‘Simon Killer’ tries to get too much mileage out of the mundanity of Simon’s routine
Simon Killer Directed by Antonio Campos United States, 2012 Philadelphia Film Festival We probably see the back of characters’ heads nearly as frequently as their faces in Antonio Campos’ follow-up to his 2008 brooder, Afterschool. Favoring a handheld, following camera, a pulsing synth soundtrack that cuts abruptly in and out, slow zooms that seem to …
