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RED DESERT

1964 Antonioni classic starring monica vitti

“With one startling, painterly composition after another—of abandoned fishing cottages, electrical towers, looming docked ships—Red Desert creates a nearly apocalyptic image of its time, and confirms Antonioni as cinema’s preeminent poet of the modern age.” - The Criterion Collection

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THE ADDICTION

1995 arthouse vampire flick

Shot in black and white in mid 90’s NYC, starring Lili Taylor and Christopher Walken, scored with golden age hip hop tracks, Abel Ferrara’s art house film exploits vampire tropes to explore religious themes of damnation, redemption and the collapse of a moral order. Backdrop of AIDS and addicts… Gritty, philosophical, visceral, adult horror business- Abel and Nicholas St. John doing their thing on the fringes. Available on YouTube and Amazon premium.

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