wait i just remembered i watched this — it was UNCOMFORTABLE to watch but in some ways seeing the uncomfortable parts of chretien des troyes dramatized is like. you have to confront them you cannot breeze past them to get to the stuff that’s weird in a fun way, or loose them in the density of the text
i liked how it conveyed the starkness & surreality & brightness & abstraction of a lot of medieval art. the wanderingness of the plot, the…
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Perceval 1978
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La Chimera 2023
could have trimmed down a few of the plots & honed in with more focus on a simpler story. that said, i was honor bound to like this because it has several train sequences & several accordion ballads & robbers hiding out in a robbers lair. and lots of sequences of scrambling into tombs in verdant woods**. and the presence of the sublime in the form of birds. the *movie* of the movie was solid. but the *sitting in the dark in the…
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The Lair of the White Worm 1988
no peter capaldi don’t go into the house where people keep getting bit by snakes and disappearing. yes peter capaldi utilize the power of playing the bagpipes to resolve the situation. okay peter capaldi release a mongoose into this mansion if you must. nooo peter capaldi you super don’t have to cut this woman’s hand off there are easier ways to go about it. noooooo peter capaldi the antivenom! the antivenom peter!
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space 1988
date idea: me, you, your ex boyfriend, our town’s two most oafish icecream salesmen, running pursued through an extraterrestrial funhouse. dog named pooh-bear is there also.
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