tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post3104675603764749807..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: BabaDOOK! Jennifer Kent's Psychotropic Fairy TaleErich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-42430151644499639472015-04-11T16:28:28.478-05:002015-04-11T16:28:28.478-05:00Oh man! I have been waiting since Christmas to he...Oh man! I have been waiting since Christmas to hear your take on this amazing movie! The thing that struck me, in addition to all the things you say here, is the not hitting you over the head message that grief must be dealt with or it will kill you. Unacknowledged ghosts turn evil! They are just ghosts if you acknowledge them, they may be frightening, but they are benign. Everything about this movie worked for me. When I saw it, I wasn't sure how I felt about the ending. I was so overwhelmed with the whole package that I couldn't tell if they stuck the landing or not. Then I woke up the next morning really struck with how Non-American the ending was, how beautifully they realized that life's solutions lay in manageable moderation. I couldn't help but think that an American version would have a conquering/banishment of the haunting presence, but in this Australian original, a victory is just learning to live with things as they are. "I will feed you fifteen minutes a day," she seems to be saying, "and someday when i have managed to not get my hair blown back in your presence, I will share you with our son. But right now, you are my grief, and I must deal with you first by not ignoring you, because you obviously will not let me ignore you." I thought it was a beautiful movie that worked as metaphor and as straight up ghost story horror, survivor's guilt, parenting angst, exhaustion. Oh, and what great use of public domain television clips. I love that! Even Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, Australia's Flipper, that I had seen when i lived in Europe. I don't have enough praise for this movie. My thesaurus is found lacking.johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799326880962880585noreply@blogger.com