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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, first up is The Whale (2022), a drama about a morbidly obese Idaho professor (Brendan Fraser) confined to teaching online classes because of his condition. This isolation has made him a recluse, and he has not spoken to his daughter in years. He has a debilitating heart condition, too, that keeps becoming worse. Yep, it’s a Darren Aronofsky film. The guy behind Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008), and Black Swan (2010) hits again with another easy, feel-good piece where everyone lives happily ever after. Great reviews for this, and it was up for a bunch of awards, so let’s watch.
After that is The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980), the sequel to Indian fairy tale The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969), which we watched a couple of weeks ago. Goopy and Bagha, the musicians-turned-magicians, are invited to play in the court of the Diamond King, in whose kingdom they discover many problems. Workers are exploited, war is on the horizon, sinister viziers jockey for power, and a mad scientist is testing out a brainwashing machine. Time for dudes to rock, using the magic powers granted to them by a genie-like ghost. As with its predecessor, this is directed by renowned Indian auteur Satyajit Ray, and is considered one of his best works. This one is color, too, unlike the first.
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Letterboxd:
- The Whale: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-whale-2022/
- The Kingdom of Diamonds: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-kingdom-of-diamonds/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- The Whale: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1215130
- The Kingdom of Diamonds: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
CWs for The Whale:
- Death of dog.
- Child abandonment..
- Drug use.
- Alcoholism.
- Addiction.
- Animal corpses.
- Someone is drugged.
- Shaving.
- Someone struggles to breathe.
- Suicide.
- Ableist slurs.
- Able-bodied actor plays disabled character.
- Death of parent.
- Shower scene.
- Natural bodies of water.
- Vomiting.
- Suicide attempt.
- Self-harm.
- Meltdown.
- Eating disorder.
- Mental illness.
- Screaming.
- Homophobia.
- Death of LGBT person.
- Fat jokes.
- Hate speech.
- Discussion of religion.
- Sex.
- Chronic illness.
- Fat suit.
- Discussion of existentialism.
- Sad ending.
CWs for The Kingdom of Diamonds:
- Ghosts
- Slapstick violence.
- Someone is drugged.
- Mind control.
- Epidemic.
- Death of parent.
- Natural bodies of water.
- Dissociation.
- Unstable reality.
- Claustrophobia.
- Shaky cam.
- Underwater scenes.
- Someone is watched without their knowledge.
Links to movies:
- The Whale: https://tankie.tube/w/2aBrarovPTXpY2Y3zgEuSq
- The Kingdom of Diamonds: https://tankie.tube/w/wjgEC9J1TGSYHzUC6PgF5b