8/18/20 - Swallow (2020) - 6+/10

Such a tactile and evocative inward descent into a pristine hellish existence.

The ultimate blandness of the Suzie homemaker experience taking a dark turn. A dulled elegance and banality that invites pushing the psychological boundaries. A modern young June Cleaver lost in the swallowing void of upper crust emptiness. Such utter trapped vulnerability. Always framed and hemmed, psychologically and designed. The loneliness and lost, a claustrophobic vision of mental instability and maladjustment.

This depressive disillusionment is delivered with such an engrossing juxtaposition of colors; vivid and muted. Pops in almost every shot. But the colors dull and mute more as she descends. Its captivating and dazzlilng in sophisticated composition.

Takes a shift into a self realization and empowerment message, perhaps even larger than that by the end. Subverts expectations of what horrific possibilities we might have expected or maybe even wanted; I liked the difference. It is about her and her psychological experience, not a genre or style. Her story had a different path.

Special Notes:

• Villains of the year: these yuppie fucks!

• As opposed to Bloodshot, this might be one of the better uses of a song with The The “This Is The Day”