My Night at Maud's (1969)
Part of the tragedy of Pascal's Wager is that once chance becomes quantifiable, it is cruelly optimistic to move ourselves towards manifestations of God, rationally deducing that our suffering in the present will justify our happiness in the future.
Posted on: March 23, 2025
Eraserhead (1977)
Repetition is a moment forward, a moment backward. Life gradually comes into focus through repeated experiences, accelerating at a speed of confusion and ambiguity. At the end, it explodes in full circle.
Posted on: March 8, 2025
Parasite (2019)
Parasite (n.). An anima extracting sustenance from a persona, who is completely unaware of the other's existence.
Posted on: March 4, 2025
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
It is a tranche de vie that is to be passed through in silence and in words.
Posted on: February 15, 2025
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
In the form of a tremendous desire for remembrance, the past of a nation lives within the past of an individual.
Posted on: February 8, 2025
L'Argent (1983)
Quiet violence escalating in an unjust world, it is an emptiness that God incarnates.
Posted on: February 7, 2025
La Notte (1961)
During moments of apathy, loneliness is no longer a reality but a memory. It wanders and detaches itself from everything it cannot feel.
Posted on: February 7, 2025
Le Trou (1960)
A hole is a hollow place, a damned place to be.
Posted on: January 25, 2025
La Ceremonie (1995)
Words and gestures will always be interpreted by a shared madness that is our culture, eliciting a reaction when least expected.
Posted on: January 25, 2025
Children of Paradise (1945)
For the sentimental viewers of a romantic epic, it is the duality of love and desire, words and silence, and comedy and tragedy. For the children of the gods, it is the art that is life, and the peace that is war.
Posted on: January 19, 2025
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Everything in its right place, even when a bed is engulfed in flames.
Posted on: January 18, 2025
Playtime (1967)
Playfully orchestrated, it stimulates a reality that must have inspired CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and Overcooked.
Posted on: January 12, 2025
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
As it turns out, surrealism is less about a fantastical reality that is filled with dreams and trances, but more about a rational reality that is impregnated with human possibility and unpredictability, through which intention is strung together as if by chance.
Posted on: January 12, 2025
Sister (2012)
Privilege can come out when least expected, but a Swiss ski resort is not it.
Posted on: January 11, 2025