Very much of its moment, without underlining the mechanisms too much. We heard about Michael and R. Kelly. We know how the machine works and when the fan is propositioned to the idol. Elvis being Elvis, this plays out both more innocent (stolen kisses) and more corrupted in its innocence when his micromanagement restricts even Priscilla’s sexual desires. You will always have to sacrifice some agency and independence when you join the star-machine - »it’s either me or a career«…
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Mademoiselle Kenopsia 2023
So close to my personal interest, aesthetics and sensibilities that I can overlook some of the meandering here. Moves much closer to an essay film with Mlle. Kenopsia soliloquizing concepts on the landline which are then enacted on her surroundings. I also like abandoned buildings and I too believe in a certain spacial autonomy - that space has a consciousness of its own on which humanity imprints itself==ghosts - but I also believe in trolling people with French House. Has…
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MS Slavic 7 2019
Five years ago after an internship in a literary archive, I stayed for another half year as a freelancer and indexed and catalogued the estate of an author we recently acquired, an estate which also included a box of love letters. As I was reading the correspondence, I found it impossible not to get attached to them emotionally - and at the same time it felt like a breach of trust. The letters are so naked, so vulnerable, the writer…
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Dark Glasses 2022
If you've been following me for a while and read along with my writings on what nu-horror should move and feel like, I am very happy to tell you that Dario agrees. The festival blur calls this as a political genre work exploring the "social conflict between rich neighbourhoods and Rome’s so-called Chinatown". In reality it is much more concerned with what Landis/Clifford so lovingly call The Fear - consistently terrorizing its protagonists and punishing its audience accordingly. The score…
