tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post5934451686116545012..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Cronenberg Series Part 18: All the Flesh That Says Yesbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-33419323150958349302015-03-21T09:41:09.869-04:002015-03-21T09:41:09.869-04:00Thanks much for this writeup! I just saw MAPS las...Thanks much for this writeup! I just saw MAPS last night, and I think I'm going to be thinking about it for a good long while.<br /><br />Among other things: It was interesting how the ghost story was contextualized as an extension of repetition compulsion. Havana's re-watching of her tape, the bits of language (including but not only the poem) that keep returning, and of course the marital drama that ends the movie. It's one thing to have living people repeating what a long-dead person did, but to have a long-dead person repeating the words of the living (as with the threesome dialogue) is something much creepier.<br /><br />But maybe nothing was as creepy as the total lack of master shots. That early meeting with Benjie and the studio, where the relentless procession of close-ups makes it impossible to know how many people are in the room, drove home what a deliberate strategy this was.That Fuzzy Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586029006083399346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-42167620537229348722015-03-01T06:42:04.558-05:002015-03-01T06:42:04.558-05:00A) I could say what I wanted to say without gettin...A) I could say what I wanted to say without getting into the Weiss stuff too much so I wanted to leave it alone<br /><br />B) Oops! Fixed.<br /><br />C) Thanks!bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-24146364318355778082015-03-01T06:30:20.720-05:002015-03-01T06:30:20.720-05:00I understand that you don't want to spoil the ...I understand that you don't want to spoil the Weiss' family secret but doesn't Agatha tell Jerome in the diner very early on? Of course at this point it's not clear at all whether she's making it up but still.<br /><br />Also, I wonder whether there is some dark gossip about Natasha Gregson-Wagner. (And I think you mean Anne Sexton, not Ann Sexton, who is a great soul singer though.)<br /><br />ALSO, it's a shame this series has to come to an end for the time being! Really some of your best work, Bill.Fabian W.noreply@blogger.com