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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 26, 2017, 02:14:21 PM

Title: Black Narcissus
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 26, 2017, 02:14:21 PM
I have to admit, I find it a difficult, if visually stunning, film. As the essay notes the idea of female desire was scarce a usual subject, but it ties it too easily to madness. It almost forms a companion piece with The Devils.


http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/black-narcissus-exoticism-eroticism-powell-pressburger