: Cinematographer Guillaume Schiffman used a "flattened-out" lensing technique and a muted blue-brown-maroon color palette to evoke the look of a yellowing '60s postcard.
: The visual language explicitly parodies Alfred Hitchcock —including a climax atop the Christ the Redeemer statue that riffs on North by Northwest and Vertigo . OSS 117: Lost in Rio image
: The film heavily employs split-screen effects and multi-dynamic image techniques (popularized by films like The Thomas Crown Affair ) to display several panes of action at once. OSS 117: Lost in Rio image