Some places are like people. Some shine and some don’t.
The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick, DoP John Alcott
T E N E T[verb] (from tenere = “to hold”)
he/she/it holds, keeps, comprehends, possesses, masters, preserves, sustains.
Never Let Me Go (2010) / Phantom Thread (2017) / Anna Karenina (2012) / Children of Men (2010) / The Double (2013) / Gattaca (1997)
Eviler than the Devil. Boredom makes men to villains.
THE LIGHTHOUSE
2019 | ROBERT EGGERS
Hell, if I had all this money I’d be nice too! Nicer even.
Parasite (2019) dir. Bong Joon-ho
In space, there’s no up or down. From the universe’s viewpoint, nothing is worthless or precious. Everything is precious in its own place.
SPACE SWEEPERS (2021) dir. Jo Sung Hee
WOMEN WHO LEVITATE: A HORROR PHENOMENON
The Craft (1996), Hereditary (2018), American Horror Story: Coven (2013), Saint Maud (2019), The VVitch (2015), Jennifer’s Body (2009), The Conjuring (2013), The Exorcist (1973)
“Female levitators are often maligned as ridiculous, dangerous characters, often by men. This is a very old trait, but was solidified and given shape by the influential Jesuit theologian Martin Delrio, who published ‘Magical Investigations’ in 1599 – 1600. His book popularized the idea that demon spirits could possess or inhabit a female human body. It also suggested how to identify and track them. For the witch-hunters and storytellers of early modern Europe, the levitating, flying witch was a figure of grotesque femininity.”
– From Witches To Victorian Mediums: The Abuse Of Levitating Women
If I told you about her, what would I say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did. That they were in love? That they remained in love? I’m sure that’s true.
The Shape of Water (2017) dir. Guillermo del Toro
