Autumn Sonata(1978) Analysis: I Am My Mother’s Daughter, And My Mother’s Completely Broken. Life With A Narcissistic Parent 

(Apr. 28, 2024 ● Oslin Pierrette) Dang, now I understand all the Ingmar Bergman praise. He is definitely one of the greats, especially with this one. I will be going down the rabbit hole of course.  I am my mother’s daughter, and my mother is completely broken, and that’s what I was molded after. Trying… Continue reading Autumn Sonata(1978) Analysis: I Am My Mother’s Daughter, And My Mother’s Completely Broken. Life With A Narcissistic Parent 

mother!(2019) Analysis: mother Nature Gave Us Everything, And We Wanted More. Look What We Did To mother

(Mar. 10, 2024 ● Oslin Pierrette) I don’t think I have this fully comprehended, I don’t fully yet see that through line premise that ties this all together. There were just so many moving elements and variables. But it does feel like a stuck in the cycle of abandoning the Garden of Eden type of… Continue reading mother!(2019) Analysis: mother Nature Gave Us Everything, And We Wanted More. Look What We Did To mother

Death Is The Road To Awe, Don’t Avoid The Inevitable: The Fountain(2006) Analysis

(Jan. 31, 2024 ● Oslin Pierrette) “Therefore, the Lord God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed a flaming sword to protect the tree of life.  – Genesis 3:24” I was frustrated at first. Because by accident, before I tried to understand what this movie was fully about. I saw someone’s… Continue reading Death Is The Road To Awe, Don’t Avoid The Inevitable: The Fountain(2006) Analysis

Hereditary(2018) Analysis: Repressed Guilt & Resentments Leads To Estrangement. Also the Story Of The Dark Prophecy

(Jan. 11, 2024 ● Oslin Pierrette) Woahh, this was scary before. But just because it was scary, a great scary movie. But now I understand what this was. And now it’s deeply existentially scary.  It’s a story of the Dark Prophecy and repressed guilt. You start out with the mother of Annie’s funeral. And you… Continue reading Hereditary(2018) Analysis: Repressed Guilt & Resentments Leads To Estrangement. Also the Story Of The Dark Prophecy

The Thing(1982) Analysis: Parasites Are Amongst Us, In The Dark. Which Ones Of Us Are They?

(Nov. 8, 2023 ● Oslin Pierrette)  So that was amazing. John Carpenter got straight to the point with this movie. What is The Thing? And it’s this parasitical entity. There was a lot of parasite subtext to this movie, but since I knew a bit about parasites, I grasped a lot of what this movie… Continue reading The Thing(1982) Analysis: Parasites Are Amongst Us, In The Dark. Which Ones Of Us Are They?

My Dinner With Andre (1981) Analysis: To Live a Risky Life of Valour and True Meaning, or To Hide in My Blissful Ignorance of Comfortable Lies

My Dinner With Andre(1981)

(Oct. 26, 2023 ● Oslin Pierrette) A revelation experience.  You start off with a very average Joe kind’ve guy, Wally. He grew up with hopes and dreams of art and being something. But you see that he’s trapped inside a survival nightmare where he has to tend to all the survival mechanisms to stay afloat.… Continue reading My Dinner With Andre (1981) Analysis: To Live a Risky Life of Valour and True Meaning, or To Hide in My Blissful Ignorance of Comfortable Lies

The Wave(2008) Analysis: As Crazy As It Sounds, Is Nazi Germany Possible Again?

(Mar. 14, 2023 ● Oslin Pierrette) The Wave was very interesting, what it was speaking to. Basically can Nazi Germany happen again? And most people would think that’s absolutely crazy. That we are so far removed from Nazi Germany.  This film depicts how false of a narrative that is. What was Nazi Germany? How did… Continue reading The Wave(2008) Analysis: As Crazy As It Sounds, Is Nazi Germany Possible Again?

Devil’s Advocate(1997) Analysis: Hedonism Is The Devil’s Religion. And Maybe The Devil Is Up On Us

Devil’s Advocate(1997)

(Oct 5, 2023 ● Oslin Pierrette) Woah, wtf, this was some heavy stuff. Really great movie though.  You’re working a case as a defense attorney. A sexual assault/rape case of a child by a teacher. You’re defending the teacher. It’s your job, you’re just doing your job, this is what it entails. Gotta do what… Continue reading Devil’s Advocate(1997) Analysis: Hedonism Is The Devil’s Religion. And Maybe The Devil Is Up On Us

Serpico(1973) Analysis: I Just Want To Be a Good Cop. Why Does That Make Me a Bad One? Corruption Never Ends

Serpico(1973)

(Sep. 30, 2023 ● Oslin Pierrette)  I just wanted to be a good cop. Is that so hard to ask or to be, it’s damn near, or maybe it’s just impossible. That’s the story of Serpico. Who goes through insanity, an inescapable hell, in his constant attempts to be a good cop. The people that… Continue reading Serpico(1973) Analysis: I Just Want To Be a Good Cop. Why Does That Make Me a Bad One? Corruption Never Ends

12 Monkeys(1995) Analysis: The Cassandra Phenomenon. The Truth is Absurdly Crazy, That’s Why People Don’t Want to Accept it As Truth

(Jun. 6, 2023 ● Oslin Pierrette) The Cassandra Phenomenon I tried to tell the world, they just didn’t believe me. They couldn’t believe how crazy reality really is. That was the 12 Monkeys. The truth is outrageously absurd, so basically the truth to many could never be the truth. We live in this world full… Continue reading 12 Monkeys(1995) Analysis: The Cassandra Phenomenon. The Truth is Absurdly Crazy, That’s Why People Don’t Want to Accept it As Truth