the beginning. Their mutual desolation anchors them together as they meander through Japanese bars/restaurants and the…

Johnny Flynn as the preeminent yet still esoteric, at the film's period, David Bowie is magnificent. He is morose and tender with all prospect of a meritorious career very distant. All mystery surrounding his identity arousing only a few singular onlookers who are drawn to him yet are still amiss about him; for Flynn's David is wary of his own talent and artistic posterity. Lacking a soundtrack of iconic songs, the film is a resplendent showcase of an apprehensive individual…

Aghast and entranced, the viewer becomes manipulated by the looming dismay that promenades throughout the film. Between the serene landscapes and widescreen settings intermingled conversely with the elegiac film score by Radiohead guitarist/accomplished composer - Johnny Greenwood, the film/viewer are held at discordant positions while further aggravating the anguish at the center of the film and acutely within Diana Spencer (Kristen Stewart). At the onset, intrigue propels the production as to Diana's fate and endurance in a sequestered role at…