Precious Bodily Fluids

Tag: death

  • The Trouble With Harry

    In Alfred Hitchcock’s world, nothing is more certain than death and attempts to cover up death. This seems to be a common thread from Lawrence Olivier’s character in Rebecca all the way to the last features, such as Frenzy and Family Plot. Psycho probably features some of the more shocking and infamous scenes of disposing…

  • The Decalogue, I-III

    Krzysztof Kieslowski was a cinematic genius, at the level of a Godard or an Antonioni but receiving very little credit for his work. His films elevate the art form beyond discussions of “influence” or “innovation” into a realm of beauty and the sublime, testaments of the complete harmony of theme, visual, dialogue, and all the…