Suspiria (2018) + Belladonna of Sadness

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Artful witches have an odd way. A coven helps break down the mise-en-scène with Suspiria (2018). The feeling of European arthouse films may have been buried in the 80s but it was resurrected by Suspiria in 2018. Mise-en-scène is a french term from the Cahiers du Cinéma world of criticism, but at least one pretentious fuck uses it in practice and they also host a podcast called Double Feature. If Mise-en-scène can be used to craft an immersive film, it can be used to reverse engineer one. Belladonna of Sadness is an honest and moving story about the stages a rape survivor goes through. It’s also a psychedelic slide show with a bunch of silly dicks. At the same goddamn time.

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Suspiria (2018)

Released: October 11, 2018
Runtime: 152 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writer: David Kajganich
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.

Belladonna of Sadness

Released: June 30, 1973
Runtime: 86 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Writer: Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Eiichi Yamamoto
Starring: Aiko Nagayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takao Ito

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.