Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession

My reflection on Style is Substance’s YouTube critique “POSSESSION (1981) — Faith and Chance” 00:54 − Relative Morality As suggested in my previous philosophical riff, I reject the idea that such a thing as “relative morality” exists as anything more than a theoretical concept. I base this assertion on the… Continue reading

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Leaving Disneyland

(Rated M for Mature) Micky mouse woke up today and the Disney-dollar went down again. He went to the corner deli to cop a pack of cigarettes which were five bux yesterday but today cost twelve. “What gives?” Micky asks the clerk but all he got in response was a… Continue reading

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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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it started off as an abstract love letter….

All my romantic encounters build me as a romantic object. As they break my heart into pieces I come back with a bigger, stronger, more efficient heart beat. I pulse and reverberate the sounds of absence, placed against itself then back in reverse. Am I dangerously approaching another abyss or… Continue reading

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