Laurel
Like Diana, I've visited Arkgoth's web site and was slightly familar with his previous film before he posted here.... which btw went to the Cannes Film Festival this year if I remember correctly and is supposed to be ---very--- scary and disturbing for a 27 min piece. I'm quite sure Children of the Arcanum will be just as scary and disturbing and something not for everyone's tastes.
However.... it fascinates me, the underlying ideas. Much the way "Red Dragon" did this summer. Fascinates me because it touches into a depth of darkness that so rarely sees the light, an abyss that destroys by fear, and I find myself tip-towing towards it, taking deep breaths, preparing to look into the tenebrous wastland and face.... myself.
I'm not saying that I'd ever make a tarot deck of human skin. I do not believe in blood sacrifice, and I'm too much of a wuss to even get a tatoo or piercing. But movies and literature make us ~think~ and I believe there are going to be issues and ideas addressed by Children of the Arcanum that are worth thinking about.
The people who already hate and fear the tarot have all the ammunition they need to throw stones in glass houses and aren't likely to ever hear of this film much less see it.
The people who love the tarot already know their own truth.
So I don't "worry" about the effect the creation of this movie will have on the general populace. I'm soley interested in seeing what effect it has on -me- and if it enlightens, entertains, or repulses me... and why. I won't know until I actually see it what the answer will be. I loved "Red Dragon", I loved the English and Japanese versions of "The Ring"; I could not sit through "Daumer" and had to leave the room.
I applaud Arkgoth for coming to the Aeclectic community and asking questions. I've found all the comments made to be really interesting and thought-provoking. This is an excellent thread.
Laurel
However.... it fascinates me, the underlying ideas. Much the way "Red Dragon" did this summer. Fascinates me because it touches into a depth of darkness that so rarely sees the light, an abyss that destroys by fear, and I find myself tip-towing towards it, taking deep breaths, preparing to look into the tenebrous wastland and face.... myself.
I'm not saying that I'd ever make a tarot deck of human skin. I do not believe in blood sacrifice, and I'm too much of a wuss to even get a tatoo or piercing. But movies and literature make us ~think~ and I believe there are going to be issues and ideas addressed by Children of the Arcanum that are worth thinking about.
The people who already hate and fear the tarot have all the ammunition they need to throw stones in glass houses and aren't likely to ever hear of this film much less see it.
The people who love the tarot already know their own truth.
So I don't "worry" about the effect the creation of this movie will have on the general populace. I'm soley interested in seeing what effect it has on -me- and if it enlightens, entertains, or repulses me... and why. I won't know until I actually see it what the answer will be. I loved "Red Dragon", I loved the English and Japanese versions of "The Ring"; I could not sit through "Daumer" and had to leave the room.
I applaud Arkgoth for coming to the Aeclectic community and asking questions. I've found all the comments made to be really interesting and thought-provoking. This is an excellent thread.
Laurel