Tag: meaning

Lost Highway

Was it by coincidence or design that David Lynch’s Lost Highway was distributed by Janus Films, their logo which opens the credits the two-faced Roman god “of transitions,
Read More

Eraserhead

A disembodied head floats across a field of stars in which is suspended a planet, shadowed, lonely and barren; a lucid dreamer, open-eyed, his name is Henry Spencer,
Read More

The Endless

Sometimes you can leave the past behind, but sometimes it catches up with you, dragging you back despite best efforts and intentions. It’s been ten years since Justin
Read More

Dave Made a Maze

“I wanted to make something,” the disembodied voice of Dave explains to Annie upon her return to their apartment. Thirty years old and dependent upon his parents, she
Read More

Images

“I’m not going to be able to finish this puzzle. There’s too many pieces missing.” The puzzle that Susannah refers to is a jigsaw with no picture to
Read More

mother!

Alongside David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky is one of the few modern filmmakers whose work penetrates the mainstream of cineplexes yet often remains profoundly opaque, an experience rather than
Read More

A Ghost Story

Against the eternity of time, we are ephemeral, as transient as the shifting clouds which obscure the heavens, the stars above remaining apparently unchanged. Almost every story ever
Read More
Show Buttons
Hide Buttons