Recently restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, Brick and Mirror is a revelation in high definition, which makes it feel like seeing a new film: the neon lights of the big city blinking through the pitch black darkness, the atmosphere of the night-time bars, the sudden bursts of fragmented editing, the tracking shots through the orphanage, and even the tonal shifts can all be more fully appreciated. Golestan all but gave up filmmaking after the Revolution, but he left us a unique masterpiece of paranoia, fear, responsibility and human existence.
