The Hell of Subjectivity: Claude Chabrol’s L’Enfer (1994) as a Study in Paranoia and the Gaze
Chabrol uses color like a weapon. The film starts in the golden, honeyed hues of a summer romance. By the second act, the palette shifts to acidic yellows and deep, bruised purples. Nelly’s white summer dresses become symbols of impossible purity, which Paul’s mind inevitably soils. Claude Chabrol - L--enfer -1994-
The Hell of Subjectivity: Claude Chabrol’s L’Enfer (1994) as a Study in Paranoia and the Gaze
Chabrol uses color like a weapon. The film starts in the golden, honeyed hues of a summer romance. By the second act, the palette shifts to acidic yellows and deep, bruised purples. Nelly’s white summer dresses become symbols of impossible purity, which Paul’s mind inevitably soils.