Everything is God
Uncontrollable laughter, Sofia Coppola's IG and Kerouac Haikus
It’s that time! I’m happy you’re here. I hope you enjoy all the things. Fifteenth substack post here. we. go:
film-of-the-week rec:
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Dir. Ruben Östlund)
I have never laughed so hard - with complete strangers - as I did when I saw this movie. Honestly, I felt high after. The laughter was uncontrollable. It felt so good.
It may feel too close for those of us with experience in the service, fashion, or entertainment industry. But intimacy with the thing that wounds us can reveal fascinating truths.
Triangle of Sadness — named for the patch of skin betwixt the eyebrows, which someone might manipulate to express emotion or Botox to suppress it — is Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s second film to have won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered earlier this summer. His previous film The Square also won the Palme d’Or and his 2014 masterpiece Force Majure won the Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. It’s a must-watch.
Östlund is into searing social commentary and satire. His films explore the tension between socio-economic divides. He loves decadent disasters and existential crises.
In terms of the film working overall, I personally preferred his earlier films where the characters were less archetypal and more fully fleshed-out humans. This film lacks the structural cohesion of his previous ones and feels more like ideas playing out than actual people living. That being said it makes for a fully enjoyable night at the movies. I loved the first two acts of this film. It lost me a bit in the third but would love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to make a comment below post-watch. I don’t want to give anything away but essentially Östlund explores the transactional relationships between beauty and power. “A cruise for the super-rich sinks, leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.”
Where to watch: IN THEATERS
extra, extra:
Sofia Coppola is on Instagram?!! I know. Her first post is a behind-the-scenes peek at her upcoming film Priscilla, based on Priscilla Presley’s best-selling memoir. Quite a tease.
a poem, as promised:
Photo by Allen Ginsberg
A few of Kerouac’s Haikus for you:
The moon had a cat’s mustache For a second. A bottle of wine a bishop - Everything is God Ah who cares? I’ll do what I want - Roll another joint Am I a flower bee, that you Stare at me? A quiet Autumn night and these fools Are starting to argue A pussywillow grew there At the foot Of the breathless tree
