excruciatingly beautiful

Review of Morgiana (1972) by screenqueeen: 👍 4/5

the thirteenth night in the lonesome hooptober day 8 film 7 cats: 1

55/100

sickeningly gorgeous. a sinister image of opulence crawling amongst the rocks as the servant girls bathe (almost straight out of Das Rheingold's opening) answers the question of Viktoria lashing out due to necessity or pure desire. when you have everything others suffer for because they don't, your desire can become more twisted, dangerous and perverse. Viki's sympathy isn't broken or nonexistent either; she withers and grieves when her cat Morgiana leaves her but remains stone-faced when others meet the same fate, all from her own hand. this would be a prime film to ingest on lsd, especially with the gorgeous transfer available on archive.org. i felt bad not watching it on the biggest screen possible.

"wounded birds should be finished off."