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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Holy Motors (2012), a French surrealist fantasy about a Parisian man who is supernaturally able to disguise himself, changing his age, gender, and even species at will; a limo takes him to nine different appointments in one night, and he assumes the identity of a different person each time, observing and influencing events as he sees fit, in episodic fashion. Director is Leos Carax, who is otherwise best-known for The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), which we have not yet watched. This received a whole bunch of accolades when it came out, so let’s watch.

After that is The Road (2009), an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name. A dad (played by Viggo Mortensen) treks through a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic wasteland, trying to survive with his son. Surely this will end happily. This was one of the chief influences on The Last of Us, as well as the rest of the “sad dad” genre of video games. It is the best-known film to date of director John Hillcoat.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Holy Motors: https://letterboxd.com/film/holy-motors/
• The Road: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-road/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Holy Motors: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18976
• The Road: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18174

CWs for Holy Motors:

• Shaving.
• Finger mutilation.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Blood and gore.
• Kidnapping.
• Spitting.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Homelessness.
• Gun violence.

CWs for The Road:

• Death of dog.
• Child abandonment.
• Stalking.
• Child abuse.
• Dead animals.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Shaving.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Cannibalism.
• Amputation.
• Hanging.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Childbirth.
• Babies.
• Nudity.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Holy Motors: https://tankie.tube/w/fMRAzYjsahARBk1G9rqs9n
• The Road: https://tankie.tube/w/g2J15Qn75BW2awTESdiZoU