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Almost Blue (2000)
An interesting analysis of the killer.
We first see the Italian production's unnamed villain sitting at a computer while a male victim lays bleeding to death. The violence in this sequence is overt and detailed. Note how the director filmed the killer's bloody feet being inserted into his tattered sneakers; the very image makes clear the grimy, thoroughly engaged nature of the murderer's pathology and, thus, makes it difficult for the audience to become attached on a personal level.
While Almost Blue appropriates the psychology of other cinematic antagonists (Red Dragon comes to mind), the filmmakers chooses to invest less in the killer as an individual, and instead reveal key aspects of his personality through harsh details. For example, the antagonist walks the streets with grating, generic heavy metal music blaring into his head via a pair of earphones. This device becomes unsettling only when the camera assumes his POV and the music obliterates all other diagetic sound. The effect is to reveal his thoroughly detached nature, as well as to provide a cruel metaphor for the killer's mentality. The director seems to be saying, "This is what's inside his head." Almost Blue ultimately bears the distinction of showcasing one of the more interesting serial killers in the movie canon.