Astonishment at the vividity and richness of image and meaning in Orphée (1950)
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18 February
Astonishment at the vividity and richness of image and meaning in Orphée (1950)
The latter and her stunning performance - as well as the female fetishwear* - hitting all the right Servalan-type chords !— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2019
* Quite aside from which, the cleverness of the conception / script, the shots, the locations, the immersion in these worlds, the effects, the ambience...)
Jacqueline Pearce RIP (Servalan)
Épilogue :
Freudian slip ?— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2019
'To do or die for' ? ;)
To an extent also true of their Bound (1996), one can see how Lilly and Lana meld with the world(s) of Orphée (1950) in The Matrix (1999) : a proto-Trinity, mirrors aplenty, Neo as dreamer, appearance and substance....— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2019
End-notes :
* Seen at Saffron Screen (the community cinema on the premises of Saffron Walden County High School, Saffron Walden, Essex).
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
