Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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Friday, January 7, 2022
Burn the Witch pt 1: Mandy (2018) TW: mentions of sexual abuse and death
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
poison comes in many forms - The Power of the Dog
Monday, January 3, 2022
prisons of our making - In the Mood for Love and Double Indemnity
Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff
In the Mood for Love (2000) and Double Indemnity (1944) are two vastly different movies from different periods and cultures, with different stories and presentations but some things are just universal. For example, both films use shade and light to show the internal processes and emotions of our characters.
Maggie Cheung and Toney Leung play two would-be lovers, but they cannot act on their desires or love for each other due to the both of them being already married. Their love is not only unconsummated but it is also unspoken. They are bound and imprisoned by external circumstances to keep their love for each other contained and repressed as so beautifully illustrated in the above scene from the movie, where the shadows create an illusion of the two characters being trapped in a cage.
Walter Neff's story is not as romantic but just as tragic. Before he is wrapped up in the schemes of the Phyllis, we see him bathed in the shadows cast by the windows. His suit is marked with stripes, mimicking a prison jumpsuit. This is a foreshadowing of his eventual spiral and downfall, from an innocent insurance agent to a murderer and most likely, to a be hauled off to a prison, a prison of his own making.
religious imagery in non religious movies pt 2. Exotica
Unlike many strip clubs, in film or reality, Exotica is not a seedy or lurid place, it is opulent and luscious. It is an Eden-like garden, filled with beautiful women and dreamy promises. But like many things in this film, it is an easily shattered illusion, because just as easy it is to find paradise, it is even easier to lose it.
a history of hauntings pt 1
As emotional as I may seem to people, I am a fairly logical person. I always defer to established facts and science, even for phenomena that...
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I still remember listening to this song in a car with you......you said the lyrics were sad .
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By Li Po, translated by Ezra Pound WHILE my hair was still cut straight across my forehead I played about the front gate, pulling flow...
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"Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but canno...