workshopping a new business where I sell people an all expense paid vacation then put them in a large vat where they are boiled into a stew and poured over rice
One Battle After Another uses its first act to contextualize its world and the forces behind its conflict before introducing the film’s hero because her life is shaped by those forces. It’s an incredible application of the Marxist theory of historical materialism. What a picture.
my 3 year old nephew took 5 minutes to create this gorgeous post modern piece that i find genuinely moving and powerful before he got bored and tried to eat a piece of bark
I was more mixed on Grace’s role in TFR than in DR, but I do think the tension between if she’s a maternal figure/maybe-daughter/devotee/romantic, all while having the cold “mission comes first” edge to the relationship, is a good example of Ethan’s personal purgatory +