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are you carrying the fire?
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carrying the fire.
finished reading the book this morning, deciding then to watch the film immediately, and i was impressed. hillcoat stayed close to source material (for the most part) and i wasn't terribly disappointed in the choices that ventured from the text. the mother, for example, was a great deal more despondent in the novel. i've also just learned that hillcoat will be tackling blood meridian and, as someone who is anxious about…
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“From love of life, one should desire a different death: free, conscious, without accident, without ambush.” -Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols.
Forever my favorite movie. The story, the acting, the cinematography, the effects… brilliant.
I appreciate the most how we’re able to see and feel Nina’s dissent into madness. What is real? What is only a part of her psyche? The movie does such a great job of blurring the lines between paranoia and reality that we begin to question…