Sinners

i firmly believe this movie—specifically the “i lied to you” scene— is literally why cameras were invented i can’t stress how much i love everything about this movie. it’s absolutely genius in every way, from the soundtrack to the cinematography to the use of vampires, i just can’t get over it.  it’s not just a horror movie!!!  they didn’t die because they made the wrong choices, they were doomed to die from the beginning. NO MATTER WHAT and no matter when they opened the juke joint or and no matter if they let the vampires in or not they would’ve been dead in the morning. racism and oppression are so pervasive in the deep south and everywhere, especially in the 1930s, whether it’s oppression by the KKK or the plantation owners or the church, it’s something omnipresent. every single time there is the possibility or hope of freedom, it is replaced with a new kind of oppression. communities couldn’t truly escape slavery, it just bore a new name: shareceopping. smoke and stack couldn’t escape racism by going north to chicago. sammie couldn’t escape the oppression of the church through music, it became something corrupted and exploited.  there wasn’t a way out and that’s why this movie is so tragic and incredible.