The Love Witch

I like films that are visually stellar (need to learn how to describe the visual aspects and aesthetics of films better) and are about big ideas and the love witch was that. It’s also absolutely bonkers and of the only films that tries to emulate older films that has scenes that look like they could be from those era of films (in this case 1960s and 1970s). I think it might be according to my half-assed internet research due to the fact it was one of the last films to be printed from the original camera negative on 35mm film. Anyway, this film is genuine idiosyncratic art and I need to dig into its subtext and themes about gender roles and femme fatale archetype. This film is a true reflection of the self - in this case the director Anne Biller who not only wrote and directed the film but produced, edited, and designed the costumes and sets!  That to me is a true cinematic artist in a every sense of the word. I hope biller gets her next film funded and she’s allowed to shot in the inimitable (kind of) 35mm. End of review.