Sean Dennison

The fundamental misunderstandings of mental illness is a new age rot brought on by the inability to understand and read and propaganda so deep seeded to make people fear the other. In the sense that, when talking about how people spiral into doing terrible things they never consider the factors that play into creating tragedy. “Villains” are constructed by the sum of their experiences in society, and in a society as hostile as this one people largely never care about what comes before the big moment. I love it purely for my entertainment as well it’s gentle and heavy, very well shot, edited, acted well. Pattinson and Zendaya play two halves of the same coin and it’s very relieving to see her have more meaty roles. But as far as “provocateur” cinema goes I can’t help but feel these are easy shots to take but at least they aren't missing. It’s good and it’s original and I enjoyed it so i guess thats what matters. I do think Borgli makes deeply frustrating films to me and this isn’t any different but in a way more intentional. He’s a fucking weirdo and I think that his outlook lets him criticize others accurately and unglamorously but unable to confront his own nature because of his own perceived status and I can sense that elitism in this and throughout his works.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize they were an allegory for the nazis