Fantasy – Page 12 – Under Southern Eyes

The Handmaid’s Tale: a film affected by its own demonstration of how repressive societies suck the life out of whatever they touch

Volker Schlöndorff, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990) Based on the dystopian novel by Canadian writer Margaret

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Riho Unt, “Kapsapea / A Cabbage” (1993) A stop-animation parody of action adventure films like

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Kenneth Branagh, “Cinderella” (2015) Being a Disney production, this live-action version of the tale as

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Kenneth Anger, “Invocation of My Demon Brother” (1969) If like me, you’ve already seen a

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Kenneth Anger, “Puce Moment” (1949) In the space of just 6 minutes, this short acts

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Ingmar Bergman, “Fanny and Alexander” (1982) In part an autobiographical film based on his own

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Lars von Trier, “Manderlay” (2005) The sequel to “Dogville” is an interesting philosophical if rather

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Hayao Miyazaki, “The Wind Rises / Kaze tachinu” (2013) Miyazaki’s swansong film is a fictional

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Lars von Trier, “Dogville” (2003) First in a series of films on American culture from

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Elísabet Ýr Atladóttir, “Memoria” (2013) A creepy psychological character study, “Memoria” is very depressing to

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