u/Fantastic_Act2050

Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying to find a book I read in a library, but I only have fragments of the plot in my memory. I’m hoping someone here might recognize it.

Here’s what I remember:

• The story is told from the perspective of a journalist (I strongly think she is a woman)
• She goes to interview or investigate a mysterious film director
• A lot of the story takes place in a New York apartment or building (I don't remember well)
• The director is known for filming very realistic / disturbing scenes, possibly involving actors who might have died for real (or at least that’s the implication in the story)
• The journalist is forbidden from entering one specific room, but she eventually goes in anyway
• Inside that room, there is something very disturbing — I remember either a starving woman or a dead woman (possibly an actress)
• There is also a part where the production or filming happens outside the country, as if they travel to shoot a scene
• The book felt like a normal narrative (no mixed media, no screenshots, no experimental layout)
• It was a paperback / pocket-sized book, not very thick
• I vaguely remember the cover having red tones

This is all very fragmented, so some details might be slightly off, but the core feeling of the story is very vivid to me.

If anyone has any idea what this might be, I’d be really grateful. It’s been stuck in my mind for years and I want to re-read it because I liked it.

Thank you so much 🙏