slavic studies grad student. eisenstein stan. opera bitch. horror bro. psychonaut.
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St. Jorgen's Day 1930
gotta say it, igor il'insky has t-boy swag in this!
absolutely delightful film overall too. i wish yakov protazanov hadn't abandoned his ivan the terrible film project (which i read a screenplay for in the archives), it would have been so good!
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The Mutations 1974
the extended nature-doc plant and fungus footage in lush Eastman color make this a great stoned watch, but then the creature stuff is actually gets really upsetting and scary...perfect simulation of switching from indica to sativa and getting the bad high...
also i put this on for a friend who is also in academia not knowing that it is a perfect 1:1 allegory for professors using and abusing their grad students where the hero is a literal fulbright scholar played…
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Witchhammer 1970
every time someone reacts to rightwing politicians attacking reproductive autonomy & passing laws to repress women & sexual minorities by saying "they want to bring back medieval witch burning" or some shit i have to restrain myself from derailing the conversation with a tirade about how actually witch trials in europe were a rarity during the medieval period and the bloody mass repressions you're thinking of all took place in the EARLY MODERN PERIOD and were in many ways spurred by reaction…
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 1965
god, i LOVE a film that's so increasingly gay it builds up to a scene where a lifestyle kink s&m gay couple chases a vanilla gay clone couple through the streets of san francisco...
anyway, dr. goldfoot is my new "vincent price villain i most wish i could transition into." just the bitchiest, queeniest mad scientist who lives in a high-camp torture dungeon under a cemetery in san francisco, from which he runs an international findom scam with glamorous fem-bot proxies...while dressing in brocade tuxedos and ridiculous shoes...why isn't that me...
