Joseph Campbell x H.H. Holmes
This movie’s midcult af
Saw it at The Music Box as part of the 2018 70MM Film Festival. The room was sweltering - the old theater likely doesn’t have AC compounded with an unseasonably hot day.
The physical act of sweating only compounded the delirium of watching these tiny figures wander through the desert to a destination they maybe shouldn’t want to reach.
This is my third Lean film and he may now be my second favorite director, only behind Billy Wilder.