Sounds like I should make an effort to see this film!!
Loved how you've presented this insight about work and meaning as well:
"It is an unusually powerful anaesthetic, not only because it meets with approval — no, worse, it can seem to resolve life’s deep paradox. It's addiction at the level of meaning; an addiction at the level of the self."
Rachael, I cannot stop re-reading the part about neglect in relationships. I gasped when I read this, just like you did when you wrote it. In some way, your posts speak to me and help me fill gaps in my way of thinking in a way that no therapy, meditation, self-help, or prayer has been able to do. I know this is highly personal but you're a highly personal kind of person. I am grateful for your presence. Twitter is good sometimes :-)
This immediately goes into my list of substack classics. I love that film, and it’s apparently a perfect vessel to teach me things I never would have noticed.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Karl. This film is SO underdiscussed, I got instantly obsessed with it (obviously) and I'm very pleased to know that you're its fan.
i think film buffs rightly regard it as one of the greatest films of all time but essentially nobody outside of cinephile circles has ever heard of it or seen it
I enjoy a surprising amount of current product— often but not always produced in countries I don’t live in— but films like these two really bring out my film snobbery. These movies are better than most art, I think, and they’re a helpful reminder that film can be that great.
Another point— I’m not always the most grateful reader of analysis featuring gender subtext, but with films like these, I welcome it. Films like these, and writing like yours, makes me feel like maybe I’m not so much intolerant as impatient.
Sounds like I should make an effort to see this film!!
Loved how you've presented this insight about work and meaning as well:
"It is an unusually powerful anaesthetic, not only because it meets with approval — no, worse, it can seem to resolve life’s deep paradox. It's addiction at the level of meaning; an addiction at the level of the self."
Thank you so much for commenting <3
I was particularly proud of those lines also
Rachael, I cannot stop re-reading the part about neglect in relationships. I gasped when I read this, just like you did when you wrote it. In some way, your posts speak to me and help me fill gaps in my way of thinking in a way that no therapy, meditation, self-help, or prayer has been able to do. I know this is highly personal but you're a highly personal kind of person. I am grateful for your presence. Twitter is good sometimes :-)
Thank you Nicole, I'm so touched and honoured by this comment. <3
Rachael this is beautifully written and has absolutely derailed my weekend plans (ie metrics pset)
Eni if it was any other pset i would say good fuck it but since it’s metrics please i humbly ask u to reconsider
also thank u for the comment!
This immediately goes into my list of substack classics. I love that film, and it’s apparently a perfect vessel to teach me things I never would have noticed.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Karl. This film is SO underdiscussed, I got instantly obsessed with it (obviously) and I'm very pleased to know that you're its fan.
I was under the mistaken impression that everyone loved it.
i think film buffs rightly regard it as one of the greatest films of all time but essentially nobody outside of cinephile circles has ever heard of it or seen it
Black Narcissus, also great.
SO GREAT it's just amazing
I enjoy a surprising amount of current product— often but not always produced in countries I don’t live in— but films like these two really bring out my film snobbery. These movies are better than most art, I think, and they’re a helpful reminder that film can be that great.
Another point— I’m not always the most grateful reader of analysis featuring gender subtext, but with films like these, I welcome it. Films like these, and writing like yours, makes me feel like maybe I’m not so much intolerant as impatient.