In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
The Color of Pomegranates (1968)
An art film by Sergei Parajanov.
The life of a poet is described symbolically.
This looks and seems very similar to the work of Alejandro Jodorowsky. Seemingly unrelated scenes are cut together in an aesthetically pleasing way, but the plot is not clear. I found out about this film at a concert last night. The band before mine was projecting it onto their kick drum while they played. I asked the guitarist what it was and when I mentioned Jodorowsky, he said that people thought they were showing El Topo. I'm rating it awesome for being strange, but it would have gotten a better rating if it had a coherent plot.
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