Suspiria

(musing over Dario Argento’s Suspiria remastered) Suspiria is a masterpiece conceptually, a beautiful, disorienting, sublime, surreal and sometimes terrifying fairytale of horror. It is a true “video play” of a film. Argento uses disorienting visuals/sound to allow for revelation, this sublime experience beyond language. This is the value of ‘altered… Continue reading

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Euphoria

If you can’t appreciate color while appreciating black and white, how can you appreciate art? The colors soften the palate, and moisten the gray matter, like wine and bread. Euphoria utilizes a sprinkle of “unrealism” to color an otherwise bleak and gritty teensploitation. It softens the taste as it goes… Continue reading

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