absurd, grotesque, inescapable nightmare fantasy where you take a vacation from the pencil factory only to find out you knocked up your weird ex and must confront the universal fear that now everyone will know you’re just a little worm freak.
watched while 21 weeks pregnant ;>
fellas let yr wives go shopping!
the way i feel like i’m exactly who this was made for and that i’m the only person in the reviews who ~gets it~ among the whiners saying “boring” and “depressing.” tony takitani is about being alone vs real loneliness. the score is lovely and the last shot is pretty special.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
seeing this a second time and in theatre was a very different experience.
the first time: wild performances, “i don’t feel anything for anyone,” and “i’ve seen half of god’s face - the other half is you,” anna as main character, blood and milk, motherhood, virgin and whore, anna vs helen. this is a horror film about being a woman.
the second time: wild performances seemed normal, “you look at me as if i need you to fill me up, as…
