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Category: madness and film genre

nosferatu and the rose

December 31, 2024 forrestwolfe

Why does Hollywood release horror films around Christmas time?  What is the connection between horror and Christmas  —  which is…

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the madonna and the witch

December 24, 2023 forrestwolfe

I very much admire the slow and stately Filipino dark fairy tale, In My Mother’s Skin. From one of its…

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maya deren’s meshes in the afternoon

July 11, 2018 forrestwolfe

This short avant garde film is perhaps Maya Deren’s immortal legacy.  Its historical importance for formal techniques is well established. …

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Posted in: dream life, madness and film genre

what lies beyond the door of melancholy

April 21, 2017 forrestwolfe

I saw this most haunting music video (“Acid, Bitter, and Sad”, by This Mortal Coil), way back in film school.  It…

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