After looking at the graphic imagery from The Company of Wolves, I wanted to look at the script itself, to watch the film in another way. This also reminded me that the film was based on Angela Carter’s collection of short stories based on fairytales, ‘The Bloody Chambers and Other Stories, which is now definitely on my to-read list. I’ll also pay extra attention to the Company of Wolves, of course, and see how it compares to the film. From what I have seen, I feel the film was a very artistic and well-put together - sure, some transitions were sudden and unexpected, but that just added to the nightmarish aura, like unwanted chaotic run-ins into each traumatic situation.
- I’ve actually have been experiencing around 4-5 dreams every night recently. All of them are weird and bizarre, details pin picked from very specific details from my life, my present life and the past. Perhaps they tell something of the future?
- Every morning I wake up and try to squeeze out every last memory of it, collecting the fragments still lingering there in my mind, it's like standing in quicksand, or turning on a tap, the tail of the memory evaporating as soon as I reach out to retrieve it back...
- I feel the experience of chaotic and numerous dreams like this is quite a similar feeling to watching how the film plays out. Like a mashup of nightmares and tales that could very well be true. warnings that you debate whether to listen to. a higher power.
Anyway, I was very intrigued by how the script illustrates the going-ons, how the words matter-of-factly states each horrific situation. It was somehow quite ironic/humourous/ridiculous - but also, all the more frightening, in a different way. Not in a jumpscare way where your heart reacts furiously and pumps its way out of breath, but in that gradual, building up of Fear, That Fear that pulls you up so high you feel your edges unravelling, then pushes you to come crashing down in the most fragile fashion. I have experienced this when I read The Shining by Stephen King. It was the first novel that Truly Frightened me. I did not know words could have such a scary impact. The situation described was as real as the pages I was fearful of turning. (The first manga that scared me was Uzumaki by Junji Ito, also extremely horrific, but that is with the combination of the truly genius art form of horror ito has mastered in illustration. He still stands as a source of inspiration for me today.) I have not seen the film adaptation of The Shining yet, simply because of fear and my weakness against horror films (I had my popcorn in front of my eyes the Entire Time when I was forced to watch The Conjuring). However, I know this film in particular has amazing cinematography and, of course, spectacular plot development so, I will definitely watch it one day.
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Uzumaki by Junji Ito (strange happenings in a town cursed with spirals)
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I had the words down, but right now I am unsure of what to do with them. I thought back again to how words were used in children’s literature and its comparison to this. I feel that both pieces of writing will inspire me to write something of my own also. Perhaps I could write about a traumatic incident from a third perspective in a nonchalant tone just like how the script states. I can imagine it now - the sense of derealisation and detachment I’d feel or the disassociation I’d have to go through to write those images into words. Hmm. More ideas to ponder upon.
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| wrote down everything in the script that was intriguing |
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