Suspiria

if my entire family’s lives were on the line and the only way to save them was by telling you a thorough understanding of the films message and plot, i am so sorry but they are so screwed.  the film felt messy with its variation of content, but so captivating with its visuals and score. from this we get incredible performances, sexy camera angles and zooms, an interesting take on witchy figures posing as a production company, but the other stuff completely went way over my head. is that to the fault of the film? absolutely not. i’m dense. and this is definitely the film to watch maybe a second time for a true understanding, but the other factors of the doctor’s wife and context of nazi germany felt random to me. we’re they meant to symbolise something greater ? idk. just felt awkward for me amongst such a spiritually driven environment.  BUT with that being said. through that stuff, i fricken loved it. it’s so gross and disgusting and yuck and unnerving and weird but man oh man did it keep me invested. i sincerely had no idea the film was as long as it was. as mentioned before the production aspects of the film were so wonderful to me the typography, sound design, colour grading, camerawork, metaphors were rlly interesting and had me sooo immersed into the screen. the film very much gives arronofsky’s “mother!” with the violently driven narrative using themes of sacrifice for spiritual rebirth. the body horror was fricken brutal i never have to look away from screens until now. it was a really thrilling experience it built such great suspense throughout its entirety.  the movie felt like a theatre production if that makes any sense. it’s subject matter is so grim supported by hypnotically disturbing visuals and gruelling physical actions really really brought smth out of me idk. I WAS SO TAKEN BACK that i was watching man. it was not what i was expecting at all and was the LAST thing i’d expect from my first film in a while.  WHEN I TELL YOU i was srsly expecting a black swan sorta film abt someone rlly becoming devoted to dancing. THEN ID HEAR VOICES DOWN A DARK HALL. hell nah after letting the film marinate for a bit i grew a better appreciation and like it a little more. AHH i fricken love it yeah this is goated - tilda swinton is awesome- dakota johnson without bangs was genuinely unrecognisable - thank you mia goth for being