This is an integral advertence to archaic religious and societal structures based on hierarchy.ĭeleuze explains in a very concise manner the difference between the dominant western thought idea of “the tree” and his rhizome concept by stating: “the tree imposes the verb ‘to be,’ but the fabric of rhizome is the conjunction ‘and…and…and…’” (Deleuze, 1987, p. Unbeknownst to them though, they were leaving institutions for other institutions wrapped up in esoteric terminologies. ![]() The new age movement provided alternatives to their already repressed lifestyle. Aleister Crowley– Helena Blatvasky retro-inspired cults ( Jim Jones) flourished in these sorts of environments. In turn, some would experiment with religion the same way they would experiment with drugs to release themselves from that anxious reality. cold war era propaganda and sensationalism. Constant mass anxiety is a means of control, ie. I grew up watching doomsday clocks and tv films like The Day After, that continually plugged the notion that the end was near. These were the times when drugs and spirituality were mixed freely as a reaction against the political oppressive environment that surrounded the world back then. Luckily (or unluckily), I was born in 1973, and a lot of the visual and religious shopping aesthetic of the early 80s resonates strongly. Arboria representing someone from the 80s new age movement. Breaking down Arboria as a word, it brings to mind trees. The word mercurial means flighty or constantly changing. Mercury is a Greek god that can travel between the worlds of gods, human, and the dead. Mercurio Arboria’s name is an interesting new age-y made up entity. In the commercial that starts the film, the Arboria Institute is described with phrases like “A New State of Mind: A New Way of Being,” and “A Practical Application of An Abstract Ideal.” The most telling of these is: “Born Of A Dream: To Create A Reality.” This one kind of stuck with me and I will talk about it in a bit. He’s an 80s new age visionary who uses a combination of benign therapies, pharmacology, herbal therapies, naturopathy, and neuropsychology to help humanity attain happiness and inner peace. That is the “Black Rainbow”: trying to achieve some kind of unattainable state that is ultimately, probably destructive. The idea of letting your humanity suffer to achieve some unattainable goal…like making a movie. There is a moment of truth in the film where the whole thing starts to disintegrate because it’s stops being about their humanity and becomes about an unattainable goal. Because Arboria is trying to control consciousness and control the mind. He had the best of intentions of wanting to expand human consciousness, but I think his ego got in the way of that and ultimately it turned into a poisonous, destructive thing. I think a plot rehash may be a little too much for it, so I’ll post up the trailer and let go: I’ll most likely watch it a few times, it was that good. This last time I was on maybe three hours of sleep, but luckily still had enough caffeine to appreciate the film. I was intrigued, but tired and the great visual/musical combo was just right thing to sleep to. I was on two hours of sleep and dozed off while watching it. I watched Panos Cosmatos‘s Beyond The Black Rainbow this weekend at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Films like My Bloody Valentine, The Changeling, Cube, Dead of Night, and the seminal Black Christmas ***, are interpretable story allusions. Many of them, like Cronenberg, are keenly attuned to the idea that there are untapped layers in the human brain there’s a whole other film in the mind. THERE ARE SPOILERS EVERYWHERE HERE so THIS IS A SPOILER ALERT! A SPOILER ALERT! DANGER, WIL ROBINSON! I recommend you watch the trailer, go see the film, then come back here if you’d like an interpretation or analysis.ĭavid once said to me, “I can’t wait until Dead Ringers opens so critics can tell me what it’s about.” – Jeremy Irons talking about David Cronenberg, 2013.Ī common thread I’ve seen among Canadian horror film directors is that they never assume that the audience is dumb. This is an analysis and not a review per se.
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